Win XP will not update

Turner

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Nov 16, 2008, 10:00:00 AM11/16/08

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For several months now this computer running Windows XP will not install the
latest Windows Updater. I try to install the file manually and it won't
install either. The error code I see is 0x8024D007. I have searched for
that on the KB and it doesn't seem to know anything about it either.

I have also tried the procedure Neil Rubenking outlined in TechTips in
PCMag, October 2008, p112 (net stop wuauserv, regsvr32
%windir%\system32\wups2.dll, net start wuauserv) to no avail.

I have just installed Internet Explorer Beta 2 and get the same results.

How on earth can I get Windows Updates to work on this version of XP?

Thanks,

Turner

Engel

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Nov 16, 2008, 11:33:01 AM11/16/08

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Hello Turner,

Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
sites to install updates: "0x8024D007"

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956701>
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 16, 2008, 1:18:14 PM11/16/08

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CrystalBall© sez...

Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
sites to install updates: "0x8024D007":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956701

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP
installation or you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
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Turner

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Nov 16, 2008, 8:38:01 PM11/16/08

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I have tried the procedures in both KB articles shown below. Neither works.

I have also tried manually reinstalling the latest updater. The updater is
evidently where the problem is because the installation fails with the error
code quoted in my original post.

In case I didn't mention it, this is SP with SP2. Since updates have
ceased, I have been unable to install SP2

What next?

Turner

TaurArian

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Nov 16, 2008, 9:14:01 PM11/16/08

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"> In case I didn't mention it, this is SP with SP2. Since updates have
> ceased, I have been unable to install SP2"

Please confirm what SP level your OS is at.

If it is below SP2, then you may need to install SP2 before attempting
anything further.

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PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 17, 2008, 2:37:24 AM11/17/08

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> In case I didn't mention it, this is SP with SP2. Since updates have
> ceased, I have been unable to install SP2

Huh?

Right click on My Computer | select Properties | What version is listed here
(e.g., Windows XP Service Pack 1)?

Turner

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Nov 23, 2008, 9:33:01 AM11/23/08

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Wow! Did I ever mess that up!

I'm using Windows XP with SP2. I meant to say that since updates have
ceased, I have been unable to install SP3.

I have also seen other posts asking about firewalls and etc. The computer
has Zone Alarm installed, but it has not been updated (pay subscription has
expired) and has been disabled. The computer is relying on the firewall in
the router. Another computer sitting right next to it is doing the same and
has no problem with XP or Vista (dual boot) updates. The computer I'm using
right now is also dual boot and neither XP nor Vista Ultimate have update
problems. This computer is using Windows Live One Care.

Sorry about the initial confusion.

Turner

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Nov 24, 2008, 11:31:01 PM11/24/08

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Today I downloaded and manually installed Windows XP SP3 and updates
miraculously started working again. After the SP3 install, Windows Update
found 46 updates needed and installed them all except one for Outlook 2002
which is not on the computer any more.

Whatever was broken, SP3 must have fixed it (maybe).

Turner

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 25, 2008, 2:57:20 AM11/25/08

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Tell me you'd been running WinXP SP1, I dare you!

Turner

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Nov 25, 2008, 9:14:04 AM11/25/08

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I checked before all this started and the "About Windows" dialog swore up and
down it was Win XP SP2. Honest.

Turner

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PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 25, 2008, 12:23:58 PM11/25/08

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Thanks for your feedback. I've heard similar stories from others about WU
"suddenly starting to work" over the last weekend.

Turner wrote:
> I checked before all this started and the "About Windows" dialog swore up
> and down it was Win XP SP2. Honest.
>

Harry Johnston [MVP]

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Nov 25, 2008, 7:21:54 PM11/25/08

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PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

> Thanks for your feedback. I've heard similar stories from others about
> WU "suddenly starting to work" over the last weekend.

Perhaps the new version of the WU client has been released to a new part of the
internet?

Harry.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 25, 2008, 7:54:55 PM11/25/08

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Or the weekend crew at the server farm was smoking BC bud again.

Ricardo Amorim

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Dec 15, 2008, 4:45:01 AM12/15/08

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I've the same proble did you manage to resolve it. Could you tell me how ?

TaurArian

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Dec 15, 2008, 4:56:18 AM12/15/08

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This is the whole thread:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?&query=Ricardo+Amorim&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&p=1&tid=04f8ca42-fea8-4187-86d0-d41f38caf510&mid=04f8ca42-fea8-4187-86d0-d41f38caf510

Richardo, please start your own thread and advise what you OS is and what
level SP it is at.

Please read: How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

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