0x80070057
Suggest renaming/deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder you will lose your WU History listing (not important). If everything is working okay again you can delete the renamed SoftwareDistribution folder.
Click Start, Choose Run.
In the Run box, type services.msc.
Click OK.
Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
Click Stop.
Stopping the service will take a moment.
Rename the "SoftwareDistribution" folder:
- Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%, and then click OK.
- Right-click the SoftwareDistribution folder, and then click Rename.
- Type SoftwareDistribution.old, and then press ENTER to rename this folder.
Click Start. Choose Run.
In the Run box, type services.msc.
Click OK.
Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
Click Start.
Starting the service will take a moment.
If that hasn't helped also see:
You may receive an error message that contains the "0x8DDD0018" code or the "0x80246008" code when you try to download updates from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910337
Windows could not start the Background Intelligent Transfer service on the local computer. For more information, review the system event log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor and refer to service-specific error code 2147942487. (0x80070057)