"Viken Karaguesian" <vikenkNO_SPAM@NO_SPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> This is the first time I've ever had a problem installing a Windows update.
> I have XP Pro/SP2.
> I do not use automatic updates, I go to the update site
> and choose the updates (I usually choose everything that's important) and
> install them.
Then you are still using wuauserv and BITS to do the download
and your problem symptoms will show up in the WindowsUpdate.log
(Ref. KB902093). Activate verbose logging if necessary. Run... ProcMon
to supplement verbose logging if necessary.
What happens if you download the update from the Windows Update Catalog
and try installing it completely manually instead?
>
> This update was in a group of 7 other updates I was installing (all
> "security updates"). This is the only one that failed to install. I've
> seached the NG and found the link to responses #51-#58, but I'm not sure
> what the end outcome of that thread is. Just give up on the install?
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...958ab9bf03aee3
That depends on your version of Windows and its locale.
I.e. PA Bear's suggestion seems to be if you have an English version of Windows
and either Automatic Updates or Windows Update is offering KB934238
to hide that update.
<title>On non-English versions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP,
some text in the print dialog box unexpectedly appears in English
after you install the .NET Framework 3.0</title>
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934238
Note a requirement mentioned in the article
<quote>
Note If you installed the .NET Framework 3.0 on a non-English version of
Windows Server 2003 or of Windows XP, you must install the appropriate
language pack for the .NET Framework 3.0 before you check for updates
on the Windows Update Web site
</quote>
Perhaps not satisfying that criterion, even in an English version of Windows,
is what leads to this symptom?
>
> It seems to fail even before attempting to install. All I get is a window
> that says "Downloading......FAILED!". It also made a reference to Error
> Code: 0x80242006
>
> Any ideas?
Get some context for that code, as described above.
BTW here's what that code "means" without any context:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
(Live Search site:microsoft.com for
0x80242006 intitle:codes
)
<quote>
0x80242006 WU_E_UH_INVALIDMETADATA
A handler operation could not be completed because the update contains invalid metadata.
</quote>
If your version of OS is English and you were being offered a patch
which does not apply to it or for which your version does not have the necessary
pre-requisites to install it, seeing a code such as this might be understandable.
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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