Hmmm .... I've tried out to find a solution.... Not succesful, I have 31
security updates pending on my XP SP2 and the Update download fails (0x5). I
haven't got it to work although I spent a lot of time on this. An example of
the failure is as follows from the WindowsUpdate.log:

DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId =
{A13230F5-0B6A-4857-9E4E-6B5FC174A319}.100] ***********
DnldMgr * Queueing update for download handler request generation.
DnldMgr Generating download request for update
{A13230F5-0B6A-4857-9E4E-6B5FC174A319}.100
Handler Windows Patch download for UpdateId =
{A13230F5-0B6A-4857-9E4E-6B5FC174A319}: selected action is download express
(delta).
Handler Updateci: WinSEUpdateHandler::_Inventory: Installer returned 0x5 (5)
Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005: Inventory failed
Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005: GetNextRequiredFiles failed
Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005: GetRequiredFilesForSandboxState failed
DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::GenerateAllDownloadReque sts:
GenerateDownloadRequest failed with 0x80070005.
DnldMgr Error 0x80070005 occurred while downloading update; notifying
dependent calls.

What is that about?

Grateful for tips!

(I can download and install new updates but not those damned 31). Is this a
authority problem? I have checked, but it didn't help....

Best regards / Axel

"Company Man" wrote:

> Running Windows XPSP2. I am unable to automatically install the updates from
> the Windows Update site on my computer.
>
> The updates are found and displayed, but when I click the update button, I
> see something along the lines of
>
> "Downloading updates.......... ......... failed!"
>
> The updates history says the failure is 0x80070005, which I believe is an
> Access Denied error of some kind. The updates install manually just fine, so
> I am fully patched. I run a virus scan almost daily, as well as two
> different spyware solutions, Spyware Blaster,which sets the kill bit on
> known ActiveX malware, and the popular Spybot Search and Destroy util.
>
> I've researched this as follows for more than two months without solving the
> problem:
>
> Registry permissions on the Windows Update key have been checked.
>
> NTFS permissions on each drive's WUTemp folder have been checked.
>
> Automatic Updates service is Started - Automatic. BITS service is started
> and set to manual; if set to automatic, it remains started after the failure
> but reverts to manual. Not sure if that is a problem.
>
> Here is what I believe to be the important part of my last attempt from
> Windowsupdate.log, timestamps removed to improve readabilty:
>
> DnldMgr ** START ** DnldMgr: Downloading updates [CallerId = WindowsUpdate]
> ....
> Agent * Title = Cumulative Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP...
> ....
> DtaStor WARNING: Update Service: Failed to update backup store
> ....
> Handler Updateci: WinSEUpdateHandler::_Inventory: Installer returned 0x5 (5)
> Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005: Inventory failed
> Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005: GetNextRequiredFiles failed
> Handler FATAL: UH: 0x80070005: GetRequiredFilesForSandboxState failed
> DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::GenerateAllDownloadReque sts:
> GenerateDownloadRequest failed with 0x80070005.
>
>
> Google shows several people having this issue, like me, having tried all the
> KB's and other advice without success.
>
>
>