Re: Windows Update Error Code: 80070005 Compleatly fixed
Windows vista update error: 80070005 wrote:
>>> Getting the 80070005 error when attempting windows update - vista
>>> ultimate - Office 2007
>>>
>>> I did a google search and some results said it was an access denied
>>> problem and suggested using SubInACL but none of them said if the error
>>> number or the program was for vista specifically, and SubInACL does not
>>> list vista as supported. I tried it anyway with no success. One site had
>>> a suggestion to change some things with Dcomcnfg but nothing there
>>> needed
>>> changing. I also tried to download two different manual install files
>>> for
>>> the windows update installer but both of them failed. I tried to
>>> download
>>> SP1 manually and install it and got the same error(80070005). I
>>> followed
>>> the link that SP1 gave me from the error and tried the steps there but
>>> they didn't work. I tried to download a couple updates to help fix
>>> update
>>> problems(one released a day before SP1) but both said "The update does
>>> not apply to your system". I checked the windowsupdate.log and the last
>>> two KB's that appeared before the problem are KB946041 and KB905866. I
>>> tried to download and install them but got the same message as the other
>>> manual downloads. When you click on a manual download file it says
>>> "searching for updates". Do the manual install files still use windows
>>> updates to install? Kinda funny how a fix for windows update can't
>>> install because of the problem that it's trying to fix. Tried system
>>> restore and that didn’t work. Tried to reset the SoftwareDistribution
>>> folder and that didn’t work either.
>>>
>>> 2008-03-13 10:02:10:762 1180 1408 Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005:
>>> EvaluateApplicability failed in CCbs::EvaluateApplicability
>>> 2008-03-13 10:02:10:762 1180 1408 Agent WARNING: Failed to evaluate
>>> Installed rule, updateId = {1146F9E6-B059-47AB-A6B5-D62A5CA5F3A4}.100,
>>> hr
>>> = 80070005
>>>
>>> These couple lines appear hundreds of times in windowsupdate.log
>>> I could report the problem in an email but I figured i'd try here first.
>>> And I might have provided more usfule information on the problem.
>>>
>>> So... any more ideas?
>>
>>
>> The first time I ran the .bat file for SubInACL.exe that I found at
>>
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/200.../04/739820.aspx
>> , I think the majority of changes failed but I thought it might be
>> normal,
>> or the changes required administrator privileges. Instead of just
>> double-clicking the .bat file I went to accessories in the start menu and
>> right-clicked command prompt to run it as administrator. Then I ran the
>> .bat file from the command prompt and most of the changes were
>> successful.
>> I did this in the administrator account too but I think running the .bat
>> file from the command prompt as administrator is what did it. After a
>> restart I no longer got the 80070005 error.
>>
>> It took a long time for windows update to finish searching for updates
>> but
>> when it was finished there were two updates that needed to be downloaded
>> but when I tried to download them I got the error 80246008. I'm assuming
>> this is unrelated but who knows. I checked a Microsoft article on this
>> and it said to start the BITS service but when attempting to do that I
>> get
>> error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. I tried using
>> bitsadmin but several commands end with error 0x80080005. The /util
>> /repairservice command tells me I can't use it on the version of the
>> operating system. I deleted the two qmgr files in the downloader folder
>> too and used the regsvr32 command with several files. initpki.dll and
>> msxml.dll told me the specified module was not found and qmgr.dll said it
>> was loaded but the entry point DllRegisterServer was not found. I'm
>> still
>> searching for a solution to this problem.
>>
>
> The solution for 80070005 that worked for me is in my previous post in the
> first paragraph.
> For the BITS problem, I found the solution at the following link:
>
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/63...background.html
>
> Replaced good registry data for the bits service for what was on my
> computer
> and after I restarted, the BITS service was working and Windows Update
> worked. I changed permissions for the registry entries just to be safe.
> Maybe both errors I had were both caused by permissions or at least the
> same
> problem. Not everyone has had this problem but it has happened several
> times so it must be something specific. Thought I might mention this
> computer has Norton (I think 2003 or something like that) and Microsoft
> Office Small business 2007.
Four words in your last paragraph reveal the troublemaker: "this computer
has Norton"
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~PA Bear