Error installing Windows Updates

[T.D. Hilton]

I have a Dell server running Windows 2000 Server SP4. I get the following
errors when trying to install the Security Updates:
Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896423)
Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB891861)

The error log shows the following:

Source: Windows Update Agent
Category: Installation
Event ID: 20
Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with
error 0x80246007: Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
(KB891861).
Words:
0000: 336e6957 65524832 746c7573 3878303d
0010: 36343230 20373030 61647055 44496574
0020: 30377b3d 42454241 462d3244 2d353135
0030: 34444234 3836382d 37302d33 39463639
0040: 39373934 207d4632 69766552 6e6f6973
0050: 626d754e 313d7265 00203330

and

Source: Windows Update Agent
Category: Installation
Event ID: 20
Description:
Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with
error 0x80246007: Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896423).
Words:
0000: 336e6957 65524832 746c7573 3878303d
0010: 36343230 20373030 61647055 44496574
0020: 33317b3d 37453138 312d4541 2d433743
0030: 45313034 4136412d 33352d38 33464439
0040: 43323136 207d4330 69766552 6e6f6973
0050: 626d754e 313d7265 00203030

Any thoughts on why this is happening? BTW, I was able to install other
files from the Windows Update Site like the .NET Framework 1.1 without
issue.

Troy

 

[skanpolo]

I have seen the exact same behaviour on Windows 2000 SP4 trying to
install the Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4. I get error
0x80246007 (only). I, too, haven't had problems installing other
updates from windows update.