[Cyberslam]

Hi all,

I am facing this problem with Vista which always gives me this error “Error Code 8000FFFF” (that’s the only code I get) whenever I try to update windows.

I would like to know if anyone of you faced any such problem with Vista. I tried everything I could but nothing seems to work. I even tried almost every solution mentioned on microsoft's support website but no luck.

What might be the problem here? Is there any way to download all the vista updates manually?

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Click control panel, then Windows Updates.
On the left, click on Updates; frequently asked questions

Scroll through the "Windows help and support" page that pops up.

[Jacee]

Click control panel, then Windows Updates.
On the left, click on Updates; frequently asked questions

Scroll through the "Windows help and support" page that pops up.

[Cyberslam]

As i said in my post i have already tried almost every solution mentioned on Microsoft support forums.

[Neil Jones]

This error seems to be caused by some obscure conflict between a previous update and Windows Update.

A web solution is as follows:

1: Open up "Control Panel" and navigate your way to "Programs and Features".

2: Click "View installed updates" on the left hand side.

3: Find the update KB929777 and uninstall it.

4: Attempt to install the updates again in Windows Update

5: Once successful, restart your PC.

Meanwhile another posted fix is to remove some memory from the computer to bring it under 2000 Megabytes, or alternatively:

1) Launch REGEDIT

2) Go into HKLM\COMPONENTS, and check if these three values exist under the COMPONENTS key:

PendingXmldentifier
NextQueueEntryIndex
AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving

3) Providing they do exist, back up the Components key, then delete the three above values.
4) Restart the computer, and Windows Update should now be working fine.

[wildtrout1]

I had this same issue with 5 updates. My workaround was simply to open the details of each failed update, individually, and click the Microsoft link 'More Information:'
Scan the page presented and download and install the updates manually.