Windows Update Failed – Detailed Error Code “E0434F4Dâ€
0xE0434F4D (-532459699) is a generic COM exception. This is caused by a
failure in the managed patch wrapper. There are 3 recommended steps that may
fix this problem. If these do not work, further investigation will be
required.
1. Repair .NET Framework 1.1 RTM (click Start, click
Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, click Microsoft .NET Framework
1.1, click “Click here for support informationâ€, click the Readme link).
This page has the 4 steps you will need to run to repair the .NET Framework
2. Clear the Windows Update temporary downloads cache. See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;836937 for more
information.
3. Clear the temporary directory. Click Start, click Run,
type “%temp%â€, click Ok. An Explorer window will open. Select all of the
files, and hit the delete key.
If these steps do not solve the problem then more information must be
gathered. To see a more detailed error, download the service pack from
http://download.microsoft.com/ and then double-click the EXE package. If the
issue occurs again, a crash dialog will be displayed this time.
