Code 80080005 Error on windows update with windows 7 home premimum

Anonymous
2012-09-16T04:00:21+00:00

I am trying to update my Windows 7 home premium but i have been unable to do so and every time code 80080005 appears . I want to know how can i resolve this problem. 

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Anonymous
2012-09-16T04:25:52+00:00

I am trying to update my Windows 7 home premium but i have been unable to do so and every time code 80080005 appears . I want to know how can i resolve this problem. 

Check your date, time and timezone.

Check for malware:

Download, install, run, update and perform full system scans with the following two applications:

Removing everything they find. Rebooting when needed. (You can uninstall one or both when done.)

Then perform an online scan with the eSet Online Scanner. Remove whatever is found.

Reboot.

Get the System Update Readiness Tool (save it) and right-click on it and "Run as Administrator". Choose the right one for you:

Let it run/fix things.

Reboot.

Try updating.

If it is still failing, attempt this next:

Reset your Windows Update Components with this FixIt:How do I reset Windows Update components?

Reboot.

Try updating.

If it still fails, try this...

  1. Start an elevated command prompt.
  2. Run the following commands hitting enter after each line:

net stop wuauserv cd %systemroot% ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old net start wuauserv 3. Reboot 4. Try updating.

**Important** The following issues occur when you do this:

  • Updates that are currently downloaded but that have not yet been installed have to be downloaded again by using Windows Update or Microsoft Update.
  • When you delete the Software Distribution folder, your download history is removed.
  • If you currently receive updates from Microsoft Update and from Windows Update, you will have to re-select this option from the Windows Update Web site.

**Note** If the issue is resolved and you can successfully download and install updates, you can safely delete the SoftwareDistribution.old directory to recover disk space.

STILL failing? We have something else to try...

Use this FixIt:

How to obtain the latest version of the Windows Update Agent

Reboot.

Register the WU components:

  1. Start an elevated command prompt.
  2. Run the following commands hitting enter after each line:

regsvr32 Jscript.dll regsvr32 wuapi.dllregsvr32 wuaueng.dll

Reboot.

Try updating.

If it still fails after that - repeat this part ONCE more...

Reset your Windows Update Components with this FixIt:How do I reset Windows Update components?

Reboot.

Try updating.

Come back and let everyone know how you faired.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-05T12:05:01+00:00

    Just to contribute to the litany of misery above, I too have gone through all the recommended fixes and still have the 80080005 updater error....do macs have similar problems, I wonder?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-12-24T09:45:17+00:00

    Code 80080005 repeats -- that's how I found this thread.  So the error is known on this thread since last September, and there still is no solution?  Mine is a slim Dell laptop Win 7 32-bit OS I bought a couple yrs ago to take on the road, but I gave it to my 8-yr old daughter to play with the video cam when it turned out that MS email on Win 7 cannot be privatized like email on XP.  Great, don't give users a solution, give them another problem! 

    And now the Win Update unknown 80080005 error in this thread pops up a couple weeks ago when I tried to update the OS--with no solution that I could find. Tried all of the above noted fixes and more (from other threads), but nada; then tried rolling back numerous system restore points; didn't help.  Guess the next step will be a fresh re-install of the OS--oh, the many hrs since I started with this issue, and many hrs to go before I sleep...  Thanks, MS!  Any other suggestions?  Has anyone tried a fresh re-install yet?

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-12-22T23:01:27+00:00

    I have still the same problem.

    I have done everything according to the instructions but without success.

    Help!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-22T17:35:27+00:00

    I have the same problem.

    In my case somehow one update did not install correctly, since I get during system start the message that Windows completes an update which starts at 38% and at 42% the login screen comes up.

    I performed all steps you mentioned but still Windows refuses to download the update and comes up with the error code 80080005.

    I have the same system running on my laptop (windows 7 professional 32Bit) but it seems that just on my desktop it has this kind of problem. I tried to run a external windows update program but it has  the same problem.

    I made a little research and found that the trusted installer always causes an error with some bucket errors attached to it. I tried to relocate the windows program where this errors are logged but I could not find it again to give more details about the problem.

    So I am a little lost with this problem....

    Thanks for your help on this issue and thank god I am not the only one who has this problem.

    Marcus

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