Windows XP Update Error Codes
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Microsoft Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527
Customers who experience issues installing Microsoft security updates also can visit the following page for assistance:
https://consumersecuritysupport.microsoft.com/
Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158
SQL -
SQL Server Setup & Upgrade Forum
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/threads/
You receive error code 0x6d9e when using the Windows Update or Microsoft Update web sites to install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970675
Error: 0x6d9e—Cannot install files to the compressed or encrypted folder
You receive error code 0x2b2f when using the Windows Update or Microsoft Update web sites to install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 on a computer with MSXML6 Service Pack 2 already installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970674
How to configure and use Automatic Updates in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525
How to configure automatic updates by using Group Policy or registry settings
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/328010
How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server Update Services installation issues
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602
Miscellaneous Errors - Windows XP
| 0x80070070 | 0x800401f3 | 0x800700c1 | 0x800703e7 |
| 0x80070437 | 0x8007043C | 0x80070485 | 0x800705AA |
| 0x8007f02b | 0x8007f0cb | 0x800b0111 | 0x80244001 |
| 0x8024400A | 0x80244022 | 0x8007f0cc | d0000006 |
| 0x80242006 | 0x80240036 and 0x8024400A |
Other Error Codes
| 0x80070057 | 0x8002801d | 0x80096010 | 0x800a0007 |
| 0x800a0046 | 0x800a138f | 0x8020000e | 0x8024402f |
| 0x80246001 | 0x80246005 | 0x80248011 | 0x8024D00C |
| 0x8DDD0004 | 0xc800021f | 0xc80003fa | 0x8009310b |
General
Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP installation or you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
If you are stuck at : "Checking for latest updates for your computer"
see 0x8024402f
Sometimes refreshing the page helps if WU fails to start "checking for latest updates for your computer".
Live Links to Windows Update Troubleshooter
http://aumha.net:/viewtopic.php?t=27635
To assist in resolving issues with Windows Updates, the Windows Update website offers a link to the Windows Update Troubleshooter.
BUT, if one can not access Windows Update, those links are fairly useless, aren't they ?
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| Removing old Windows Updates | Undo a change made by Windows Update |
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Knowledge Base Articles :-
You receive an error message after a Windows XP-based computer runs an automatic update, and you may be unable to run any programs after you close the "svchost.exe - Application Error" error message dialog box
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927385
The instruction at "0x745f2780" reference memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be 'read'.You receive a "0x80070002" or "0x80070003" error code after you download an update from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or from Windows Server Update Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910336
Error message when you use the Windows Update Web site or Microsoft Update Web site to install updates: "0x80070002"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956698
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883825Error: 80072EFD = ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT
Translation: Cannot connect to the Internet server
Error 0x80072EE2 is: ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOUT
Translation: The request has timed out.You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836941Error message when you try to update a Windows XP-based computer: “0x80072EE4”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921050You 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/910337Error message when you use Windows Update Web site, Microsoft Update Web site, or Windows Server Update Services to install updates: 0x800704DD
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968001You receive error 0x80240020 when you use Windows Update Web site, Microsoft Update Web site, or WSUS to install updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910341Error message when you try to install updates by using the Windows Update Web site: "0x80245003"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919749Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update Web site on a Windows XP-based computer: "Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914226
Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page.
Additionally, you see "[Error number: 0x8024D00C]" in the upper-right corner of the Web page.Error that you see in the upper-right corner when you visit the Windows Update Web site on a Windows XP-based computer: "[Error number: 0x8DDD0004]"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914224Error message when you scan for updates on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer: "Error number: 0x8DDD0004"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914227You may receive a "0x8024402C" error message when you scan for updates on the Windows Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900936Error message when you try to install updates from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80240016"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957308
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958055Error message when you try to install updates by using the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80070422"
Error code when you try to use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates: "0x800B0001"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958045See also:
You cannot install some updates or programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958054Error message when you try to connect to the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web site: "0x80240030"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957309When searching for available updates on the Update site, you receive the 0x80240030 error.
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=31&ln=en&IsMu=False0x80070490 usually indicates an unstable system
You receive a "0x80070490" error code when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958044Error message when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web sites to install updates: 0x80070005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968003/Error messages when you start a Windows XP-based computer and then try to download Windows Updates
When you start a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, you receive the following error message:
Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close.
Additionally, when you try to download Windows Updates on this computer, you receive the following error message:
Svchost.exe application error. The instruction at "Ox745f2780" referenced memory at 0x00000000000000. The memory could not be read.
Free Microsoft Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527Customers who experience issues installing Microsoft security updates also can visit the following page for assistance:
https://consumersecuritysupport.microsoft.com/Note -
You may be unable to access the Windows Update website from Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 if those versions of Windows are not updated to the latest Service Pack
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2497281