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Guest el damo
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"tta1989" wrote:

> This is the solution that worked for me. I used information posted in 2

> different topics for this problem.

>

> This was one - But I had to change a couple things. I listed step-by-step

> instructions below.

> "All you need to do is go into your windows\system32 folder and find the file

> xpsp3res.dll file and add a .bak at the end of it. Now try running windows

> update and it should update fine and add a new xpsp3res.dll file to your

> windows\system32 folder."

>

> Follow this exactly and it should get you up and going. - Execute this in

> order.

> 1.) do as listed above - Go to the windows\system32 folder and find the file

> xpsp3res.dll file and add a .bak at the end of it. (don't re-run anything yet)

> 2.) Go to Control Panel, Add\Remove programs and click on "Show Updates"

> 3.) Uninstall KB896344

> 4.) Restart the computer

> 5.) Go to Contol Panel and run "Windows Update"

> 6.) Two items to load will show up. KB896344 again and KB890046

> 7.) Only Select KB896344 and install it - It worked for me.

> 8.) Restart the computer again

> 9.) Go to Contol Panel and run "Windows Update" again

> 10.) Now let it install KB890046 (This adds back in the xpsp3res.dll file)

> 11.) Restart the computer again.

>

> Now you should have both installed and everything working AOK. That is what

> it took for me to get things going. Hope it helps you out.

>

> So, in summary, it would seem the "xpsp3res.dll file" is what causes

> KB896344 to not load correctly. Good luck!!

>

>

>

> "Vanguard" wrote:

>

> > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

> > news:eFCUESJzFHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> > > 0x8007f0ea - Failed to migrate dependent packages.

> > >

> > > See this recent conversation here:

> > > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_frm/thread/bbe69d402b2923c4/e36846965984a177?q=0x8007F0EA&rnum=1&hl=en#e36846965984a177

> > > --

> > > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> > > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

> > >

> > >

> > > Vanguard wrote:

> > >> When I ran Windows Update (after a fresh install of Windows XP SP-2), and

> > >> after a couple updates (only after which this update appeared), it

> > >> reported

> > >> the KB896344 update was available. It was actually listed among a long

> > >> list

> > >> of updates but I also later tried just installing that one update. Every

> > >> time it fails the install and the Windows Update history lists the

> > >> failure.

> > >>

> > >> I've done the Google search. I saw some posts where the user was told to

> > >> rename C:\Windows\system32\xpsp3res.dll file to the .bak extension, rerun

> > >> Windows Update which installs the KB890046 update, and try the KB896344

> > >> update. Nope, the KB896344 update still fails.

> > >>

> > >> The only information given regarding the error is that an error code of

> > >> "Error Code: 0x8007F0EA" was produced during the install.

> > > <snip ~40KB of unneeded log>

> >

> >

> > That was one of the articles found in a Google search when I was researching

> > the problem. As mentioned, it didn't work. I renamed the xpsp3res.dll file

> > to the .bak extension, ran Windows Update (which then proferred the KB890046

> > update and I installed it), and then ran Windows Update to install the

> > KB896344 update but it still failed.

> >

> > I provided the log in case someone actually knew how to interpret the errors

> > and failures. Obviously the supposed dependency on the KB890046 update

> > wasn't sufficient or valid to get the KB896344 update installed on my

> > machine.

> >

> >

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