Windows Update: Error 0×80070422
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The most common reason for 0×80070422 error when you are trying to run Windows Updates is related to the necessary services not running in the Control Panel. More often than not, it is related to the BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service). The Windows Updates use the BITS to transfer the updates to your computer.
The steps to resolve this issue are simple (you need to have administrative access to your computer):
- Open the Control Panel and go to Administrative Tools. Here, open the Services Program. (Alternatively, you can select Run from your Start Menu and type in services.msc and press enter).
- Here we have to make sure that two services are running. First locate the Automatic Updates service. Double Click the service to open it’s properties.
- Inside the properties page, set the startup type list to Automatic.
- Start the service if it is not running by clicking on the Start Button.
- Click OK to close the properties dialog box.
- Now repeat the same process with the Background Intelligent Transfer Service.
Windows Update: Error 0×80070002 / 0×80070003
The error codes ox80070002 or ox80070003 appear for a number of reasons while you are using your Windows XP (or for that matter, Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 Server). One of the most common occurrences is when you are working with Windows Updates. This error can occur whenever you try to update from either:
- The Microsoft Update Web Sites.
- Or, through Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server.
- Or, through SMS server.
- Or, through Windows Automatic Updates.
The usual reason behind this error is because a mismatch has occurred between what Windows thinks that it has downloaded to your computer, and what has actually been downloaded. And this results in a situation which causes Windows Update to be stuck and it keeps showing this error. This can happen because of a network problem during the data transfer, or an intermittent Internet connection can also cause this.
A very simple and straightforward mechanism to get rid of this problem is to reset the DataStore where Windows keeps this information which has become mismatched. Here’s how you can do it in 3 easy steps.