Error Code: 0x8007F070 installing KB926141 on Windows XP Pro SP3+

[Ken Lane]

I'm getting a solid Error Code: 0x8007F070 trying to install KB926141 on
Windows XP Pro SP3+ with Windows Automatic Update. The download took a long
time to complete and the installation was close to completion before failing.
How do I find the root cause and correct it? This was the "last" patch to
be applied after a reinstall at the SP3 level and Automatic Update of 75 or
so patches since SP3 was released.
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Ken Lane

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Did you do a Repair Install that took you back to WinXP SP2, Ken? If so,
what problems were you having that you thought a Repair Install would
resolve?

Did you manage to (re)install SP3 successfully?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com

[Ken Lane]

I replied earlier but the post never made it to the duscussion group.
I did a Repair Install with WinXP SP2 that had been slipstreamed to SP3.
After the install, Windows Update recognized my machine as SP3. I had no
difficulties with the Repair Install or with Windows Update bringing me back
to a "current" patch level. KB926141 is an"Optional Software" update.

I decided to do the Repair Install after Internet Exolorer started "hanging"
on file downloads. I could surf the web with good response but, "file
Downloads" hung for hours and never completed (Including Windows Update). I
also had numerous Errors in the System logs but, saw nothing that caused me
an overt failure. Although the problem is not critical for me now, I worry
that a "Critical" patch will come along that fails the same way.

Thanks for any help or guidance you can offer.

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Ken Lane

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>

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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OT:

1. Ken, please do NOT change the subject of your post when you reply to a
thread.

> I replied earlier but the post never made it to the duscussion group.

2. Try accessing this and other MS newsgroups via Outlook Express instead of
that clunky web-interface. See:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
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Do you really need KB926141? IOW, do you or will you have occasion to use
Chinese Simplified-, Chinese Traditional-, French-, German-, Italian-,
Japanese-, Korean-, Portuguese-, Russian-, and/or Spanish-language User
Interface?

The above notwithstanding...

Had you upgraded to IE7 and/or IE8 *prior to* doing the Repair Install? If
you had, did you uninstall IE8 and/or IE7 *before* doing the Repair Install?

Ken Lane wrote:
> I replied earlier but the post never made it to the duscussion group.
> I did a Repair Install with WinXP SP2 that had been slipstreamed to SP3.
> After the install, Windows Update recognized my machine as SP3. I had no
> difficulties with the Repair Install or with Windows Update bringing me
> back
> to a "current" patch level. KB926141 is an"Optional Software" update.
>
> I decided to do the Repair Install after Internet Exolorer started
> "hanging"
> on file downloads. I could surf the web with good response but, "file
> Downloads" hung for hours and never completed (Including Windows Update).
> I
> also had numerous Errors in the System logs but, saw nothing that caused
> me
> an overt failure. Although the problem is not critical for me now, I
> worry
> that a "Critical" patch will come along that fails the same way.
>
> Thanks for any help or guidance you can offer.
>

[Ken Lane]

I would like to report miraculous healing of my system. When the last notice
of patch Updates Available came along, I included patch KB926141 without
thinking.

It installed.

The only things I recall doing that would affect my system was the following:
1. Maybe a reboot. I don't think this was it because I tried the install
several times and I normally shutdown between tries. But I can't recall
clearly doing the reboot.
2. I tried to install Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (KB940157). It
failed to install. That's another problem for another day. Maybe the
"Failed" install "Fixed" something!
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Ken Lane