Microsoft Update fails every time in manual mode

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Here is the log from the most recent attempt (this is typical of what happens)
2007-09-17 07:47:28:156 1220 a50 Report REPORT EVENT:
{727DBBAA-3734-475C-AA07-F0433BC0C1F2} 2007-09-17
07:47:23:140-0600 1 162 101 {2BD0CCD0-36BD-4CB7-86A1-918CC5A1A334} 100 0 MicrosoftUpdate Success Content Download Download succeeded.
2007-09-17 07:48:29:906 1220 17b8 Handler Attempting to create remote
handler process as ELEPHANT\Walter Kailey in session 1
2007-09-17 07:48:29:921 1220 17b8 Handler FATAL: 0x80070002: ERROR: Unable
to create remote update handler container process
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80070002
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent *********
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent ** END ** Agent: Installing
updates [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent *************
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent WARNING: WU client failed installing
updates with error 0x80070002
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Install
[ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI - Install call failed
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI - Reboot required = No
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI - WARNING: Exit code =
0x80240FFF; Call error code = 0x80070002
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI ---------
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Install
[ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI -------------
2007-09-17 07:48:32:109 2232 5f4 COMAPI WARNING: Operation failed due to
earlier error, hr=80070002

 

[Guest]

solutions below, option 2 sorted it for me, problem wit Win installer 3.1 ya
can dowload as much as you want but cant install, nearly thru my comp into
wall
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1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following
command in the opened window.
2. Net stop WuAuServ
3. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to Sdold.
Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following
command in the opened window.
4. Net start WuAuServ
5. If the issue still persists, please move on to suggestion 2.

Suggestion 2: Reinstall Windows Update Agent 3.0
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1. Please download the file at Windows Update Agent 3.0
2. Save the file to C: drive.
3. Click Start->Run, type: “C:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforceâ€
(without quotations) and then press Enter to install the Windows Update engine
4. There is a space between “C:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe†and “/wuforceâ€
5. Note: If you are using Windows Vista, please save the downloaded file to
the D: drive, because the file cannot be launched directly from the C: root
directory.
6. If it still does not work, please proceed to suggestion 3 to reinstall
Windows Installer 3.1.

Suggestion 3: Reinstall Windows Installer 3.1
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1. Press Start and choose Run.
2. Type in “cmd†(without quotation marks) and press OK.
3. In the command line, type in the following command and press Enter:
MSIexec /unregister
4. Then, type in the following command and press Enter:
MSIexec /regserver
After finishing the above steps, please check the result again. If the issue
persists, please click Start, click Control Panel, and click Add/Remove
Programs to check if Windows Installer 3.1 has been installed. If it has,
please highlight and remove it. After that, please reinstall Windows
Installer 3.1 from the following link.
Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)

Here is the log from the most recent attempt (this is typical of what happens)
2007-09-17 07:47:28:156 1220 a50 Report REPORT EVENT:
{727DBBAA-3734-475C-AA07-F0433BC0C1F2} 2007-09-17
07:47:23:140-0600 1 162 101 {2BD0CCD0-36BD-4CB7-86A1-918CC5A1A334} 100 0 MicrosoftUpdate Success Content Download Download succeeded.
2007-09-17 07:48:29:906 1220 17b8 Handler Attempting to create remote
handler process as ELEPHANT\Walter Kailey in session 1
2007-09-17 07:48:29:921 1220 17b8 Handler FATAL: 0x80070002: ERROR: Unable
to create remote update handler container process
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80070002
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent *********
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent ** END ** Agent: Installing
updates [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent *************
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 1220 17b8 Agent WARNING: WU client failed installing
updates with error 0x80070002
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Install
[ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI - Install call failed
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI - Reboot required = No
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI - WARNING: Exit code =
0x80240FFF; Call error code = 0x80070002
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI ---------
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Install
[ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-09-17 07:48:31:343 2232 1060 COMAPI -------------
2007-09-17 07:48:32:109 2232 5f4 COMAPI WARNING: Operation failed due to
earlier error, hr=80070002