Windows Security update errors

I received error 0x80242008 on two of the most recent updates,
Update for Internet Explorer KB916281
Security Update Windows XP KB917344.
Does anyone know what these errors are. Searching help was no help.
Thanks
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DQ

DQ wrote:
> I received error 0x80242008 on two of the most recent updates,
> Update for Internet Explorer KB916281
> Security Update Windows XP KB917344.
> Does anyone know what these errors are. Searching help was no help.
> Thanks
> --
> DQ

I had the same error. Turns out the update didn't like the fact that I
had changed the default location for "program files". I went back into
the registry, changed it back to crogram files, reran the update and
it worked just fine. Check your
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ProgramFilesDir
value.

Me too.... please respond if you know of what might be the problem, upon
restarting, it did a check disk, and deleted a few index entries. What's
shakin'?????

"DQ" wrote:

> I received error 0x80242008 on two of the most recent updates,
> Update for Internet Explorer KB916281
> Security Update Windows XP KB917344.
> Does anyone know what these errors are. Searching help was no help.
> Thanks
> --
> DQ

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DQ


"" wrote:

> DQ wrote:
> > I received error 0x80242008 on two of the most recent updates,
> > Update for Internet Explorer KB916281
> > Security Update Windows XP KB917344.
> > Does anyone know what these errors are. Searching help was no help.
> > Thanks
> > --
> > DQ
>
> I had the same error. Turns out the update didn't like the fact that I
> had changed the default location for "program files". I went back into
> the registry, changed it back to crogram files, reran the update and
> it worked just fine. Check your
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ProgramFilesDir
> value.
>
> Unfortunately I already was pointing to c:\Program Files. Thanks for the reply

Worked here! Magic! Thanks tneceda.
(When will this kind of silly problem be sorted in XP?)

"" wrote:

> Turns out the update didn't like the fact that I
> had changed the default location for "program files". I went back into
> the registry, changed it back to crogram files, reran the update and
> it worked just fine. Check your
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ProgramFilesDir
> value.
>
>

"DQ" <> wrote in message
news:40B14FED-21CB-46DE-9E50-...
>I received error 0x80242008 on two of the most recent updates,
> Update for Internet Explorer KB916281
> Security Update Windows XP KB917344.
> Does anyone know what these errors are. Searching help was no help.
> Thanks


Try searching on the web interface to newsgroups that you are using?

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...f-167866fa40ed

(Search for
0x80242008 MVP
- first hit
- opened as a thread by doubleclicking on one of its messages
)


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