You cannot install some updates or programs
["When you examine the %systemroot%\Windowsupdate.log file, you may see an
entry for one of the following errors: ...0x8007f0da"]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798

Upgrading, especially a installing Service Pack, in an attempt to address
ongoing problems is seldom, if ever, a good idea, Lloyd.
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Lloyd wrote:
> Update: I looked up the latest error occurance... Error Code: 0x8007F0DA
>
> "Lloyd" wrote:
>> Same here...everything's been fine until today. Now I get the following
>> message upon connecting to the updat site:
>> "Software Upgrade for Some Windows Components Required"
>> ...so I click on "download and install now", I get a long wait, then get
>> this error:
>> "Some updates were not installed" and it lists the 1 update:
>> "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)"
>>
>> I even tried downloading and running the MGADiag.exe tool, but that
>> didn't
>> help either.
>>
>> Also, I just installed WinXP SP3 manually (on an up-to-date WinXP Pro SP2
>> box), which installed just fine, but I still get the above errors and can
>> no longer obtain updates.
>>
>> What gives?
>>
>>
>> "Ford12" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>> Win XP home
>>> When I go to download updates it says I need to install WGA validation
>>> tool. I click to install.
>>> Installation failed. I look at my history of updates and it has already
>>> been installed back in February and has a green tick. I do have one
>>> failed install for security update 920213 error message 0x8024200D. I
>>> can't seem to find it manually. Don't know if this security update is
>>> the
>>> problem or could it be the fact that I used a utility to remove the WGA
>>> tool as it was causing my welcome screen to hang.
>>> Don't know how to fix.
>>> Thanks
>>> Ford.