Re: Failed to install updates: KB898461 & KB892130

I too have been having this problem for the past couple of months. Several
Months ago I had this very problem with Office Updates. I was able to finally
fix it with a small script program that I got here in the Newsgroups as
Microsoft Tech Support Had me doing all kinds of thing but to no avail. I
have no idea why this started happening again on Windows Update. This has had
some changes I know< but it now incorporates Office and Windows Update. My
Office Update Still Works.

"TaurArian [MVP]" wrote:

> http://www.updatexp.com/0x80070057.html
>
> What causes Error 0x80070057
>
>
>
> Dan wrote:
> > When i go onto windows update website and click on either custom or
> > express buttons to get updates it says there are two updates to
> > install (Update for Windows XP (KB898461) and Windows Genuine
> > Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)). When i try and download them
> > it fails to install them. When i look on the update history i get the
> > error code: 0x80070057. The automatic update must also have been
> > trying to install them and failing as there are a total of 40 install
> > failures recorded from these two updates, all with the same error
> > code. I tried to install the first manually but it wouldn't install.
> > Not sure what else to try.
> >
> > Can't find anything at all useful on the knowledge base. Any help
> > would be much apreciated.
> >
> > Thx Dan
>

I've no idea what causes it (i can't find much on the knowledge base), i've
installed lots of updates successfully - its just stopped working. I tried
enabling all the windows services and then doing it but that hasn't helped.

"DGrilli" wrote:

> I too have been having this problem for the past couple of months. Several
> Months ago I had this very problem with Office Updates. I was able to finally
> fix it with a small script program that I got here in the Newsgroups as
> Microsoft Tech Support Had me doing all kinds of thing but to no avail. I
> have no idea why this started happening again on Windows Update. This has had
> some changes I know< but it now incorporates Office and Windows Update. My
> Office Update Still Works.
>
> "TaurArian [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > http://www.updatexp.com/0x80070057.html
> >
> > What causes Error 0x80070057
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan wrote:
> > > When i go onto windows update website and click on either custom or
> > > express buttons to get updates it says there are two updates to
> > > install (Update for Windows XP (KB898461) and Windows Genuine
> > > Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)). When i try and download them
> > > it fails to install them. When i look on the update history i get the
> > > error code: 0x80070057. The automatic update must also have been
> > > trying to install them and failing as there are a total of 40 install
> > > failures recorded from these two updates, all with the same error
> > > code. I tried to install the first manually but it wouldn't install.
> > > Not sure what else to try.
> > >
> > > Can't find anything at all useful on the knowledge base. Any help
> > > would be much apreciated.
> > >
> > > Thx Dan
> >