XP home edition fails to UPdate

[Ken Thomas]

I keep get this error 0X800A138F each time I attemt to do
the xp updates (security patches, sp1 ect. Can anyone help
on this. prior the hard drive crahed and it was replaced
with a new one.

 

[Nicholas]

Windows Update Failure - Error Code 0x800A138F
http://www.updatexp.com/0x800A138F.html

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Nicholas

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| I keep get this error 0X800A138F each time I attemt to do
| the xp updates (security patches, sp1 ect. Can anyone help
| on this. prior the hard drive crahed and it was replaced
| with a new one.

 

[Steven Allen]

Ok I have been pulling my hair out over this one...
I am now working on this problem for three people...

The common symptoms:
*All are using MSN as their ISP
*All are running Windows XP Home edition
*All Have HP systems
*All Had the Blaster Virus.
*All are getting disconnected from the internet
(Frequently with MSN8)
*Windows Update Does not get past the "Scanning your
system" It reaches 100%, disconnects you from the
internet, and fails to produce a list of items that need
to be updated.


Some of them say the problems started when they upgraded
to MSN8, others say it's when they installed SP1.
I personally am unable to reproduce the symptoms on my
system.

I have tried what seems like everything to fix this.. I
know the virus is no longer on the systems. I have even
Setup an account with a REAL ISP (not msn8) to do dialup
this resolves the problem of getting disconnected
frequenly, but as soon as I try to run windows update I am
disconected at the end of the "system scan".
(with MSN i keep getting disconnected FREQUENTLY. I think
this is a symptom of the problem)

Any Ideas out there, or can anyone confirm similar
problems, or even better how to fix it?

Steven Allen

 

[ken]

Thanks for that website, I tried from 1 - 3 that was
descibe there no go yet. I will try the other steps later
today and let you the progress.