Howdy,

After long hassles, I eventually got Windows Update working
again on one of my systems.

Then, I had to revert to a default Registry hive (don't
ask...<g>) and, with that, Update fails.

I looked for BITS in Services to see if it was started, and
found, to my surprise, that it had vanished.

Soooooo, I re-installed BITS, and it started properly.

Then, with hope in my heart, I went back to the Update site,
read the license agreement, clicked OK, and immediately saw
the same dreaded screen telling me that the Update page I
needed was not working properly. (The page that provides the
bad news has a bunch of options for seeking help such as
newsgroups, a forum, and free email support from our friends
at MS.)

I will add that if I then return to the Update page at a
later point, it presents the EULA again, that is, no cookies
were apparently written to my system to tell the page that I
had already approved the EULA.

In any case, I am stuck, and would certainly welcome any
help you might provide.

Sincere thanks,