Just got a new laptop, with Windows XP Professional pre-installed onto it.
And got this error when I tried windows update, although it appeared on the
page after it said it'd completed downloading, I think it was the 2nd or
third refresh on the website. If you have any idea on how to fix the problem.
Please let me know.

You receive a "0x8007041D" error when you visit the Windows Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;902322

If this is not the case then check in the Event Viewer to see if there is any
specific errors regarding services
Start/Run/Eventvwr.msc


Posted by: Mila -
<snip> In my case it was wups.dll in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SoftwareDistribution\Setup\Ser viceStartup\wups.dll\5.8.0.2469
folder. After removing this file, windowsupdate works great.
Mila <snip>

Some additional information on this error from Torgeir, Microsoft MVP

<snip>

Hi,

If the things in TaurArian's post didn't apply or work, it is most likely a COM+
issue.

First, verify that the "COM+ Event System" service is not disabled or not
functioning:

Press Start and Run, and then run this command:
services.msc

Locate the "COM+ Event System" entry, and double click on it. Startup type should be
set to "Manual", and if the service is not already running, press the Start button to
see if it starts successfully.

If the steps above where ok, see if the steps in this previous post fixes the problem
(applies to WinXP as well):

From: DBQ <DBQ@discussions.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: 0x8007041D W2K Server Try All
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:30:03 -0700
Message-ID: <B7B2BCF2-44EB-46AA-95B1-00A42DCB35E1@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate

<quote>
We with a little help from MS It is fixed.

Two issued needed repairing.

1. COM+,
This required cleaning up a damaged COM+ catalog details at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315296

2. Replacement of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost for another working machine.

</quote>

--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
<snip>

AccessRookie posted the response he got from MS regarding this error:

<snip>


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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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"iceolate" <iceolate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4EF6F3F-0E9A-402E-B68F-E1C20E7D970C@microsoft.com...
> Just got a new laptop, with Windows XP Professional pre-installed onto it.
> And got this error when I tried windows update, although it appeared on the
> page after it said it'd completed downloading, I think it was the 2nd or
> third refresh on the website. If you have any idea on how to fix the problem.
> Please let me know.