What is Error 8000FFFF when I try to install a Windows Vista Update?

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have a look at this:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=556997&SiteID=17

it solved my problem:

1: Open up "Control Panel" and navigate your way to "Programs and Features".

2: Click "View installed updates" on the left hand side.

3: Find the update KB929777 and uninstall it.

4: Attempt to install the update again in Windows Update

5: Once successful, restart your PC.

What worked for lots of others worked for me too. I'm on a Dell Latitude D830 with Vista Ultimate and 4GB of RAM. I downloaded the install file from Microsoft's website (Windows6.0-KB929777-v2-x86.msu) and tried to install it manually. The install failed. I went to Control Panel > Programs and Features > View Installed Updates and uninstalled the update. After the uninstall was complete, Vista prompted me to reboot so I did. When it came back up, I reinstalled the .msu file and this time it succeeded. Horray for the internet.

This worked for me...
reg delete HKLM\Components /v AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving
To execute this commend you need to click on Start. Then type cmd. When you see the Command application, right click on it and Run as Admin.
Type in the command that's posted above and that should fix the issue.
Posted from another blog.
http://blogs.technet.com/kailash/archive/2007/09/20/windows-vista-autoupdate-error-8000ffff.aspx

Microsoft has one solution to this problem at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946414/en-us. This link shows the symptoms, cause, resolution and procedures for editing the Windows registry. Follow the procedures as closely as possible when you get to the 'Components' step. In my Vista they looked a little different.

ive got a gateway 3gig with the same problems.i guess that im stuck with a error code 8000ffff .can only tell u that mac is looking better and better to me.why should i have to pay to fix something new and they know about it.
my next comp will be mac.

from whatever i read this far, its seems all us who are facing this problem have one thing in common - we all have Dell laptops with pre-installed Vista.
so someone might wanna consider the possibility that the problem might be with Dell's hardware configurations itself and not with Vista.

For some reason when I try to uninstall KB929777 it won't allow me. I get a message saying that the program was not uninstalled. Is there some way around this, so that I can uninstall the update?

Update Agent error codes :

http://pierrechauvin.free.fr/windows-update-error-code/wua.html

The command
reg delete HKLM\Components /v AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving

works for me too i have a vista laptop with 1gb ram. if dont have 4gb ram and your getting this error just by random and not because you changed hardware try this first. it fixed mine fast.

worst os ever!!!!!!!!

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