0x80246008 Failure

I have been trying to update my Windows for the last two or three days, but
every time I go to the site, it asks me if I want to to an express or custom
install to which it does not matter which I choose, it then goes off to
never-never land with the windows update window open and a cursor flashing in
the box where it normally tells you what is going on. When I select the
History, it tells me every update failed with 0x80246008 error.
My WindowsUpdate.Log, tells me the last update was performed on 7/8/05, so I
know that this has only happened within the last month or so.
What do I do?

Hi JohnnieV,

Have a look at this thread:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...a571d60e581468
In his Jul 14 posting, Justin H wrote out the fix that worked for him
(though the suggestions made by TaurArian may be the "key" to resolving the
problem for you) . You can run the regsvr32 commands from a command prompt
within Windows, or from the "Open" field in Start>Run.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"JohnnieV" <> wrote in message
news:417344D8-FCA0-4E03-BC34-...
> I have been trying to update my Windows for the last two or three days,
but
> every time I go to the site, it asks me if I want to to an express or
custom
> install to which it does not matter which I choose, it then goes off to
> never-never land with the windows update window open and a cursor flashing
in
> the box where it normally tells you what is going on. When I select the
> History, it tells me every update failed with 0x80246008 error.
> My WindowsUpdate.Log, tells me the last update was performed on 7/8/05, so
I
> know that this has only happened within the last month or so.
> What do I do?

JohnnieV wrote:

> I have been trying to update my Windows for the last two or three days, but
> every time I go to the site, it asks me if I want to to an express or custom
> install to which it does not matter which I choose, it then goes off to
> never-never land with the windows update window open and a cursor flashing in
> the box where it normally tells you what is going on. When I select the
> History, it tells me every update failed with 0x80246008 error.
> My WindowsUpdate.Log, tells me the last update was performed on 7/8/05, so I
> know that this has only happened within the last month or so.
> What do I do?
Hi,

See if this one is of any help:

The necessary services are disabled or unavailable. Error 0x80246008
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...icleid=9&ln=en


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the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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Thank you so much Patti! It worked for me as well!

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> Hi JohnnieV,
>
> Have a look at this thread:
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...a571d60e581468
> In his Jul 14 posting, Justin H wrote out the fix that worked for him
> (though the suggestions made by TaurArian may be the "key" to resolving the
> problem for you) . You can run the regsvr32 commands from a command prompt
> within Windows, or from the "Open" field in Start>Run.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "JohnnieV" <> wrote in message
> news:417344D8-FCA0-4E03-BC34-...
> > I have been trying to update my Windows for the last two or three days,
> but
> > every time I go to the site, it asks me if I want to to an express or
> custom
> > install to which it does not matter which I choose, it then goes off to
> > never-never land with the windows update window open and a cursor flashing
> in
> > the box where it normally tells you what is going on. When I select the
> > History, it tells me every update failed with 0x80246008 error.
> > My WindowsUpdate.Log, tells me the last update was performed on 7/8/05, so
> I
> > know that this has only happened within the last month or so.
> > What do I do?
>
>
>

You're very welcome, krg73 :-)



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"krg73" <> wrote in message
news:F581652A-AF42-4C45-83CC-...
> Thank you so much Patti! It worked for me as well!
>
> "Patti MacLeod" wrote:
>
> > Hi JohnnieV,
> >
> > Have a look at this thread:
> >
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...a571d60e581468
> > In his Jul 14 posting, Justin H wrote out the fix that worked for him
> > (though the suggestions made by TaurArian may be the "key" to resolving
the
> > problem for you) . You can run the regsvr32 commands from a command
prompt
> > within Windows, or from the "Open" field in Start>Run.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Patti MacLeod
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> >
> > "JohnnieV" <> wrote in message
> > news:417344D8-FCA0-4E03-BC34-...
> > > I have been trying to update my Windows for the last two or three
days,
> > but
> > > every time I go to the site, it asks me if I want to to an express or
> > custom
> > > install to which it does not matter which I choose, it then goes off
to
> > > never-never land with the windows update window open and a cursor
flashing
> > in
> > > the box where it normally tells you what is going on. When I select
the
> > > History, it tells me every update failed with 0x80246008 error.
> > > My WindowsUpdate.Log, tells me the last update was performed on
7/8/05, so
> > I
> > > know that this has only happened within the last month or so.
> > > What do I do?
> >
> >
> >