Of course I didn't install SP3 just to fix this issue...I needed to install
it anyway. If I install something just to fix 1 issue, that's what hotfixes
are for.

I already looked in the log file, btw, and there are no entries with that or
any other error code besides std access violations, 0x80000005. Odd, because
I log in as local admin when installing updates, no reason I should be
getting any 05 codes at all, especially since I haven't installed anything
since the 1 update earlier the same morning.

Seems like WGA shot itself in the head, grr.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> 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.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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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.
>
>