Windows 7 Error code 80070103

Good if things are squared away now with that update.

If you have more issues you should start a new question/topic/thread instead of tacking on to the bottom of an almost 8 year old topic.

That will get your issue greater visibility.

A:

Hi OneToo

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We receive this error message when you are trying to update driver from Windows update and installing a driver that is already installed on your computer or a driver that has a lower compatibility rating than one you already have installed.

Here are the below links  for reference: Windows Update error 80070103

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Windows-Update-error-80070103

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952032

I would recommend you to update the driver manually. Steps to update the driver manually

i.                     Click Start, type devmgmt.msc and hit enter.

ii.                    On the “Device Manager” window, expand the item, right click on the sub item and then click “Update Driver”.

iii.                  Restart the computer once the driver is updated.

If this fails then try to reinstall the driver

i.               Click Start, type devmgmt.msc and press enter.

ii.                     Expand the driver and right click on the sub item and click uninstall.

iii.                   Restart the computer.

iv.                   Visit the manufacturer website to download the latest driver.

v.                     Install the driver and restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

Link for reference: Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly

 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

Thanks and Regards:

Samhrutha G S - Microsoft Support.

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Its an infrequent problem, I found about five people in all, have the same issue.  My problem was the intel integrated mother board graphics was pushing my, either AMD or Nvidia cards driver and eliminating it, making the cards not recognizable. The option in the bios to turn off the integrated card was certainly disabled. If I turn the computer off for a couple days and come back to it recognize it again, but eventually it would do the same thing. I had seen this on another thread, someone mentioned that the mother board may have been screwed down too tight and tweaked it. I'm still using the mother board for one of my miners with usb risers it seems to work with them. However messing with it for four months trying to get it to work shelled a brand new rx 560 out of the box. So i was out $140. Thank you some much Intel. I hope you get syphilis and it spreads to all your corporate subsidiaries.

If folks have their Windows Update unwisely set to download/install updates automatically and if folks have configured their Device Installation settings to allow driver updates from Windows Update they are very likely to have hardware driver problems and create topics with subjects like "Windows Update broke my computer..."

If you don't want Windows Update to break your computer you should do two things:

First:  Set Windows Update to Never check for updates and that will put you in charge of what updates get applied to your system instead of Microsoft being in charge of what updates get installed on your system.  This way you will have to check for updates yourself once in a while (at least after every Patch Tuesday) review the updates that are offered, install the ones you want (Security) and if you see what appears to be a driver update Hide the update and hope you never see it again (but you might see it again).

Second:  Adjust your Windows Device Installation settings to "Never install driver updates from Windows Update" following the instructions in this article which shows a Windows feature that most folks don't even know exists:

Device Installation Settings

Example:

Even after making that adjustment I would still not trust Windows Update to not present and offer hardware driver updates so the permanent fix for the issue is to take charge of your Windows Update and check for updates yourself so you can see and decide which updates are going to be installed on your system.

Taking charge of Windows Update will not only reduce the chances of your system picking up a faulty driver but you can also prevent the installation of the snooping and spyware updates that Microsoft installs of your system that periodically sends information about your system back to Microsoft.

Those snooping updates might be shown as "Important" but that doesn't mean you have to install them so folks should check the update descriptions to see what they are for and what they do and decide to install them or not.  Those kinds of "updates" are important to Microsoft but they may not be important to you when you find out what they are doing behind the scenes.

If folks believe that the snooping/spyware updates Microsoft installs are never going to send any of your personal information back to Microsoft go ahead and install them and hope that is true.

A good strategy is to only install updates that have the word "Security" in the description and the rest you can look at on a case by case basis and decide to install or Hide them but even hidden updates can show up again.