Jump to content
Microsoft Windows Bulletin Board

Windows updates failing in Vista


Recommended Posts

Guest speed512
Posted

Several updates have failed since 8/27 while trying to install update

7.0.6000.381. I keep getting the error code 800F081F. I attempted the fix

discussed in the following article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932494/en-us and

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/.

 

I installed the x86 WUA 3.0, and no changes. I cannot immediately see which

of the 927891 Hotfixes would apply for Vista 32-bit and thus did not install

any of those hot fixes.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

Posted

I have the same problem. I follow all the steps and ... nothing. Running the

same version on Vista Home Ultimate

 

"speed512" wrote:

> Several updates have failed since 8/27 while trying to install update

> 7.0.6000.381. I keep getting the error code 800F081F. I attempted the fix

> discussed in the following article:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932494/en-us and

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/.

>

> I installed the x86 WUA 3.0, and no changes. I cannot immediately see which

> of the 927891 Hotfixes would apply for Vista 32-bit and thus did not install

> any of those hot fixes.

>

> Any suggestions?

>

> Thanks

Guest Robert Aldwinckle
Posted

"speed512" <speed512@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F62B3451-0F03-40AA-BAB5-43855AA22058@microsoft.com...

> Several updates have failed since 8/27 while trying to install update

> 7.0.6000.381. I keep getting the error code 800F081F. I attempted the fix

> discussed in the following article:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932494/en-us and

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/.

>

> I installed the x86 WUA 3.0, and no changes. I cannot immediately see which

> of the 927891 Hotfixes would apply for Vista 32-bit and thus did not install

> any of those hot fixes.

>

> Any suggestions?

 

 

Why did you choose those articles?

(No reference to that code or its decimal equivalent(s) in either of them?)

 

 

<title>Windows Update Version 6 error code list</title>

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938205

 

(Live Search for

0x800F081F site:microsoft.com

)

 

<quote>

0x800f081F CBS_E_SOURCE_MISSING source for package or file not found, ResolveSource() unsuccessful

</quote>

 

 

Did you try downloading and installing a problem update manually?

With verbose logging? What is the context of the error code then?

 

BTW if you are experiencing problems with an update independent

of its delivery you may find more informed help in a newsgroup

which specializes in the product being updated (whatever that is.)

 

>

> Thanks

 

 

Good luck

 

Robert Aldwinckle

---

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

I have the same problem. I keep getting error code 800F081F. And nothing I

can do will get vista to update. I just realized it hasn't been updating for

a couple of months. I tried the fixes but they did absolutely nothing.

 

Is MS working on a fix for this. And since you can do an update from a

webpage like XP I can't update anything. I have no idea how many updates I'm

behind. And I did a fresh install of Vista ultimate 3 months ago. I have no

desire to do it again. This is very annoying. I tried a dozen different

things and no luck. I get the same error no matter what I try.

 

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "speed512" <speed512@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F62B3451-0F03-40AA-BAB5-43855AA22058@microsoft.com...

> > Several updates have failed since 8/27 while trying to install update

> > 7.0.6000.381. I keep getting the error code 800F081F. I attempted the fix

> > discussed in the following article:

> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932494/en-us and

> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/.

> >

> > I installed the x86 WUA 3.0, and no changes. I cannot immediately see which

> > of the 927891 Hotfixes would apply for Vista 32-bit and thus did not install

> > any of those hot fixes.

> >

> > Any suggestions?

>

>

> Why did you choose those articles?

> (No reference to that code or its decimal equivalent(s) in either of them?)

>

>

> <title>Windows Update Version 6 error code list</title>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938205

>

> (Live Search for

> 0x800F081F site:microsoft.com

> )

>

> <quote>

> 0x800f081F CBS_E_SOURCE_MISSING source for package or file not found, ResolveSource() unsuccessful

> </quote>

>

>

> Did you try downloading and installing a problem update manually?

> With verbose logging? What is the context of the error code then?

>

> BTW if you are experiencing problems with an update independent

> of its delivery you may find more informed help in a newsgroup

> which specializes in the product being updated (whatever that is.)

>

>

> >

> > Thanks

>

>

> Good luck

>

> Robert Aldwinckle

> ---

>

>

>

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

If you do get a recovery mechanism please let me know. I've attempted manual

download and installation of the update and that also seems to fail.

 

More information and another thread on this can be found here:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2176586&SiteID=17

 

"speed512" wrote:

> Several updates have failed since 8/27 while trying to install update

> 7.0.6000.381. I keep getting the error code 800F081F. I attempted the fix

> discussed in the following article:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932494/en-us and

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/.

>

> I installed the x86 WUA 3.0, and no changes. I cannot immediately see which

> of the 927891 Hotfixes would apply for Vista 32-bit and thus did not install

> any of those hot fixes.

>

> Any suggestions?

>

> Thanks

×
×
  • Create New...