Why Does Wuauclt.exe Crash? -

| Exception code | Likely cause | |----------------|----------------| | 0xc0000005 | Memory access violation (corrupt update data, bad third-party hook) | | 0xc0000409 | Stack buffer overflow (malformed update manifest) | | 0xc0000135 | Missing DLL dependency | | 0x80070422 | Service not running (often preceded by a crash that killed the Update service) |