2008 r2 Windows update Failed with 8000FFFF

Question

HI
One of our clients has not run windows update in sometime. It was setup for automatic updates so they had never checked their server manually for updates.
We have tried to reset the components using several methods from a whole day of gooling this fix.  During the night last night we run scandisk with repair which was mentioned on several other threads.
after resetting the windows update components
When we click install now. it immediately fails with error 8000FFFF
I then opened event viewer to find the log. It lead me to a local file which reads:
Version=1
EventType=WindowsUpdateFailure
EventTime=130463490243270806
Consent=1
ReportIdentifier=a2cac66b-ebcd-11e3-b93e-d4ae52b74067
Response.type=4
Sig[0].Name=ClientVersion
Sig[0].Value=7.5.7601.17514
Sig[1].Name=Win32HResult
Sig[1].Value=8000ffff
Sig[2].Name=UpdateId
Sig[2].Value=174EAAC7-5A3D-448F-BE6F-D6FE450E1DCF
Sig[3].Name=Scenario
Sig[3].Value=Download
Sig[4].Name=SourceId
Sig[4].Value=101
Sig[5].Name=Environment
Sig[5].Value=Unmanaged
DynamicSig[1].Name=OS Version
DynamicSig[1].Value=6.1.7601.2.1.0.1296.17
DynamicSig[2].Name=Locale ID
DynamicSig[2].Value=2057
FriendlyEventName=Windows Update installation problem
ConsentKey=WindowsUpdateFailure
AppName=Host Process for Windows Services
AppPath=C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
ReportDescription=A Windows update did not install properly. Sending the following information to Microsoft can help improve the software.
I then googled 174EAAC7-5A3D-448F-BE6F-D6FE450E1DCF and found an article advising me to try and install system update readiness tool which too failed with the 8000FFFF
I have checked for viruses/malware and that seems ok.  MS Security essentials is able to download and install updates just fine.
The machine is running IE9.  I tried downloading both IE10 & IE11 which say components are required before installing the selected IE and takes me to a web page.
I downloaded all the x64 updates, when i execute they all fail with the 8000FFFF error.
we also tried http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058/en-us which did not help it failed at the end with:
Can anyone suggest anything that we could do to try and fix this error?

Answer 1

Hi,
Sorry for the delay. According to the log, you get
0x80190194
0x80190194 -2145844844 BG_E_HTTP_ERROR_404
The requested URL does not exist on the server.
Is there any problem with the other computers in the same network? If so, I guess there could be some problem with your network. Confirm this with your proxy server or ISP.
If not please reset windows update component and try again.
How do I reset Windows Update components?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058/en-au
Hope this helps.