RE: Error = 0xc80003F3

I have this problem too.

I'm running Windows Vista (Home Premium) on a HP Pavilion DV6700 Notebook
with 3GB RAM etc. When I click "Check for Updates" in Windows Update I get
the following error:

"Windows could not search for new updates"
"Error(s) found: C80003F3"

So now I cannot update my system. Can anyone suggest how to fix this problem?

(Come on Microsoft! The first post in this thread is 2 years old!)

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint)
"Axon" <Axon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5898440F-BA1B-49B0-A72B-22B35B4078FD@microsoft.com...
>I have this problem too.
>
> I'm running Windows Vista (Home Premium) on a HP Pavilion DV6700 Notebook
> with 3GB RAM etc. When I click "Check for Updates" in Windows Update I get
> the following error:
>
> "Windows could not search for new updates"
> "Error(s) found: C80003F3"


<cmd_output OS="XPsp2">
E:\>set /a c = 0x3F3
1011
E:\>net helpmsg %c%

The configuration registry key could not be opened.
</cmd_output>


>
> So now I cannot update my system. Can anyone suggest how to fix this problem?
>
> (Come on Microsoft! The first post in this thread is 2 years old!)


So, why choose the oldest one to comment in?
There are others which refer to exactly the same hex string
which are later than that--some which have even been marked
"Helpful" (FWIW).


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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