Windows Update or Microsoft Update,: Files required to use Windows Update are no longer registered

When you attempt to connect to Windows Update or Microsoft Update, you receive an error

"Information - Files required to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer. To continue: (checked) Register or reinstall the files for me now (Recommended)"

You then get "Checking the latest version of Windows Updating sofware" followed by "Downloading and installing the latest software - 100%" followed by "registering - 100%". Then I am taken back to the "Welcome to Windows Update" paged and again when selecting either "Express" or "Custom" the whole process repeats.

Create a text file called FixUpdate.bat.

Then righ click and choose Edit

Paste in the following text. Save. Close. Then double click on FixUpdate.bat. Restart and try again.

net stop wuauserv

regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s
regsvr32 wups.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s
regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s
regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml2.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml3.dll /s
regsvr32 urlmon.dll /s

net start wuauserv

regsvr32 softpub.dll /s
regsvr32 mssip32.dll /s
regsvr32 wintrust.dll /s
regsvr32 dssenh.dll /s
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll /s
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll /s
regsvr32 sccbase.dll /s
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll /s
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll /s
regsvr32 jscript.dll /s