Ultimate fix for 'Windows Update: Could not search for Windows updates'

Found the Fix for 'Windows Update: Could not search for Windows updates'.

Solution steps:

1. Click Start - Run, type Regedit and press enter.

2. Navigate to the following Registry key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

  \SOFTWARE

     \Policies

        \Microsoft

            \Windows

                \WindowsUpdate

                    \AU

                

3. Once in, from the right-pane, change the value of the key

UseWUServer”=dword:00000001

to

UseWUServer”=dword:00000000

4. Reboot the Windows Vista PC and that should fix the problem.