XP SP2 Windows Update fails solution

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ezrab

When I received an error 0x800A0046 - windows update
fails- I elicited support from Microsoft knowledge
database. Their one article yields:
"You may receive an error message when you search for
available updates on the Windows Update Web site
(883821) - Discusses why you recieve an error message
when you search for available updates on the Windows
Update Web site."
I tried all their solutions which failed.
On repeating "Method 2: Set the Security Descriptor" : it
only succeeded when I typed in their three line
descriptor using the Caps Lock key for the upper case
letters.
 
ezrab said:
When I received an error 0x800A0046 - windows update
fails- I elicited support from Microsoft knowledge
database. Their one article yields:
"You may receive an error message when you search for
available updates on the Windows Update Web site
(883821) - Discusses why you recieve an error message
when you search for available updates on the Windows
Update Web site."
I tried all their solutions which failed.
On repeating "Method 2: Set the Security Descriptor" : it
only succeeded when I typed in their three line
descriptor using the Caps Lock key for the upper case
letters.
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Hi

Fyi, microsoft.public.windowsupdate is a better newsgroup for
Windows Update questions.


You could try the steps in this post to try to get WU to work:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=#[email protected]
 
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