Windows Update not installing in my Windows 2003 Server machine

Hi

I got the following error when i tried to install the Windows updates for my
Windows 2003 server system

Installation Failure

Error Code: 0x80244018

Can anyone help me on this problem'

Thanks

Same issue. No help at all. Every one of these newsgroup articles on the
0x80244018 error are totally useless for Windows 2003 server. And I KNOW
IT'S not the firewall b/c the Win 2k servers and Win XP workstations work
just fine. These have recently been installed/upgraded, but I was not the
one who did it. We've followed numerous instructions from the news groups
and from MSKB articles and nothing works.

"Nithya" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I got the following error when i tried to install the Windows updates for my
> Windows 2003 server system
>
> Installation Failure
>
> Error Code: 0x80244018
>
> Can anyone help me on this problem'
>
> Thanks
>

Here's more info. I d/led the WGA diag tool and ran it. What's strange is
it shows that things are wrong I guess (i'll see if I can paste results) but
yet I'm able to go to Windows UPdate which I shouldn't be allowed to if I
didn't pass the validation. What's the problem!?!?


Here's the results:


Diagnostic Report (1.5.0545.0):
-----------------------------------------
WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Unsupported OS
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-3WDK8-WY6CC-6KXWG
Windows Product Key Hash: U43nNrhmrULQLQyqB26JQ/XhTvU=
Windows Product ID: 69712-650-5348895-45717
Windows Product ID Type: 0
Windows License Type: Unknown
Windows OS version: 5.2.3790.2.00030110.1.0.000
ID: 726c593a-7267-41f1-9389-6a5f68b7492b
Is Admin: Yes
AutoDial:
Registry: 0x0
WGA Version: Failed to retrieve file version. - 0x80070006
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A

System Scan Data-->
Scan: Complete
Cryptography: Complete

Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A
File Exists: No
Version: N/A
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Data-->
Office Status: 111
Office Diagnostics:

Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed

File Scan Data-->

Other data-->
Office Details:
<GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>726c593a-7267-41f1-9389-6a5f68b7492b</UGUID><Version>1.5.0545.0</Version><OS>5.2.3790.2.00030110.1.0.000</OS><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-6KXWG</PKey><PID>69712-650-5348895-45717</PID><PIDType>0</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-2521642675-1180776500-4281774767</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Dell
Computer Corporation</Manufacturer><Model>PowerEdge 1500SC
</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Dell Computer
Corporation</Manufacturer><Version>A06</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2"
minor="3"/><Date>20041014******.******+***</Date></BIOS><HWID>83B437C70184215F</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Eastern
Standard Time(GMT-05:00)</TimeZone></MachineData>
<Software><Office><Result>111</Result><Products/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>



"Louis" wrote:

> Same issue. No help at all. Every one of these newsgroup articles on the
> 0x80244018 error are totally useless for Windows 2003 server. And I KNOW
> IT'S not the firewall b/c the Win 2k servers and Win XP workstations work
> just fine. These have recently been installed/upgraded, but I was not the
> one who did it. We've followed numerous instructions from the news groups
> and from MSKB articles and nothing works.
>
> "Nithya" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I got the following error when i tried to install the Windows updates for my
> > Windows 2003 server system
> >
> > Installation Failure
> >
> > Error Code: 0x80244018
> >
> > Can anyone help me on this problem'
> >
> > Thanks
> >