> Of course I didn't install SP3 just to fix this issue...

Absent anything else in previous posts from you, it was a supposition my
part. That being said, were you experiencing the problem before you install
SP3?

From where did you download SP3? It's not available at Windows Update or
the Download Center yet.

> I already looked in the log file, btw, and there are no entries with that
> or
> any other error code

/You/ referenced the 0x8007F0DA error, not me. That being said, have you
tried the various fixes (Methods) listed in KB822798 yet?

> ...especially since I haven't installed anything
> since the 1 update earlier the same morning.

Which update, SP3?
--
~PA Bear


Lloyd wrote:
> 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.
>> --
>> 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.