WindowsUpdate_8000FFFF WindowsUpdate_dt000

I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
suggestions.

I'm getting it too. The help window within vista says "Help and Support
search term: WindowsUpdate_dt000" and when I use this nothing comes back.

At the moment Windows Vista wants the update KB929777 and can't have it.
Ends up with an 0x8000FFFF failure. Anyone know what that update is for
please? Is it urgent?

Thanks
Dave

"Eric shaw" wrote:

> I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> suggestions.

I keep getting this error also. 8000FFFF failure. Of course, there is no
help at Microsoft as always. I also keep getting the blue screen of death.
Vista Ultimate is obviously not "Ultimate". I thought that for once
Microsoft would put out a product that may work. Obviously not!!!!

"DaveG" wrote:

> I'm getting it too. The help window within vista says "Help and Support
> search term: WindowsUpdate_dt000" and when I use this nothing comes back.
>
> At the moment Windows Vista wants the update KB929777 and can't have it.
> Ends up with an 0x8000FFFF failure. Anyone know what that update is for
> please? Is it urgent?
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
> "Eric shaw" wrote:
>
> > I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> > suggestions.

Yep, me too with Vista Basic and not much loaded on this new Dell Athlon 64
duel core yet. So far the Adobe / Macromedia products work but 3ds Max is
having UI problems.

Also, I told IE7 that it isn't my default browser and it won't boot now. It
crashes before booting. That means that Windows Help and such won't display.

Ahhh, just like the old days!

- jim

From the KB article on this update it looks like this is to help get Vista
installed when you have more than 2gig of RAM. Since my OS came preinstalled
from Dell I'm making the leap that this is a non-issue for me. I just hid
the update.

"Eric shaw" wrote:

> I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> suggestions.

I'm having the same problem. The KB article looks like it is supposed to
stop a problem if I have over 2 gig of Ram. Of course Microsoft is no help.
This may be why my monitor doesn't always want to work.

Has anyone found a fix?

"tedho" wrote:

> From the KB article on this update it looks like this is to help get Vista
> installed when you have more than 2gig of RAM. Since my OS came preinstalled
> from Dell I'm making the leap that this is a non-issue for me. I just hid
> the update.
>
> "Eric shaw" wrote:
>
> > I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> > suggestions.

It is a freeking Dell problem. I also have 4 gig of ram and it only shows
3,25 Gig...



"mlj" wrote:

> I'm having the same problem. The KB article looks like it is supposed to
> stop a problem if I have over 2 gig of Ram. Of course Microsoft is no help.
> This may be why my monitor doesn't always want to work.
>
> Has anyone found a fix?
>
> "tedho" wrote:
>
> > From the KB article on this update it looks like this is to help get Vista
> > installed when you have more than 2gig of RAM. Since my OS came preinstalled
> > from Dell I'm making the leap that this is a non-issue for me. I just hid
> > the update.
> >
> > "Eric shaw" wrote:
> >
> > > I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> > > suggestions.

yep i just purchased a dell xps laptop with 4gigs and yes it says only
3.25gigs but that happens to everything i dont know why. so i get the
8000FFFF ERROR. i hate it. i try everyday to see if it will work but it
doesnt. i do get the blue screen of death and i feel like i bought a piece
of crap machine but hopefully microsoft will allow us to update what they
sent us to update. i dont know.

"VK" wrote:

> I keep getting this error also. 8000FFFF failure. Of course, there is no
> help at Microsoft as always. I also keep getting the blue screen of death.
> Vista Ultimate is obviously not "Ultimate". I thought that for once
> Microsoft would put out a product that may work. Obviously not!!!!
>
> "DaveG" wrote:
>
> > I'm getting it too. The help window within vista says "Help and Support
> > search term: WindowsUpdate_dt000" and when I use this nothing comes back.
> >
> > At the moment Windows Vista wants the update KB929777 and can't have it.
> > Ends up with an 0x8000FFFF failure. Anyone know what that update is for
> > please? Is it urgent?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
> >
> > "Eric shaw" wrote:
> >
> > > I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> > > suggestions.

Have you tried posting this message to the Windows Update newsgroup?

Discussions in Windows Update.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities....windowsupdate

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


""dirthorn"" <"dirthorn"@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD0B2889-CC1C-4526-B2B1-...
> yep i just purchased a dell xps laptop with 4gigs and yes it says only
> 3.25gigs but that happens to everything i dont know why. so i get the
> 8000FFFF ERROR. i hate it. i try everyday to see if it will work but it
> doesnt. i do get the blue screen of death and i feel like i bought a
> piece
> of crap machine but hopefully microsoft will allow us to update what they
> sent us to update. i dont know.
>
> "VK" wrote:
>
>> I keep getting this error also. 8000FFFF failure. Of course, there is
>> no
>> help at Microsoft as always. I also keep getting the blue screen of
>> death.
>> Vista Ultimate is obviously not "Ultimate". I thought that for once
>> Microsoft would put out a product that may work. Obviously not!!!!
>>
>> "DaveG" wrote:
>>
>> > I'm getting it too. The help window within vista says "Help and Support
>> > search term: WindowsUpdate_dt000" and when I use this nothing comes
>> > back.
>> >
>> > At the moment Windows Vista wants the update KB929777 and can't have
>> > it.
>> > Ends up with an 0x8000FFFF failure. Anyone know what that update is for
>> > please? Is it urgent?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > "Eric shaw" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have
>> > > any
>> > > suggestions.

I have a non-dell machine and run into this problem.
It has to do with have 4GBs of RAM or more.
One of the "said" solutions is to install Vista Ultimate with only 2GBs of
RAM, so I took two sticks out and re-installed. I had downloaded the update
install first, and ran the install with the two GBs...still fails. So I
re-added my other 2 GBs and just hide the update. It's a bummer to have such
a large software company put out non-tested software.
What a failure.

-Matt

"dellowner" wrote:

> It is a freeking Dell problem. I also have 4 gig of ram and it only shows
> 3,25 Gig...
>
>
>
> "mlj" wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem. The KB article looks like it is supposed to
> > stop a problem if I have over 2 gig of Ram. Of course Microsoft is no help.
> > This may be why my monitor doesn't always want to work.
> >
> > Has anyone found a fix?
> >
> > "tedho" wrote:
> >
> > > From the KB article on this update it looks like this is to help get Vista
> > > installed when you have more than 2gig of RAM. Since my OS came preinstalled
> > > from Dell I'm making the leap that this is a non-issue for me. I just hid
> > > the update.
> > >
> > > "Eric shaw" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I keep encountering this error. no help in windows, does anyone have any
> > > > suggestions.