christopher2405

I was prompted today to restart my Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 computer to finish installing updates. I postponed the message a few times, before restarting my computer, and as usual, the screen said "Installing Update 1 of 1".

After this finished, the computer restarted as normal, however instead of bringing up the log-on screen, it ran a few lines of code and then restarted again, saying "Configuring Updates, Stage 1 of 3, x% Complete" before bringing up the log-on screen.

I figured that the code must have been part of the installation, but as a matter of routine, I checked the installed updates, and was informed that one had failed:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/atta...1&d=1215800886

I opened the window for the error code and found it was 80242016. After doing some Googling, I found that a few people had received this code, but no-one seemed to know why. The Microsoft website wasn't any help either.

The update installed fine a second time, as you can see on the screenshot, but I just wondered what caused the error the first time so I can prevent it in future.

Thanks.

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christopher2405

Bump.

christopher2405

Bump.

christopher2405

Bump. If no-one knows anything, please let me know so I can stop asking. Thanks.

Lead3

Hi,
It is hard to say why an update fails. Could have be an error in download. You could check the event viewer to see if there is a clue as to what happened but as long as it installed sucessfully, I wouldn't worry.

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