Update for Windows XP (KB898461) Cannot install

Update for Windows XP (KB898461) Cannot install

Error Code: 0x80070017 is Dispalyed anybody any ideas.
Cheers dave.

Seems this same thing is happening to MANY folks from the posts here. Ever
sicne MS updated the update site. What you discribed happened to me exactly.
I finally went to the MS download site and found the updates by the KB number
that was listed there on the update site and updated my computer from there.
Since I updated my update site there have been 2 updates listed and neither
one would update from the Windows Update site. But I did get them installed
ok from the MS downloads site. Just did a search using the number, for
example : KB896344 and KB898461 were the ones I did that way. My computer is
running fine with nothing strange happening so maybe that is the way I will
install updates from now on.

Dan in Wisconsin



"Martek" wrote:

> Update for Windows XP (KB898461) Cannot install
>
> Error Code: 0x80070017 is Dispalyed anybody any ideas.
> Cheers dave.

To fix the issue with installing KB898461 simply rename the file:

c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe

to

c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.old

and then try the update again either through Windows Update or from the
full installer which can be downloaded here:

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

It should now complete successfully and allow you to start getting
other updates as well.

Herr_Mord wrote:
> To fix the issue with installing KB898461 simply rename the file:
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
>
> to
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.old
>
> and then try the update again either through Windows Update or from the
> full installer which can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> It should now complete successfully and allow you to start getting
> other updates as well.




"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-> wrote in message

news:eU%...
> Trevor Appleton wrote:
>
>> This update has attempted to install every time I've switched on my PC
>> for months now. Any way of getting rid of it or even installing the
>> update?
> Hi,
>
> Herr_Mord found that renaming c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
> solved the KB898461 install problem for him:
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...9e8e589?hl=en&
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx



Have done that then tried running the update 1st from the icon that
sits
permanently in the systray (for past 4 months). That was unsuccessful.

Then by downloading and saving WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe then
running
it.

As before I get ther message that the file is corrupt.

Thank you!! After two hours of fishing for a cure and checking by BITS
settings, etc., this is the trick that fixed it!

"Herr_Mord" wrote:

> To fix the issue with installing KB898461 simply rename the file:
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
>
> to
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.old
>
> and then try the update again either through Windows Update or from the
> full installer which can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> It should now complete successfully and allow you to start getting
> other updates as well.
>
>

This is just great, after more than a year of trying (and then giving up) my
computer now succesfully installed the wretched update and I just completed
the 54 essential updates I'd missed since this KB would not work! Thank you!!

"Herr_Mord" wrote:

> To fix the issue with installing KB898461 simply rename the file:
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
>
> to
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.old
>
> and then try the update again either through Windows Update or from the
> full installer which can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> It should now complete successfully and allow you to start getting
> other updates as well.
>
>

tried but cant find spupdsvc.exe

"Herr_Mord" wrote:

> To fix the issue with installing KB898461 simply rename the file:
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
>
> to
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.old
>
> and then try the update again either through Windows Update or from the
> full installer which can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> It should now complete successfully and allow you to start getting
> other updates as well.
>
>

"Martek" wrote:

> Update for Windows XP (KB898461) Cannot install
>
> Error Code: 0x80070017 is Dispalyed anybody any ideas.
> Cheers dave.

HOW do you rename the file as .old???? do you just add it to the end of the
file? It didn't work for me! >.<

"Herr_Mord" wrote:

> To fix the issue with installing KB898461 simply rename the file:
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.exe
>
> to
>
> c:\windows\system32\spupdsvc.old
>
> and then try the update again either through Windows Update or from the
> full installer which can be downloaded here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> It should now complete successfully and allow you to start getting
> other updates as well.
>
>