Unable to install Microsoft Updates

Eldiener

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Dec 3, 2005, 10:42:01 PM12/3/05

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I reported this problem more than a month ago and it still persists with
Windows Update. I tried to install updates which Windows Update shows me and
I get back error 0x8007F0DA with no further explanation. An example of one of
the updates which fail is Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896424) but
there are plenty of others. I am running Win2k SP4. Is Microsoft ever going
to fix this or is it to remain eternally broken in the Microsoft and Windows
Update system so that customers who experience it can never update their
software properly ? I would like to think that Microsoft is fixing this
problem instead of ignoring it.

TaurArian [MS-MVP]

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Dec 4, 2005, 1:53:55 AM12/4/05

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0x8007f0da
Setup could not verify the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the
Cryptographic service is running on this computer.

1. Start, Run, type: Services.msc
Make sure "Cryptographic Services" service is running and the Startup type is
Automatic.
If it isn’t, right-click the service and select Properties and set to Automatic. If
the service is not shown as "Started", you can start it by clicking the Start button.
Close the Services control panel and try installing the service pack or security
patch.

2. If "Cryptographic Services" service was already running then stop the service by
clicking the Stop button, then using Windows Explorer, locate the folder
Windows\System32\catroot2 and rename it to something like catrootold. Now restart
"Cryptographic Services" by clicking the Start button, and try installing the update.

3. If the update still fails to install, stop the "Cryptographic Services" service.

Open a command prompt window (click Start, Run, type cmd and hit Enter) and then type
the following commands:

regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll

Restart "Cryptographic Services" by clicking the Start button again, and try
installing the update.

NB: Windows 2000 does not include the sccbase.dll file

http://www.updatexp.com/cryptographic-service.html
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updatinf.htm

For further information etc.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822798
You Cannot Install Some Updates or Programs

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Wolf

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Dec 4, 2005, 6:21:02 AM12/4/05

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Hi,
I'm running W2K SP4 and have recent encountered the same update problems.
The update files apprear but they are empty 0kb in the update page.

I can't find "Cryptographic Services" in Services.msc!

Any further help is greatly appreciated

Eldiener

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Dec 4, 2005, 9:58:03 AM12/4/05

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"Wolf" wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm running W2K SP4 and have recent encountered the same update problems.
> The update files apprear but they are empty 0kb in the update page.
>
> I can't find "Cryptographic Services" in Services.msc!
>
> Any further help is greatly appreciated
>
>
> "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > 0x8007f0da
> > Setup could not verify the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the
> > Cryptographic service is running on this computer.

There is no Cryptographic Service listed among my services running Win2k
SP4. Nor do I see this when I open the Add/Remove Programs - Add/Remove
Windows Components.

Wolf

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Dec 5, 2005, 12:33:02 PM12/5/05

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In the end I did a manual update via the Microsoft Downloads page.
But the same problem persists