0x8007F117 error message

Can't install updates (office service pack 2, safety update
(KB926247)/(KB920213), drivers, ...)! Can you give an easy and useful answer
.... I come from germany. I really need help. I tried to fix it and to find
answers that gives solutions but I never found a solution :-( PLEASE HELP
ME!!!

Thanx in advance
Nico

"Nico" <> wrote in message
news:FE9CF616-37FE-4CB6-86C1-
> [Subject: 0x8007F117 error message]


What is the context of that code?
E.g. perhaps look for it in windowsupdate.log and see how it relates
to any previous messages in there.


Note: 0xF117 = 61719

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../winupdte.mspx
(Live Search for
61719 microsoft codes
)

<quote>
61719 STATUS_BUILD_TYPE_NOT_DETERMINED
</quote>

If that is what your hex code is meant to connote,
depending on which update you were seeing
your code could be implying that the product's version
info was determined to be suspect or corrupt.


....
> Can't install updates (office service pack 2, safety update
> (KB926247)/(KB920213), drivers, ...)! Can you give an easy and useful answer
> ... I come from germany. I really need help. I tried to fix it and to find
> answers that gives solutions but I never found a solution :-( PLEASE HELP
> ME!!!
>
> Thanx in advance
> Nico


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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The last entry from the logfile:

2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt Launched Client UI process
2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt AU client got new directive = 'Install
Approval', serviceId = {7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D}, return =
0x00000000
2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt AU client creating UI plugin,
clsid={3809920F-B9D4-42DA-92E0-E26265E0FB89}


2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt FATAL: Failed to show client UI,
directive=5, hr=800705B4
2006-12-24 20:51:06 888 674 AU AU setting pending client directive to
'Install Approval'
2006-12-24 20:51:06 888 674 AU Another AU detection is already in progress,
using it
2006-12-24 20:51:20 888 674 AU AU found 1 sessions to launch client into
2006-12-24 20:51:20 888 674 AU Launched new AU client for directive
'Install Approval', session id = 0x0

"Nico" <> wrote in message
news:9B7605BC-B0B9-4FD5-9D93-...
> The last entry from the logfile:
>
> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt Launched Client UI process
> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt AU client got new directive = 'Install
> Approval', serviceId = {7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D}, return =
> 0x00000000
> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt AU client creating UI plugin,
> clsid={3809920F-B9D4-42DA-92E0-E26265E0FB89}
>
>
> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 2904 b5c AUClnt FATAL: Failed to show client UI,
> directive=5, hr=800705B4


You can do the same kind of analysis with this code as I did with the other,
e.g. convert the lower half to decimal and search for meaning with the
decimal equivalent. However, in this case it is just as easy to search for
the exact hex string, the only additonal difference needed is to prefx the
hex string with 0x.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms695782.aspx
(Live Search for
0x800705b4 microsoft codes
)

<quote>
-2147023436 0x800705B4 This operation returned because the timeout period expired. *

</quote>


Judging by the timestamp differences, I would say the code was bogus
and that you should just interpret it as "something is wrong". I suspect
that there is additional context for this scenario that you are not disclosing,
so further guessing may be futile.


HTH

Robert
---


> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 888 674 AU AU setting pending client directive to
> 'Install Approval'
> 2006-12-24 20:51:06 888 674 AU Another AU detection is already in progress,
> using it
> 2006-12-24 20:51:20 888 674 AU AU found 1 sessions to launch client into
> 2006-12-24 20:51:20 888 674 AU Launched new AU client for directive
> 'Install Approval', session id = 0x0
>
>