RE: Windows update download and installation failures

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and check if Windows
Installer is running. If not, turn it on. Doing this solved error 8024401B on
my computer.

"Domenic" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if anyone else was receiving this:
> Error Code: 8024401B
>
> I am able to scan for updates, but when I click "install"
> the progress bar skips to the end and says it failed. I
> have tried this 5 times with no success. I emailed
> Microsoft about the same problem with downloading SP2 and
> was able to work around it by downloading the SP from
> their main site.
> Thanks!
>
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