Jump to content

Welcome to Geeks to Go - Register now for FREE

Geeks To Go is a helpful hub, where thousands of volunteer geeks quickly serve friendly answers and support. Check out the forums and get free advice from the experts. Register now to gain access to all of our features, it's FREE and only takes one minute. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more.

Create Account How it Works
Photo

Windows update error - code 8000ffff


  • Please log in to reply

#1
notnek_01

notnek_01

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 2 posts
Hi all - hope you can help.

After installing new updates:
AMD - diplay adapter - ati radeon graphics cards
KB915597
KB937833
KB890830

I started receiving error code 8000ffff when my computer checks for updates.
  • 0

Advertisements


#2
Jacee

Jacee

    Malware Expert

  • Expert
  • 994 posts
  • MVP
Please make sure you know which ...32 or 64 bit version of Vista you have:

For 32-bit Windows, open a command prompt and enter the following lines:
net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll
net start wuauserv


Then press the 'enter key'


For 64-bit Windows, the second line differs due to the location of the DLL file:
net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 %windir%\syswow64\wups2.dll
net start wuauserv


***In each case, the first and last commands stop and then restart the Windows Update service. This is a precaution to keep the service from becoming unstable.

On a 32-bit system, a single short command — regsvr32 wups2.dll — solved the problem without confusing the WU/AU service.
  • 0

#3
notnek_01

notnek_01

    New Member

  • Topic Starter
  • Member
  • Pip
  • 2 posts
Thanks for your reply.

I did what you said and then ran windows update. Instead of the error message coming up, update kept running continuously without finding any updates. I restarted my computer and the old error came up (8000ffff). I followed your steps again and this time error 8000ffff came up like it used to.

Can you help?
  • 0

#4
Rick Wallace

Rick Wallace

    New Member

  • Member
  • Pip
  • 1 posts
Same thing with me. Ran fix several times rebooted. still message windows cant update- 8000FFFF, installed micro. fix program. ran still problem. tried every micro. fix both auto. and manual. nothing works. Any help ??
  • 0






Similar Topics

0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users

As Featured On:

Microsoft Yahoo BBC MSN PC Magazine Washington Post HP