Postings must get really long in this group.
Dumping the contents of SoftwareDistribution\DataStore (with the wuauserv
service stopped) got it working again. the search for update took almost a
hour...
My issue was not any/all update--I wasn't even getting that far.
Thanks for the help!
"PA Bear" <> wrote in message
news:...
> To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous
> message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.
>
> All updates or just one in particular?
>
> You may find joy in one or more of these recent threads about error
> 0x8DDD0009:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...rt=0&scoring=d
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
>
> Dick Watson wrote:
>> SP4. It was completely up to date until this crap started happening about
>> a
>> month or two back.
>>
>> "PA Bear" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> What update? Win2K SP4 or...?
>
> <paste>
>> Dick Watson wrote:
>>> Here's yet another report, apparently...
>>>
>>> Fails in either Custom or Express. Off it goes "Checking for latest
>>> updates" and goes and goes. Eventually I get an error screen page
>>> "[Error
>>> number: 0x8DDD0009] The website has encountered a problem..." Sometimes
>>> when it gets to this page the IE instance is wedged. The error page
>>> suggests refreshing the page (nope) deleting temporary internet files
>>> (no
>>> joy either) and closing and reopening IE (you guessed it).
>>> WindowsUpdate.log says:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> 2006-08-25 16:09:46 920 504 Agent ** START ** Agent: Finding updates
>>> [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
>>> 2006-08-25 16:09:46 920 504 Agent *********
>>> 2006-08-25 16:10:58 920 504 Agent WARNING: Failed to evaluate Installed
>>> rule, updateId = {ED300F67-421C-4C08-B3BA-F35C55F3B427}.100, error =
>>> 0x80041017
> <snip>
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