windows update 898461 continously fails with error 0x8007f001

Hi,

I have a german version of Windows XP. Since a couple of months (I cannot
remeber it exactly) I cannot install any updates from update.microsoft.com:
express as well as custom search always want to install update 898461 which
continously fails with error 0x8007f001 since windows update somehow wants to
install the english version of 898461 (which does not work on a german
windows xp).

I have manually installed the german version of 898461, but windows update
still wants to install the english version of 898461 before installing any
other updates (windowsupdate.log states a total of 18 updates detected).

So, why does windows update detect a missing english version of 898461? How
can I circumvent to install this update (since the german version of 898461
is already installed manually)?

Has anyone any idea? Deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder did not help.
Neither did a search on the net.
(I think the whole think was trigger when I had a chinese-language-learning
programm installed which may have changed some settings/and or replaced some
files which trigger windows update into failure..)

Thanks for your help,
Thorsten

ThorstenB,

According to KB898461:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898461

> The files for the Package Installer for Windows are installed in the following folder:
> %windir%\System32\PreInstall\WinSE\WXP_%lcid%_v1
> Note The placeholder %windir% represents the location of the Windows system directory.
> The placeholder %lcid% represents the language identifier for the operating system that
> the computer is running. For more information about language identifiers, visit the
> following Microsoft Web site:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l/nls_8xo3.asp
>
> The following files are installed in this folder:
> • Update.exe.ref
> • Updspapi.dll.ref
> • Spuninst.exe.ref
> • Spcustom.dll.ref
> • Spmsg.dll.ref
> • Spupdsvc.exe.ref

First, show hidden files, folders, and system files :
http://www.xtra.co.nz/help/0,,4155-1916458,00.html

Then navigate to the WXP_%lcid%_v1 folder located at

WINDOWS\system32\PreInstall\WinSE

The folder for German (Germany) should be named :

wxp_x86_0407_v1

There are other German versions as shown on this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l/nls_238z.asp

For the following German versions, these should be the corresponding
number (%lcid%)of the folder :

German (Austria)- 0c07
German (Liechtenstein)- 1407
German (Luxembourg)- 1007
German (Switzerland)- 0807

What is the number of the wxp_x86_xxxx_v1 folder ?

The other language identifier is present in the Update.inf file of the
update package. From where did you obtain the update ?


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


ThorstenB wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a german version of Windows XP. Since a couple of months (I cannot
> remeber it exactly) I cannot install any updates from update.microsoft.com:
> express as well as custom search always want to install update 898461 which
> continously fails with error 0x8007f001 since windows update somehow wants to
> install the english version of 898461 (which does not work on a german
> windows xp).
>
> I have manually installed the german version of 898461, but windows update
> still wants to install the english version of 898461 before installing any
> other updates (windowsupdate.log states a total of 18 updates detected).
>
> So, why does windows update detect a missing english version of 898461? How
> can I circumvent to install this update (since the german version of 898461
> is already installed manually)?
>
> Has anyone any idea? Deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder did not help.
> Neither did a search on the net.
> (I think the whole think was trigger when I had a chinese-language-learning
> programm installed which may have changed some settings/and or replaced some
> files which trigger windows update into failure..)
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Thorsten

MowGreen,

> > The following files are installed in this folder:
> > • Update.exe.ref
> > • Updspapi.dll.ref
> > • Spuninst.exe.ref
> > • Spcustom.dll.ref
> > • Spmsg.dll.ref
> > • Spupdsvc.exe.ref

These files are all present in my
c:\WINDOWS\system32\PreInstall\WinSE\wxp_x86_0407_ v1\

Hence I think the windows update 898461 german is installed successfully. I
have downloaded the copy from the microsoft website.

The problem is: when I visit the microsoft update website to retrieve the
latest updates, the microsoft updater first wants to install the english
version of 898461 (which always fails duie to non-matching language)... but
without this update, the microsoft update website does not allow me to scan
for and retrieve the other updates...

> The folder for German (Germany) should be named :
>
> wxp_x86_0407_v1

Yes, this folder is present on my harrdrive and it contains the files listed
above.

> The other language identifier is present in the Update.inf file of the
> update package. From where did you obtain the update ?

The german update downloaded from microsoft webpage,
WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-DEU.exe, works fine. But the active-x control on
microsoft update downloads
c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\S-1-5-18\80e56ce0092a944b212df2b595e8badf\WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
and always wants to install this file before it wants to continue with
further updates (but, this version cannot be installed on a german XP).

Do you have any idea why the updater downloads 898461 in the wrong language
and does not recognize the manually installed german 898461?


Thanks for your help,
Thorsten

> (I think the whole think was trigger when I had a chinese-language-learning
> programm installed which may have changed some settings/and or replaced some
> files which trigger windows update into failure..)

Since the folder has the correct name for German and the update was
downloaded from Microsoft Update, and should have contained the correct
..inf file for German, the only thought concerning why MU isn't
recognizing is what you originally posted ... somehow the default
language settings have been corrupted/damaged.

Let's try this. Uninstall KB898461 from Add/Remove Programs in the
Control Panel.
Then go to this page :

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

Validate the system, then Change the Language to German.
Download the update and SAVE it, do NOT run it.
When the download is finished, close Internet Explorer, install it, then
restart the system.

Revisit Microsoft Update and see if it prompts you to install KB898461
again.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


ThorstenB wrote:

> MowGreen,
>
>
>>>The following files are installed in this folder:
>>>• Update.exe.ref
>>>• Updspapi.dll.ref
>>>• Spuninst.exe.ref
>>>• Spcustom.dll.ref
>>>• Spmsg.dll.ref
>>>• Spupdsvc.exe.ref
>
>
> These files are all present in my
> c:\WINDOWS\system32\PreInstall\WinSE\wxp_x86_0407_ v1\
>
> Hence I think the windows update 898461 german is installed successfully. I
> have downloaded the copy from the microsoft website.
>
> The problem is: when I visit the microsoft update website to retrieve the
> latest updates, the microsoft updater first wants to install the english
> version of 898461 (which always fails duie to non-matching language)... but
> without this update, the microsoft update website does not allow me to scan
> for and retrieve the other updates...
>
>
>>The folder for German (Germany) should be named :
>>
>>wxp_x86_0407_v1
>
>
> Yes, this folder is present on my harrdrive and it contains the files listed
> above.
>
>
>>The other language identifier is present in the Update.inf file of the
>>update package. From where did you obtain the update ?
>
>
> The german update downloaded from microsoft webpage,
> WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-DEU.exe, works fine. But the active-x control on
> microsoft update downloads
> c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\S-1-5-18\80e56ce0092a944b212df2b595e8badf\WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-ENU.exe
> and always wants to install this file before it wants to continue with
> further updates (but, this version cannot be installed on a german XP).
>
> Do you have any idea why the updater downloads 898461 in the wrong language
> and does not recognize the manually installed german 898461?
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Thorsten

Sorry for the delayed response.

> Let's try this. Uninstall KB898461 from Add/Remove Programs in the
> Control Panel.
> Then go to this page :
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Validate the system, then Change the Language to German.
> Download the update and SAVE it, do NOT run it.
> When the download is finished, close Internet Explorer, install it, then
> restart the system.
>
> Revisit Microsoft Update and see if it prompts you to install KB898461
> again.


If have uninstalled KB898461 using Add/Remove Programs, rebooted the system,
installed KB898461 from file WindowsXP-KB898461-x86-DEU.exe (downloaded
before reboot), rebooted the system again and then revisited Microsoft Update
and it still wants to install the English KB898461.

Maybe, at this point, only re-installing Windows might "solve" the
problem...

Thanks,
Thorsten