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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.
"Fred B." <trash01NoSpam@mindvacant.com> wrote in message
news:ECEF32DB-3DB6-4A5A-A5C5-2BFE72F87F4A@microsoft.com...
> 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
>
> I went into the Help files and followed these instructions:
>
> 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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