Dave wrote:
> Downloading of security update KB885835 has failed twilce with error
> code 80070003. Any advice for a newbie please?
> Dave
Hi
Error 0x80070003 is
COR_E_DIRECTORYNOTFOUND
The specified path couldn't be found - ALLUSERSPROFILE Microsoft
network dir doesn’t exist
You receive error message 0x80070003 when you try to update Windows
from the Windows Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836949
When you attempt to update Windows XP from the Windows Update Web site,
you receive error 0x80070003?
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBQ/tip8000/rh8024.htm
If the above doesn't fix your problem, try this as well:
If the directory "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network"
does not exist, you will get this error.
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% is normally "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users"
To verify existence/create this folder, you can do like this:
Press Start/Run, and fill in this:
"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft"
Press OK, and the Microsoft folder should open.
If you do not see a sub folder with the name "Network" there,
create it, using File\New --> Folder and then enter Network
If nothing of the above helps, try this:
Clean out the Download folder (WU5's temporary download folder)
located here:
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\
(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)
You can use the procedure described here:
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=11&ln=en
You may need to delete the DataStore folder mentioned in the link
above, as well as the Download folder.
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