Yet again Validation fails

Yet again, the WGA update is failing, in my case with x80070005. That's twice
in a week that I have to spend time and effort that I don't get paid for
because some IDIOT at M$ can't get the patches right. Earlier in the week I
spent best part of a day sorting out the patch that screwed up 6 machines on
3 sites.

This is not funny any more, it's getting to the stage where an alternative
is looking increasingly attractive because of the horrendous cost of
supporting XP!

What makes it even more amusing and annoying is the adverts running on Irish
Radio for Microsoft being the IT in productivITy! SICK JOKE!

--
Steve

I too have been trying to download the WGA update and it failes with Error
Code: 0x80070005. The problem is that it won't allow any other updates to
install unless I get this one installed. Has anyone been able to get this
installed?

"Steve Garry" wrote:

> Yet again, the WGA update is failing, in my case with x80070005. That's twice
> in a week that I have to spend time and effort that I don't get paid for
> because some IDIOT at M$ can't get the patches right. Earlier in the week I
> spent best part of a day sorting out the patch that screwed up 6 machines on
> 3 sites.
>
> This is not funny any more, it's getting to the stage where an alternative
> is looking increasingly attractive because of the horrendous cost of
> supporting XP!
>
> What makes it even more amusing and annoying is the adverts running on Irish
> Radio for Microsoft being the IT in productivITy! SICK JOKE!
>
> --
> Steve

Ryan_at_Dodgville <> wrote:

> I too have been trying to download the WGA update and it failes with
> Error Code: 0x80070005.

A potential fix has been posted several times in this newsgroup. Here it is
again:

A problem with registry key permissions may cause the installation of
KB905474 to fail.

These permissions can be repaired using Registry Editor as follows:

1. Click Start, and then click Run
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK
3. Expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
4. Locate the subkey HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LegitCheckControl.LegitCheck
5. Right-click the subkey and select Permissions..
6. Ensure that groupname Administrators allowed Full Control
permission
7. Ensure that username SYSTEM allowed Full Control permission
8. Repeat steps 3-7 for the subkey
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LegitCheckControl.LegitCheck.1

If that does not fix your problem, please post the contents of your file

C:\WINDOWS\WgaNotify.log

in a follow-up in this thread, preferably as an attachment rather than
pasted in-line.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]