XP Update Failure Error Code 0x80240016

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Liveupdate and manual update for XP downloads the update files but
fails to initialize and install. I am receiving error code 0x80240016
in the log file. In researching the error code, I believe XP thinks
there is a pending install that must be completed before the update can
install. Unfortunately, I cannot find any pending installs that need
to be stopped.

I have tried the solutions posed here but none have worked. This
problem started with the December Critical Updates.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
I rebooted. I also cleared my cache, deleted all temp files deleted
the downloaded but uninstalled updates, reregistered the files
indicated in other messages posted here.

I also ran tune up utilities to see if I had any registry problems.

I have turned off live update because otherwise I end up in an endless
loop of downloading, unable to install because of this error code and
the deleting the failed install files.

I there a specific registry entry that I can change to tell XP SP2 that
there are no pending or failed installs so that maybe the updates can
be installed?

Also would a system restore help?

Did you reboot?

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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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Robbroy said:
Liveupdate and manual update for XP downloads the update files but
fails to initialize and install. I am receiving error code 0x80240016
in the log file. In researching the error code, I believe XP thinks
there is a pending install that must be completed before the update can
install. Unfortunately, I cannot find any pending installs that need
to be stopped.

I have tried the solutions posed here but none have worked. This
problem started with the December Critical Updates.

Any help would be appreciated.
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Try posting to the WU Newsgroup regarding the error, someone may come up with some suggestions.
(OE newsreader)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate
or
(Web)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&lang=en&cr=US

With regard to System Restore:-
See MVP Bert Kinney's System Restore web page at
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html



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===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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Robbroy said:
I rebooted. I also cleared my cache, deleted all temp files deleted
the downloaded but uninstalled updates, reregistered the files
indicated in other messages posted here.

I also ran tune up utilities to see if I had any registry problems.

I have turned off live update because otherwise I end up in an endless
loop of downloading, unable to install because of this error code and
the deleting the failed install files.

I there a specific registry entry that I can change to tell XP SP2 that
there are no pending or failed installs so that maybe the updates can
be installed?

Also would a system restore help?

Did you reboot?

--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================


Robbroy said:
Liveupdate and manual update for XP downloads the update files but
fails to initialize and install. I am receiving error code 0x80240016
in the log file. In researching the error code, I believe XP thinks
there is a pending install that must be completed before the update can
install. Unfortunately, I cannot find any pending installs that need
to be stopped.

I have tried the solutions posed here but none have worked. This
problem started with the December Critical Updates.

Any help would be appreciated.
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