Re: Update Error Code 800B0100


"Morton" <mort@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:48e96732$0$4911$607ed4bc@xxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I have an update error which seems to be common in Vista, including my Home Premium. When attempting to download Vista Updates, most of them are not successful, with an error code 800B0100 appearing on the screen. Based on searching the net including Microsoft, I have tried various recommended remedies, none of which works: cmd, run as administrator; firewall off, antivirus off, etc.. I have not found a solution, nor am I alone in this quandry. Some have advised me to install XP and delete Vista Home Premium, but this code error seems to occur in XP also. My Vista was factory installed, so I have no DVD for re-installation.Microsoft is reported to have refused to help many people about this error.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Someone else posted a link about COM DLL registration problems.

All that site is telling you is that Vista is having troubles registering COM DLL(s). The problem may be due to UAC on Vista is interfering with the registration, and that also, your user/admin account doesn't have full admin rights to do the registration.

It's being explained in the link.

<http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2007/02/com-registration-under-microsoft.html>

It's also talking about using the hidden built-in Administrator account, yes, that same built-in Administrator account on XP.

<http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Benefits_of_Vistas_Hidden_Administrator_Account>

You should read the information in the link, like read the section about the benefits of using the Administrator account, which is the account is a admin account that has full admin rights all the time and UAC can still be enabled.

As opposed to using your default out of the box user/admin account on Vista that does not have full rights, because of the two access tokens being used on the user/admin account, with the default being the Standard user token. And that's why you must run something with Run As Administrator so that it can access to the Admin Full rights token and escalate privileges, not so with the built-in Administrator account.

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx>
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

What do you have to loose at this point by not trying it? You just may want to download the KB's manually go into safe mode and login using the Administrator user account.

You might want to do this first, just on GP.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833






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