Automatic and Manual Update Fails

[hamish]

Hey

I've just been with a client and he was havign problems with Automatic Update and Manual updates with MS.

The automatic update says it works, but when you check, it hasn't worked at all. Also, if one just goes to MS website and tries to update manually, it fails.

He has tried this from his home (where he just connects straight to Internet via ADSL modem) and at work, where he goes through a simple router.

Also, when I did manual update, 2 of the 5 programmes failed to download at all. This has been going on for the past 6 weeks and following updates are the ones which fail:

- Security Update for Windows XP (KB896358)

- Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB883939)

- Security Update for Windows XP (KB896422)

- Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)

- Security Update for Windows XP (KB893066)

The first three fail on error code 0x80070003

The bottom two fail on error code 0x8007010B

What could be the cause of this? Is anyone else experiencing the same problems?

Hamish

Edited July 20, 2005 by hamish

[Martin Zugec]

a.) can you see any error in Windows Update.log?

b.) go to my blog and search for script to repair windows update (it was few months ago, so 2-3 pages back)