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

When searching for available updates on the Update site, you see the 0x80070002 or
0x80070003 error
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False

Rename the softwaredistribution folder.
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"rick3475" <rick3475@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|I cannot download the updates for windows udate. I have just reloaded windows
| xp but when I go to the udate site it tells me the udates failed to download
| with error code 80070002. I deleted the files in the datastore file with no
| help.