Vista Tutorial - Re: Windows cannot search for updates - error 8008005

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint)
"Indecisive_add" <Indecisiveadd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11EE8998-81CB-46BE-8C88-7F40C3447103@xxxxxx
In that case, given no other context, I would strongly suspect that you
were reading a truncated non-prefixed hex string, which would be even more
reason to be concerned about getting the whole thing because then the missing
character could be anything from 0 to F.

Hmm... I think we can at least guess that it isn't 0. 1 down 15 to go... ; )

<cmd_output OS="XPsp2">
E:\>set /a c = 0x50
80
E:\>net helpmsg %c%

The file exists.
</cmd_output>


That doesn't have anything to do with WU. You may get more knowledgeable
help from a newsgroup which specializes in your OS. Cross-posting to one
for convenience.

However, it is a good clue. Did you check to see if, in fact, you do have that module
anywhere? If you do, the message probably means that a dependent module of
winhttp.dll is either missing or not registered properly.

Unfortunately the DLL Help Database has not been updated to include information
for Vista but this can give you some more ideas about that:

http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp...280&l=55&det=1

Another tack to take would be using DependencyWalker's Profile feature
with regsvr32.exe and use it to trace a re-registration of that .dll


Try to find out which program is issuing these messages.
E.g. open Task Manager, find that window listed in the Application tab,
right-click on it and use the Go to Process command.
That should switch you to the Processes tab with the appropriate
process name selected. What do you see?

Also, you might get more clues about these messages and others
which aren't being highlighted in message boxes by using your
Event Viewer.


You still haven't explained where you are seeing this (partial) error code!

You're either going to have to do some diagnosis
or wait for someone else who gets the same symptom to
figure out something worth trying to change your symptoms.


Good luck

Robert
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