"preparing for download" "updates were unable to be successfully installed" problem

Hello,

I'm using Win XP professional.

I'm trying to download Windows Updates so I select the ones I'm going to
download and click "Install updates". Then the mask appears and just above
the progressbar is written "preparing for download". Then it hangs about 20
minutes. At the end I've got the message "updates were unable to be
successfully installed"

Does someone know this problem? In former times I didn't have problems.

I also tried to turn off my firewall.

THX a lot for your help

Beatoss

Seems this same thing is happening to MANY folks from the posts here. Ever
sicne tMS updated the update site. What you discribed happened to me exactly.
I finally went to the MS download site and found the updates byt eh KB number
that was listed there on the update site and updated my computer from there.
SinceI updated my update site there have been 2 updates listed and neither
one would update from the Windows Update site. But I did get them insattled
ok from the MS downloads site. Just did a search using the number, for
example : KB896344 and KB898461 were the ones I did that way. My computer is
running fine with nothing strange happening so maybe that is the way I will
install updates from now on.

Anyone else have other thoughts on this???

Dan in Wisconsin

"Beat Sieber" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using Win XP professional.
>
> I'm trying to download Windows Updates so I select the ones I'm going to
> download and click "Install updates". Then the mask appears and just above
> the progressbar is written "preparing for download". Then it hangs about 20
> minutes. At the end I've got the message "updates were unable to be
> successfully installed"
>
> Does someone know this problem? In former times I didn't have problems.
>
> I also tried to turn off my firewall.
>
> THX a lot for your help
>
> Beatoss
>
>
>

"oknowhi" wrote:

> Seems this same thing is happening to MANY folks from the posts here. Ever
> sicne tMS updated the update site. What you discribed happened to me exactly.
> I finally went to the MS download site and found the updates byt eh KB number
> that was listed there on the update site and updated my computer from there.
> SinceI updated my update site there have been 2 updates listed and neither
> one would update from the Windows Update site. But I did get them insattled
> ok from the MS downloads site. Just did a search using the number, for
> example : KB896344 and KB898461 were the ones I did that way. My computer is
> running fine with nothing strange happening so maybe that is the way I will
> install updates from now on.
>
> Anyone else have other thoughts on this???
>
> Dan in Wisconsin

I have the exact same problem on both of my PCs and I'm downloading updates
from the MS downloads site also.

I've tried every solution for the 80246008 error code that I can find, and
my Backgroung Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) still will not start.



"oknowhi" wrote:

> Seems this same thing is happening to MANY folks from the posts here. Ever
> sicne tMS updated the update site. What you discribed happened to me exactly.
> I finally went to the MS download site and found the updates byt eh KB number
> that was listed there on the update site and updated my computer from there.
> SinceI updated my update site there have been 2 updates listed and neither
> one would update from the Windows Update site. But I did get them insattled
> ok from the MS downloads site. Just did a search using the number, for
> example : KB896344 and KB898461 were the ones I did that way. My computer is
> running fine with nothing strange happening so maybe that is the way I will
> install updates from now on.
>
> Anyone else have other thoughts on this???
>
> Dan in Wisconsin
>
> "Beat Sieber" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using Win XP professional.
> >
> > I'm trying to download Windows Updates so I select the ones I'm going to
> > download and click "Install updates". Then the mask appears and just above
> > the progressbar is written "preparing for download". Then it hangs about 20
> > minutes. At the end I've got the message "updates were unable to be
> > successfully installed"
> >
> > Does someone know this problem? In former times I didn't have problems.
> >
> > I also tried to turn off my firewall.
> >
> > THX a lot for your help
> >
> > Beatoss
> >
> >
> >

Hello,

I also downloaded the files manually. I searched 4 hours for a solution to
get BITS running, but there was no solution, except maybe uninstalling sp2
and so on, but that was to much for me.

I'll hope Microsoft will fix this with a new Hotfix, so that the BITS is
starting up.

THX for your answers

Beatoss


"Beat Sieber" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Win XP professional.
>
> I'm trying to download Windows Updates so I select the ones I'm going to
> download and click "Install updates". Then the mask appears and just above
> the progressbar is written "preparing for download". Then it hangs about
> 20 minutes. At the end I've got the message "updates were unable to be
> successfully installed"
>
> Does someone know this problem? In former times I didn't have problems.
>
> I also tried to turn off my firewall.
>
> THX a lot for your help
>
> Beatoss
>