Vista Tutorial - Re: Update for Windows Vista (KB938371) error code 80070057

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint)
"Rob" <Rob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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What a useless article--no deployment or file info.
Does it have an option for verbose logging? E.g. try starting it with /? to list
your deployment options or just guess that /verbose will work.


Searched for what? There are numerous discussions which mention this update.
Most seem to involve error code 0x80073712.

This error code is even less descriptive:

<cmd_output OS="XPsp2">
E:\>set /a c= 0x57
87
E:\>net helpmsg %c%

The parameter is incorrect.
</cmd_output>


Try looking in the install log to find out *what* parameter is incorrect? ; }


BTW I don't have your OS so I'm cross-posting to a Vista-specific NG.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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I suppose if I knew everything there was to know about windows updates I
would already know how to
solve this problem wouldn't I?
No the standalone update does not have that option
Well since I don't know what this error code is I searched for something
like "Windows Update KB938371 error 80070057"
and variations of that. What else should I have searched for. Why would I
pay attention to error code 0x80073712 when it is not
the same as 80070057?
^^^What does this even mean?^^^

I scanned the Windowsupdate.log file:

* Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2008-03-18 16:34:12:863 992 a4c DnldMgr Regulation:
{7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D} - Update
8587921A-242E-466E-8600-B15C6792EB30 is "PerUpdate" regulated and can NOT
download. Sequence 9334 vs AcceptRate 0.
..
..
..
2008-03-18 16:34:54:082 992 a4c Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]
2008-03-18 16:34:54:082 992 a4c Agent *************
2008-03-18 16:34:54:082 992 a4c Report REPORT EVENT:
{E75D6A21-22DA-4FF6-B2AD-5588ECD7E165} 2008-03-18 16:34:12:832-0600 1 182101 {3AFB21E2-E01E-49C7-A558-54CA0001F9DA} 501 80070057 wusa Failure ContentInstall Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update
with error 0x80070057: Update for Windows (KB938371).

I certainly don't know what that means but maybe that puts it into context.

"Rob" <robleblanc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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That was an editorial comment on the quality of that article, in particular its usefulness
for troubleshooting problems with installing its update, not a complaint about you citing it. ; )


Did you try /verbose anyway? Or just -V ?
BTW what kind of update is it? If it's .msi you would try /L*vx KB938371_Verbose.log


As I indicated if you had searched for just the update name and perhaps filtered
for answered posts by appending MVP you would have found whatever the suggestions
have been for that other code. Nobody knows much about it either, so you could apply
whatever suggestions were given for collecting diagnostics from those.

BTW that error code is really a hex string (even though in this particular case it might look like
a decimal number). In general you will find that there are more instances of error codes prefixed
by 0x than not. Also, adding "Windows Update" to your search is not likely to improve your
search results, at least in here. For example, in here it would be implicit or when mentioned at all
it would just as likely be referred to as WU or AU.

So I would try two searches: 0x80070057 MVP
and KB938371 MVP


That's the point. Not much. ; )


Indeed. The first message "PerUpdate" regulated and can NOT download." tells you that the server
is busy and you won't be able to get the update yet. I guess the message and code that you are reporting
is just a symptom of not being able to handle that event very cleanly.


But you implied that you downloaded the update, ran it manually and had a problem?
With what symptom? Hint: it would not be something in the WindowsUpdate.log
Look for the diagnostics from that attempt. E.g. search your drives for any files which
it changed that day; then sort them by Date Modified. That actually sorts them by Timestamp
as well, so then all you have to do is scroll to the time the update was run and see from the
files which were changed which ones are readable. E.g. drag them to an open Notepad window.


Good luck

Robert
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