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Re: Windows Update "Error Code: 80070003"
Go to the Microsoft website. there is a link (I think under support) where
you can submit a ticket for free help with upgrades. I've used them twice
and was very satisfied. There is also a link on the screen where you receive
the error-try clicking on that as well.
"Gameslove" <Gameslove@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:830B72AC-84E2-4CBD-B088-29392627AB88@microsoft.com...
>I have this same problem. 7 of 7 updates failed.
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> "Fred B." wrote:
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>> After performing what I thought would be a routine Windows update last
>> night, I found that none of the patches the update service said it had
>> installed were actually completed.
>>
>> Update history showed the same code for each failure -
>> Error code: 80070003
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>> I went into the Help files and followed these instructions:
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>> Disable the Windows Update Service, which I did,
>> DEL *.* in the following dirs:
>> /Windows/ SoftwareDistribution/DataStore &
>> /Windows/SoftwareDistribution/Download, which I also did.
>>
>> I restarted the Update Service, rebooted and tried, and tried, and tried
>> again, but alas: Error Code: 80070003.
>>
>> Any ideas, suggestions, good hammers?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!
>>
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