Help with Updates that wont Install

Computer Info:
OS: Windows XP Pro SP3
COMP: Dell Latitude D810
ANTI VIRUS: MSSE(Microsoft Security Essentials)

For a while now every time the automatic updates on my computer try to install they fail. Upon going onto the Windows Updates website and looking into my update history I find that each failed update has the same error code: 0x80070005. Some sites indicate that this code means unauthorized access (doesn't make sense since I am an admin.) so I don't know what this means or how to fix it. Can someone help?

PS:
Also during updates my anivirus is off just to be safe.(means its not the prob.)

 

The following site (which admittedly only talks about SP3 updates) suggests that it could also be caused by antispyware. In any case, you might also have some settings already set by your MSS, and these settings could remain, even when MSS is disabled. It might be worth trying the third option at this site:
http://www.windowsreference.com/win...sp3-install-fails-with-error-code-0x80070005/

 

Reply to responses:

The only firewall I have is the one that comes with the computer.

The site that was recommended said this:
Windows XP SP3 installation may fail with the error code 0×80070005 and/or one of the following errors

Service Pack 3 setup error. Access is denied.

Service Pack 3 setup error. Service Pack installation did not complete

This is very likely a restricted registry permission in the Windows Registry
. This could be caused an application like Antivius software
which changs the System Access Control lists (SACL) causing this issue.

To quickly identify if it really is a registry permission issue check the
C:\Windows\Svcpack.log (or %windir%\Svcpack.log)for something similar to the following lines

DoInstallationoRegistryUpdates failed.
Access is denied.
Message displayed to the user: Access is denied



To fix or workaround the problem in installing SP3 would be to do one of the following:

Solution 1. Download the Service Pack 3 file directly from Microsoft Download Center and start the install to see if that helps.

Solution 2. Disable all your programs that doesn’t need be running at startup temporarily (especially your antivirus, antispyware
products) and try again

Solution 3. Reset the permissions on the Registry and file by using the Subinacl.exe

Download and install the utility from here

Once installed, try the following:

1. Open notepad
and paste the following text into it and save it as a cmd file (say resetperm.cmd:

cd /d “%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools”
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %windir%\*.* /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose

or download the file Reset Permissions script

2. Run the file resetperm.cmd as an administrator. This should reset the permissions. Now, try to install Windows XP SP3 and all should work OK.


The problem is that the log I am instructed to look for(blue above) isn't on my computer. What do I do?

 

Your guys' advice worked thanks.:-D

 

Excellent. What did you do? Was it the registry permissions?