About to pull ALL my hair out - windows update

I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back, and
I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the secondary
drive.

XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
windows 4 times now, always the same result.

The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater. If
I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20 minutes,
then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
display the page I'm trying to view.

Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
- update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
- MS Windows Installer 3.1
- XP Update (KB898461)

At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect and
scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display the
page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in the
background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded, then
evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
obviously won't install what it did download.

What am I doing wrong? Help!

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"newguy" <> wrote in message
news:F9D834AF-1EA0-46F3-84FC-...
| I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
| for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back,
and
| I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the
secondary
| drive.
|
| XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
| windows 4 times now, always the same result.
|
| The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater.
If
| I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20
minutes,
| then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
| display the page I'm trying to view.
|
| Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
| and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
| - update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
| - MS Windows Installer 3.1
| - XP Update (KB898461)
|
| At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect
and
| scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display
the
| page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in
the
| background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded,
then
| evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
| obviously won't install what it did download.
|
| What am I doing wrong? Help!

Go to support.microsoft.com and download and install SP2 for XP.
Then try again.
WU no longer supplies updates for XP for anything prior to SP1


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Peter 107641
XP Pro + sp2
Std Server 2003

"newguy" <> wrote in message
news:F9D834AF-1EA0-46F3-84FC-...
> I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
> for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back,
> and
> I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the
> secondary
> drive.
>
> XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
> windows 4 times now, always the same result.
>
> The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater.
> If
> I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20
> minutes,
> then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
> display the page I'm trying to view.
>
> Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
> and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
> - update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
> - MS Windows Installer 3.1
> - XP Update (KB898461)
>
> At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect
> and
> scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display
> the
> page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in
> the
> background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded,
> then
> evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
> obviously won't install what it did download.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Help!

I should start by saying that the error # when the download fails is the
often-mentioned 0x8DDD0009.

Peter or anyone else,

Stupid question: how do I find the SP1 -> SP2 upgrade download? I've
searched for "SP2 download" and "SP1 to SP2 upgrade" and a bunch of other
combinations, but I can't find it at support.microsoft.com.

Taurian,

I tried your suggestions but nothing helped. I also tried a bunch of other
suggestions in similar threads, but nothing works.

"Peter Cox ~ 107641" wrote:

> Go to support.microsoft.com and download and install SP2 for XP.
> Then try again.
> WU no longer supplies updates for XP for anything prior to SP1
>
>
> --
> Peter 107641
> XP Pro + sp2
> Std Server 2003
>
> "newguy" <> wrote in message
> news:F9D834AF-1EA0-46F3-84FC-...
> > I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
> > for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back,
> > and
> > I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the
> > secondary
> > drive.
> >
> > XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
> > windows 4 times now, always the same result.
> >
> > The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater.
> > If
> > I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20
> > minutes,
> > then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
> > display the page I'm trying to view.
> >
> > Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
> > and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
> > - update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
> > - MS Windows Installer 3.1
> > - XP Update (KB898461)
> >
> > At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect
> > and
> > scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display
> > the
> > page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in
> > the
> > background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded,
> > then
> > evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
> > obviously won't install what it did download.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? Help!
>
>
>

Try the suggestions posted here:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ef2e6c4b4e4945
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

newguy wrote:
> I should start by saying that the error # when the download fails is the
> often-mentioned 0x8DDD0009.
<snip>

Update: I finally got it working.

I tried updating the registry as per the instructions in this post:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...9-9fca92834d58

That didn't work. Then I deleted all the downloaded files/whatever as
detailed here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xp=&sloc=en-us

Then it finally started to work.

Thanks to all for your suggestions, and I hope this helps anyone else who
finds themself in the same situation (i.e. stuck!).

Before I forget, sorry for misspelling your name earlier, TaurArian!

"newguy" wrote:

> I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
> for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back, and
> I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the secondary
> drive.
>
> XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
> windows 4 times now, always the same result.
>
> The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater. If
> I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20 minutes,
> then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
> display the page I'm trying to view.
>
> Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
> and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
> - update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
> - MS Windows Installer 3.1
> - XP Update (KB898461)
>
> At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect and
> scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display the
> page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in the
> background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded, then
> evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
> obviously won't install what it did download.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Help!

To get sp2 follow this url

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


newguy wrote:
> I should start by saying that the error # when the download fails is the
> often-mentioned 0x8DDD0009.
>
> Peter or anyone else,
>
> Stupid question: how do I find the SP1 -> SP2 upgrade download? I've
> searched for "SP2 download" and "SP1 to SP2 upgrade" and a bunch of other
> combinations, but I can't find it at support.microsoft.com.
>
> Taurian,
>
> I tried your suggestions but nothing helped. I also tried a bunch of other
> suggestions in similar threads, but nothing works.
>
> "Peter Cox ~ 107641" wrote:
>
> > Go to support.microsoft.com and download and install SP2 for XP.
> > Then try again.
> > WU no longer supplies updates for XP for anything prior to SP1
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter 107641
> > XP Pro + sp2
> > Std Server 2003
> >
> > "newguy" <> wrote in message
> > news:F9D834AF-1EA0-46F3-84FC-...
> > > I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
> > > for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back,
> > > and
> > > I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the
> > > secondary
> > > drive.
> > >
> > > XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
> > > windows 4 times now, always the same result.
> > >
> > > The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater.
> > > If
> > > I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20
> > > minutes,
> > > then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
> > > display the page I'm trying to view.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
> > > and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
> > > - update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
> > > - MS Windows Installer 3.1
> > > - XP Update (KB898461)
> > >
> > > At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect
> > > and
> > > scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display
> > > the
> > > page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in
> > > the
> > > background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded,
> > > then
> > > evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
> > > obviously won't install what it did download.
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong? Help!
> >
> >
> >

"newguy" <> wrote in message
news:55285163-063F-4CD5-B20F-...
> Update: I finally got it working.
>
> I tried updating the registry as per the instructions in this post:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...9-9fca92834d58
>
> That didn't work. Then I deleted all the downloaded files/whatever as
> detailed here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xp=&sloc=en-us


That is a search? To save the URL for a message click on the CopyURL
button.

Is this the one you meant?

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...aa1&sloc=en-us

(search for
0x80246005 delete
- filtered by Answered Questions
)


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Sorry,

Here's the link I meant:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...91a&sloc=en-us

I didn't realize there was a problem with it. Sorry again.

I had this problem on a Vaio.
I solved it when I installed IE7 alone (not by the Microsoft Update).
Hope this help anybody

"newguy" wrote:

> I've spent about 18 hours so far trying to reconfigure my old old computer
> for use by my kids. The primary drive in this thing failed a while back, and
> I just installed XP (not even SP1 - an old version) on what was the secondary
> drive.
>
> XP installs no problem - until I try to get the updates. I've reinstalled
> windows 4 times now, always the same result.
>
> The only way I can get any updates is via the automatic windows updater. If
> I manually try to connect & scan for updates, IE chugs for about 20 minutes,
> then comes up with an error - the website encountered a problem and can't
> display the page I'm trying to view.
>
> Meanwhile, if I turn on the automatic updater, it works in the background
> and downloads and successfully installs 3 updates:
> - update for BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
> - MS Windows Installer 3.1
> - XP Update (KB898461)
>
> At this point, things seem okay. However, if I try to manually connect and
> scan for updates, I get the same error time & time again (can't display the
> page I want error above). All the while the automatic updater chugs in the
> background, downloading the updates. It gets to about 70% downloaded, then
> evaporates. No matter what I do, it won't pick up where it left off, and
> obviously won't install what it did download.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Help!