Code C80003FB : Windows update not... updating.

Question

When ever I ask windows update to check for updates.

I recieve the message Windows couild not search for new updates.

Error(s) Found:

Code C8003FB  Windows Update encountered an unknown error.

???

-B

Answer 1

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) when posting in a forum or newsgroup. Please do so in your next reply.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?

Did you recently have occasion to reinstall Windows?

0xC80003FB Error_No_Log_Space

Unable to access the file

Courtesy of MVP MowGreen:

You can rename DataStore.edb to DataStore.edb.old to see if that

resolves the issue:

1. Go to Start | Run | type or copy/paste net stop wuauserv | OK

If the BITS service has started you must stop it, too.

Start | Run | type or copy/paste net stop bits | OK

2. In Windows Explorer, navigate to and right-click on...

            C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore*DataStore.edb <=this file*

and Rename it to DataStore.edb.OLD.

To view DataStore.edb, you'll first need to show hidden files, folders, and system files first:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html#winxp

3. Restart the system and see if updates install now.

Answer 2

@cjhurley28 & anyone else with a similar problem: To avoid confusion & duplication of effort, please begin your own, new thread in the appropriate forum. State your current IE version and full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista 32-bit SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7 32-bit; Win7 32-bit SP1; Win7 64-bit; Win7 64-bit SP1) in your first post. Thank you.

See...

    • HOW TO begin your own, new thread about your computer & your problem

       http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/Page/faq#faqGettingAnswers5

    • Suggestions for asking a question in help forums

       http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Answer 3

I have Vista on my desktop. I just did a factory reset. I get the error message Code C80003FB : Windows update not... updating.

I have tried looking for the file DataStore.edb  I can't locate that on my desktop.

I am trying to find out how I can fix this so I can download updates to this desktop. Even before I did the factor reset, it kept telling me that windows updates was running and it wasn't.

What else can I do to fix this error.