Windows Update Sucks: Error 0x8DDD0007
At 2AM in the morning, I had a Eureka about the future of computing. As things get easier and easier for users - the art of troubleshooting and problem conveyance (yes, the conveying of errors by software) will diminish!
Today at school, my wife was unexplainably blocked from Internet Access. She contacted the IT department and they told her that she either had a virus, malicious spyware, or needed to upgrade to SP2. Ironic bed-fellows...
After running scans with Spy-bot and Ad-aware, I visit Trend Micro's Housecall (which is fantastic) for a comprehensive scan. Everything checked out ok... Now on to Windows Update for SP2.
While the site is 'Checking for Updates', I get the following message displayed for error 0x8DDD0007:
"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you restart"
Easy enough... I restart and repeat. Same error. Let's try one more time - hell, its Microsoft. Still no dice!
Naturally, I'll thought I'd find this error code in the Microsoft Knowledge base. No luck there either... both the error code and text search string came up blank.
Save me Obi-Wan-Google, you're my only hope! I type the error code into Google and find the answer!
1) Start -> Run -> regedit (Enter)
2) Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update
3) The Folder 'RebootRequired' should be visible
4) Right Click Folder -> Delete
Voila! Windows Update works again!
Wow, how in the hell would anyone know how to fix that? I miss the old days - these newfangled 'easy to use' systems basically leave me with a 10 Digit Obscure error message, don't have any info in the product knowledge base, and force me to delete keys from the most dangerously delicate part of the system...
The part that really pisses me off is that this is the 2nd 'dead-end' type problem I've had with Windows Update. How can Microsoft force everyone to use their 'Active X' driven Update site - but not give alternative methods for updating.
Grrr....
Comments
Hey, thanks for making a
Hey, thanks for making a nearly impossible to figure out problem fixable with the least amount of fuss.
And that pesky installation
And that pesky installation of DirectX and WMP that must be done seperatly! Yes, I know this was published a while ago, but it suits me (typed in windows update sucks in Google).
Thank you, Thank you, and
Thank you, Thank you, and many Thanks to you!!!! My problem is solved!!!
I Have sem problem ... i
I Have sem problem ... i removed the registr key ... and stup the srevice, but when i started it again the registry fulder is basck again .. i have no idea what to do ..
I can't fix error 8DDD0007.
I can't fix error 8DDD0007. I removed the update require into the registry and stop the software update into services, but I still receive the same error message. Consequently, I can't update windows.
What can I do?
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU AGAIN !!!!!
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
Yes you are right
Yes you are right man...indeed.
Here's the real
Here's the real solution:
Stop using an operating system prone to failure like Windows.
Get Linux instead, where updates plain work, you don't have to restart every time, and you stop getting reamed by Microsoft.
Also there's Patch Tuesday, one of Microsoft's brain damages. Why is it so hard to release patches as they come? Its not hard!
No Wonder Linux is always more secure than Windows by a long shot. Security isn't a joke, updates come as they're made.