Vista - Vista Home Prem - Update Error 8000FFFF

Hello,

I've seen several posts about the issue of not being able to update
Vista and the error is # 8000FFFF.

Does _ANYONE_ know anything about this problem? I didn't see any
responses to any of the posts already here.

My system is now 2 months behind because it will not update. This
machine is just 2 months old. New Sony Vaio notebook, and all programs
are legit and the box passes muster in every other way. Authenticates,
etc...

Called Microsoft about this....the guy I spoke with was just clueless
about this. No idea except to tell me that I should consider
reinstalling my OS. NOT an option and I shouldn't have to anyway on a
2 month old system.

ANYONE, please post a solution if you have it for this mess. I'm going
to give it a few more days but if Microsoft and all the rest of us are
not able to come up with some ideas, this pup's headed for Craigslist,
and I"ll be going back to my old linux system and giving Microsoft the
total finger for future purchases.

Appreciate any help anyone out there might be able to give on this.

jsebenoler

jsebenoler spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6997&SiteID=17

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Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows Vista ERROR"
GOTO 1
END

"Mhzjunkie" <newsabuse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:fc8ul0$t60$1@xxxxxxI clicked the link, but it seems way too confusing to figure out what any
post is referring to. For example, I skipped to the last last entry on the
last page hoping to find a success story. I see:

< BIGS1922:
< It worked like a charm by following your instructions to a "T", with no
memory required to be
< removed.

Wonderful! Now how do I find those instructions that worked like a charm.
I'm used to the tree structure shown in Outlook Express, so I can see
who/what a poster is referring to. Is there some link I'm not seeing, that
will get me to the post that the current post is referring to? Must I
carefully examine all the BIGS1922 posts in the thread and try to guess at
which one the current post refers to?

Thanks for any help or URLs that you can post to help make Microsoft's
forums more useful to me.

-Paul Randall