Yes, this helped me with my problem. I recently formatted my pc and put my XP
sp3 pro back on, and after a few (successfully installed) windows updates it
started downloading critical updates but failed when atempting to install
them. After some testing i also noticed that if i removed any installed
update from add or remove programs and let windows update install them again,
they where also downloaded but not installed. In the windowsupdate.log file i
have several "0x80004002" errors.
In my case when i tried to install the "WindowsXP-KB927891-v3-x86-ENU.exe"
it said that "setup has detected that the service pack version of this system
is newer than the update you are aplying". so i skipped it and installed the
"WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe" with the /wuforce in the end. And after a
reboot it installed all the downloaded windows updates.
Hope this helps other ppl as well.
"mfruech" wrote:
> I have finally found the fix for my particular problem. I downloaded the new
> Windows Update agent at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891 and ran it
> with the /wuforce switch. That forced the reinstallation of all wu agent
> files. After a reboot, all is well. Hope this helps someone.
>
> Mike
>
> "RHDIT" wrote:
>
> > Same here, reinstalled OS got the 1st update and now all the rest fail. With
> > no reasoning attatched.
> >
> > "whirphy" wrote:
> >
> > > I am having this exact same problem. I just upgraded to XP Pro and I have 77
> > > updates that will not install.
> > >
> > > "mfruech" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have had to reinstall winXP Pro on two machines on my network recently. On
> > > > both machines, after the reinstall was complete, I rebooted and logged into
> > > > the network without any problems. Windowsupdate immediately found 1 update to
> > > > install. I believe it was Windows Installer 3.0. It installed without any
> > > > problems. After a reboot, Windowsupdate found around 50 new updates to
> > > > install, but no matter what I try it fails every time.
> > > > Here is a portion of my windowsupdate.log file.
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:34:000 816 dec Handler Attempting to create remote handler
> > > > process as MHS_SPECTRUM_SE\Mike in session 0
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:36:781 3696 e74 Misc =========== Logging initialized
> > > > (build: 7.0.6000.374, tz: -0500) ===========
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:36:781 3696 e74 Misc = Process:
> > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:36:781 3696 e74 AUClnt FATAL: Error: 0x80004002. wuauclt
> > > > handler: failed to spawn COM server
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:36:875 816 dec Handler FATAL: 0x80004002: ERROR: Remote
> > > > update handler container process created (PID: 3696), but exited before
> > > > signaling event
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 dec Agent * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80004002
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 dec Agent *********
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 dec Agent ** END ** Agent: Installing
> > > > updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 dec Agent *************
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 dec Agent WARNING: WU client failed installing
> > > > updates with error 0x80004002
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 32c AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Installing update
> > > > [UpdateId = {707E6500-81C1-4165-8C43-631E09891716}]
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 32c AU # WARNING: Install skipped
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 32c AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Installing update
> > > > [UpdateId = {9785760A-3232-40E0-8F2A-03FB932BF3CA}]
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 32c AU # WARNING: Install skipped
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 32c AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Installing update
> > > > [UpdateId = {E2E1C013-B99A-4683-921C-B99663F3F8ED}]
> > > > 2007-07-24 09:20:38:968 816 32c AU # WARNING: Install skipped
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have any ideas how I can make this work again? Thanks...
> > > >
> > > > Mike
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