Update Error Code 800B0100

Hi,

I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them
are not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen.
Based on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various
recommended remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator;
firewall off, antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I
alone in this quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete
Vista Home Premium, but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My
Vista was factory installed, so I have no DVD for
re-installation.Microsoft is reported to have refused to help many
people about this error.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Morton

Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702


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"Morton" <> wrote in message
news:48e96732$0$4911$...
> Hi,
>
> I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
> Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them are
> not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen. Based
> on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various recommended
> remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator; firewall off,
> antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I alone in this
> quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete Vista Home Premium,
> but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My Vista was factory
> installed, so I have no DVD for re-installation.Microsoft is reported to
> have refused to help many people about this error.
>
> Has anyone found a solution to this problem?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Morton

TaurArian wrote:
> Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
> sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
>
>

All that site is telling you is that Vista is having troubles
registering COM DLL(s). The problem may be due to UAC on Vista is
interfering with the registration, and that also, your user/admin
account doesn't have full admin rights to do the registration.

It's being explained in the link.


<http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2007/02/com-registration-under-microsoft.html>

It's also talking about using the hidden built-in Administrator account,
yes, that same built-in Administrator account on XP.

<http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Benefits_of_Vista s_Hidden_Administrator_Account>

You should read the information in the link, like read the section about
the benefits of using the Administrator account, which is the account is
a admin account that has full admin rights all the time and UAC can
still be enabled.

As opposed to using your default out of the box user/admin account on
Vista that does not have full rights, because of the two access tokens
being used on the user/admin account, with the default being the
Standard user token. And that's why you must run something with Run As
Administrator so that it can access to the Admin Full rights token and
escalate privileges, not so with the built-in Administrator account.

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx>
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

What do you have to loose at this point by not trying it? You just may
want to download the KB's manually go into safe mode and login using the
Administrator user account.

You might want to do this first, just on GP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

"Morton" <> wrote in message
news:48e96732$0$4911$...
> Hi,
>
> I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
> Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them are
> not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen. Based
> on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various recommended
> remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator; firewall off,
> antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I alone in this
> quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete Vista Home Premium,
> but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My Vista was factory
> installed, so I have no DVD for re-installation.Microsoft is reported to
> have refused to help many people about this error.
>
> Has anyone found a solution to this problem?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Someone else posted a link about COM DLL registration problems.

All that site is telling you is that Vista is having troubles registering
COM DLL(s). The problem may be due to UAC on Vista is interfering with the
registration, and that also, your user/admin account doesn't have full admin
rights to do the registration.

It's being explained in the link.

<http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2007/02/com-registration-under-microsoft.html>

It's also talking about using the hidden built-in Administrator account,
yes, that same built-in Administrator account on XP.

<http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Benefits_of_Vista s_Hidden_Administrator_Account>

You should read the information in the link, like read the section about the
benefits of using the Administrator account, which is the account is a admin
account that has full admin rights all the time and UAC can still be
enabled.

As opposed to using your default out of the box user/admin account on Vista
that does not have full rights, because of the two access tokens being used
on the user/admin account, with the default being the Standard user token.
And that's why you must run something with Run As Administrator so that it
can access to the Admin Full rights token and escalate privileges, not so
with the built-in Administrator account.

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx>
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

What do you have to loose at this point by not trying it? You just may want
to download the KB's manually go into safe mode and login using the
Administrator user account.

You might want to do this first, just on GP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

0x800B0100 TRUST_E_NOSIGNATURE


To repair this error run the following Tool

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821/

As described in

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702

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"Morton" <> wrote in message news:48e96732$0$4911$...
> Hi,
>
> I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
> Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them
> are not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen.
> Based on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various
> recommended remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator;
> firewall off, antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I
> alone in this quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete
> Vista Home Premium, but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My
> Vista was factory installed, so I have no DVD for
> re-installation.Microsoft is reported to have refused to help many
> people about this error.
>
> Has anyone found a solution to this problem?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Morton

HUH ??? What does this have to do with the OP's issue

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"Mr. Arnold" <MR. > wrote in message news:...
>
> "Morton" <> wrote in message
> news:48e96732$0$4911$...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
>> Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them are
>> not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen. Based
>> on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various recommended
>> remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator; firewall off,
>> antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I alone in this
>> quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete Vista Home Premium,
>> but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My Vista was factory
>> installed, so I have no DVD for re-installation.Microsoft is reported to
>> have refused to help many people about this error.
>>
>> Has anyone found a solution to this problem?
>>
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Someone else posted a link about COM DLL registration problems.
>
> All that site is telling you is that Vista is having troubles registering
> COM DLL(s). The problem may be due to UAC on Vista is interfering with the
> registration, and that also, your user/admin account doesn't have full admin
> rights to do the registration.
>
> It's being explained in the link.
>
> <http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2007/02/com-registration-under-microsoft..html>
>
> It's also talking about using the hidden built-in Administrator account,
> yes, that same built-in Administrator account on XP.
>
> <http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Benefits_of_Vista s_Hidden_Administrator_Account>
>
> You should read the information in the link, like read the section about the
> benefits of using the Administrator account, which is the account is a admin
> account that has full admin rights all the time and UAC can still be
> enabled.
>
> As opposed to using your default out of the box user/admin account on Vista
> that does not have full rights, because of the two access tokens being used
> on the user/admin account, with the default being the Standard user token.
> And that's why you must run something with Run As Administrator so that it
> can access to the Admin Full rights token and escalate privileges, not so
> with the built-in Administrator account.
>
> <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx>
> <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>
>
> What do you have to loose at this point by not trying it? You just may want
> to download the KB's manually go into safe mode and login using the
> Administrator user account.
>
> You might want to do this first, just on GP.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
news:...
HUH ??? What does this have to do with the OP's issue

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702

It's based on COM DLL registration issues, which might apply to Vista as
well, in case the Vista tool doesn't resolve the issues. Run as
Administrator with full admin rights to see if that gets things corrected
when doing an update..

TaurArian wrote:
> Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
> sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
>
>

Hi to TauArian and to the other people who answered my query:

I fear that I've been led into a classic Catch-22 situation. I can't get
Vista Updates due to the 800B0100 error. The suggestion to download the
System Update Readiness Tool involves finding it on the list of
available downloads, but I cannot download any updates in the first
place! In addition, a suggested method for manually downloading that
Tool did not work, as the hourglass icon hung up for more than 15
minutes while the tool bar said transferring from c.microsoft.com.
So, I'm still so frustrated.

I'll try some of your other suggestions, and just hope that something
works.

Thanks again,

Morton

Peter Foldes wrote:
> 0x800B0100 TRUST_E_NOSIGNATURE
>
>
> To repair this error run the following Tool
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821/
>
> As described in
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
>
Hi Peter,

I'm supposed to download that tool to fix my problem, but getting the
tool is done via Vista Updates, (as per tool instructions), and I CANNOT
get updates in the first place. Is that tool available on a CD? I would
gladly pay for it, if it would help me.

Thanks again for your response.

Morton

Morton

It is not done through Windows Update. Here is the Direct link for that download for Vista x86 systems

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

Let us know how you made out. Make sure you take a note where it will download to on your C:\

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"Morton" <> wrote in message news:48ea8a6e$0$4983$...
> Peter Foldes wrote:
>> 0x800B0100 TRUST_E_NOSIGNATURE
>>
>>
>> To repair this error run the following Tool
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821/
>>
>> As described in
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
>>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I'm supposed to download that tool to fix my problem, but getting the
> tool is done via Vista Updates, (as per tool instructions), and I CANNOT
> get updates in the first place. Is that tool available on a CD? I would
> gladly pay for it, if it would help me.
>
> Thanks again for your response.
>
> Morton