Error: 0xC80003F3 & Globe Disappears

We are using WSUS and this error is occuring on a W2K3 Ent server.

Symptoms:
1. When I double click on update globe, it disappears, the install Express
or Custom is not displayed, globe comes back.
2. The following error in WindowsUpdate.log
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::CheckAllCallDownloadStat es:
GetSession failed with 0xc80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
3. The following error in the ReportingEvents.log:
c80003f3 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Error: Agent
failed detecting with reason: 0xc80003f3

I've tried the following:
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
net stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s /q DataStore
net start wuauserv

I've also tried stoping the WU service, deleting all the folders in the
SoftwareDistribution folder, and then restarting th WU service.

Can anyone help?

As posted by Torgeir Bakken, MVP, right after your post

Please post WSUS related issues to the newsgroup dedicated to WSUS:

microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services

MS WebNews link to the WSUS newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...pdate_services



MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
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Dean at Idaho Tax wrote:

> We are using WSUS and this error is occuring on a W2K3 Ent server.
>
> Symptoms:
> 1. When I double click on update globe, it disappears, the install Express
> or Custom is not displayed, globe comes back.
> 2. The following error in WindowsUpdate.log
> DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
> DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::CheckAllCallDownloadStat es:
> GetSession failed with 0xc80003f3.
> DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
> Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
> DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
> Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
> 3. The following error in the ReportingEvents.log:
> c80003f3 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Error: Agent
> failed detecting with reason: 0xc80003f3
>
> I've tried the following:
> regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
> net stop wuauserv
> cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
> rd /s /q DataStore
> net start wuauserv
>
> I've also tried stoping the WU service, deleting all the folders in the
> SoftwareDistribution folder, and then restarting th WU service.
>
> Can anyone help?
>