Update Error Code 800B0100

M

Morton

Hi,

I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them
are not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen.
Based on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various
recommended remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator;
firewall off, antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I
alone in this quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete
Vista Home Premium, but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My
Vista was factory installed, so I have no DVD for
re-installation.Microsoft is reported to have refused to help many
people about this error.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Morton
 
T

TaurArian

Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702


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Paul MontDenturesDropped

TaurArian said:
Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
Click to expand...

All that site is telling you is that Vista is having troubles
registering COM DLL(s). The problem may be due to UAC on Vista is
interfering with the registration, and that also, your user/admin
account doesn't have full admin rights to do the registration.

It's being explained in the link.


<http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2007/02/com-registration-under-microsoft.html>

It's also talking about using the hidden built-in Administrator account,
yes, that same built-in Administrator account on XP.

<http://www.computerperformance.co.u...nefits_of_Vistas_Hidden_Administrator_Account>

You should read the information in the link, like read the section about
the benefits of using the Administrator account, which is the account is
a admin account that has full admin rights all the time and UAC can
still be enabled.

As opposed to using your default out of the box user/admin account on
Vista that does not have full rights, because of the two access tokens
being used on the user/admin account, with the default being the
Standard user token. And that's why you must run something with Run As
Administrator so that it can access to the Admin Full rights token and
escalate privileges, not so with the built-in Administrator account.

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx>
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...idden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

What do you have to loose at this point by not trying it? You just may
want to download the KB's manually go into safe mode and login using the
Administrator user account.

You might want to do this first, just on GP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
 
M

Mr. Arnold

Morton said:
Hi,

I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my
Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them are
not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen. Based
on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various recommended
remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator; firewall off,
antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I alone in this
quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete Vista Home Premium,
but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My Vista was factory
installed, so I have no DVD for re-installation.Microsoft is reported to
have refused to help many people about this error.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...

Someone else posted a link about COM DLL registration problems.

All that site is telling you is that Vista is having troubles registering
COM DLL(s). The problem may be due to UAC on Vista is interfering with the
registration, and that also, your user/admin account doesn't have full admin
rights to do the registration.

It's being explained in the link.

<http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2007/02/com-registration-under-microsoft.html>

It's also talking about using the hidden built-in Administrator account,
yes, that same built-in Administrator account on XP.

<http://www.computerperformance.co.u...nefits_of_Vistas_Hidden_Administrator_Account>

You should read the information in the link, like read the section about the
benefits of using the Administrator account, which is the account is a admin
account that has full admin rights all the time and UAC can still be
enabled.

As opposed to using your default out of the box user/admin account on Vista
that does not have full rights, because of the two access tokens being used
on the user/admin account, with the default being the Standard user token.
And that's why you must run something with Run As Administrator so that it
can access to the Admin Full rights token and escalate privileges, not so
with the built-in Administrator account.

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx>
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...idden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

What do you have to loose at this point by not trying it? You just may want
to download the KB's manually go into safe mode and login using the
Administrator user account.

You might want to do this first, just on GP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
 
M

Mr. Arnold

HUH ??? What does this have to do with the OP's issue

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702

It's based on COM DLL registration issues, which might apply to Vista as
well, in case the Vista tool doesn't resolve the issues. Run as
Administrator with full admin rights to see if that gets things corrected
when doing an update..
 
M

Morton

TaurArian said:
Error message when you try to use the Windows Update or Microsoft Update Web
sites to install updates: "0x800B0100"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
Click to expand...

Hi to TauArian and to the other people who answered my query:

I fear that I've been led into a classic Catch-22 situation. I can't get
Vista Updates due to the 800B0100 error. The suggestion to download the
System Update Readiness Tool involves finding it on the list of
available downloads, but I cannot download any updates in the first
place! In addition, a suggested method for manually downloading that
Tool did not work, as the hourglass icon hung up for more than 15
minutes while the tool bar said transferring from c.microsoft.com.
So, I'm still so frustrated.

I'll try some of your other suggestions, and just hope that something
works.

Thanks again,

Morton
 
M

Morton

Peter said:
0x800B0100 TRUST_E_NOSIGNATURE


To repair this error run the following Tool

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821/

As described in

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956702
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Hi Peter,

I'm supposed to download that tool to fix my problem, but getting the
tool is done via Vista Updates, (as per tool instructions), and I CANNOT
get updates in the first place. Is that tool available on a CD? I would
gladly pay for it, if it would help me.

Thanks again for your response.

Morton
 
M

Morton

Peter said:
Morton

It is not done through Windows Update. Here is the Direct link for that download for Vista x86 systems

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9c-ee87-4607-8aa5-812e8078ab27&DisplayLang=en

Let us know how you made out. Make sure you take a note where it will download to on your C:\
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Hi Peter,

Thanks for your nice reply. I had already tried that link, without
success. I just tried it again, and again no success. What happens is
that the hourglass icon appears next to the pointer arrow, and the left
lower toolbar says, "transferring data from c.microsoft.com." This
continues for 15 minutes, at which point I again gave up.(The green bar
at the right lower fills to almost full.) If I click on "download" with
the hourglass icon showing, then I get a partial aborted download.

I am stymied, frustrated, and otherwise unhappy that there does not
appear to be a fix for this that works.

Thanks again.

Morton
 
M

Mr. Arnold

Morton said:
Hi Peter,

Thanks for your nice reply. I had already tried that link, without
success. I just tried it again, and again no success. What happens is that
the hourglass icon appears next to the pointer arrow, and the left lower
toolbar says, "transferring data from c.microsoft.com." This continues for
15 minutes, at which point I again gave up.(The green bar at the right
lower fills to almost full.) If I click on "download" with the hourglass
icon showing, then I get a partial aborted download.

I am stymied, frustrated, and otherwise unhappy that there does not appear
to be a fix for this that works.
Click to expand...

But the poster will not login with the hidden built-in Administrator account
that has full admin rights that could address those Windows updates that are
not able to install.

And the poster will not do a System File Check to see if that may correct
any problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
 
P

Peter Foldes

I doubt if the WFP will correct this issue even if run in Administrative mode

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Try a system restore to an earlier date
 
P

Peter Foldes

Working on your week off ???

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M

Morton

Mr. Arnold said:
But the poster will not login with the hidden built-in Administrator
account that has full admin rights that could address those Windows
updates that are not able to install.

And the poster will not do a System File Check to see if that may
correct any problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
Click to expand...
Hi,

More problems. I read about "Repair Your Computer" and tried to find it
with F8 for advanced boot options. I did find it, but when I tried to
turn it on, a choice of accounts showed Administrator, and asked for a
password, which I never had or used. When I tried going further, I got a
message that: "Your account has been disabled. See System Administrator."

So, I may have an Administrator problem, which prevents me from
repairing my updates problem. I know a bit about Windows Administrator
stuff, but obviously not enough to solve this problem.

Can you, or anyone else, help me in this regard?

Thanks again.

Morton
 

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