Games For Windows Live Update Problem (Error: 80070643)

Anonymous
2012-03-13T18:12:31+00:00

Hi,

Just installing this month's updates, and I'm having a problem installing one of them. Games For Windows Software 3.5 doesn't seem to want to update and is giving the error code 80070643. Had a quick search round and can't seem to find anything useful. Not sure what's causing this. Anybody else having this issue?

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-03-14T17:34:28+00:00

    This fixed it for me:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-windows\_update/windows-update-error-80070643/125f4750-725b-40ec-87b2-c2476675ed75

    Basically, it's a download link to the latest GFWL then, after installing it, pressing 'search for updates' in WU. The update magically disappears & WU shows no downloads necessary.

    Hope it helps.

    zar =]

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-03-14T16:35:46+00:00

    Thanks I should have a copy on my home server Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-03-14T15:43:41+00:00

    Yes that did work but it also wipes out your whole update history. I took a gamble and would have rather left my update history intact. Do you know how to get it back. Sorry some of us are not as sharp as you apparently!

    You might be able to restore the update history by restoring the datastore database. 

    The Datastore.edb is used to keep a history of updates.

    If you want to try, here are some steps:

    1. Open Computer
    2. Open the C: drive (the drive that has your Windows folder)
    3. Open the SoftwareDistribution folder
    4. Open the DataStore folder
    5. Locate, and right click on DataStore.edb, then select "Restore Previous Versions"
    6. If you have a previous version of the file, you can try to copy it back the DataStore folder.  You wll need to overwrite the current DataStore.edb file.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-03-14T15:28:08+00:00

    Yes that did work but it also wipes out your whole update history. I took a gamble and would have rather left my update history intact. Do you know how to get it back. Sorry some of us are not as sharp as you apparently!

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-03-14T14:18:55+00:00

    No need to be rude, y0himba.

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