Error = 0xC8003f3

[Dean at Idaho Tax]

We are using WSUS and this error is occuring on a W2K3 Ent server.

Symptoms:
1. When I double click on update globe, it disappears, the install Express
or Custom is not displayed, globe comes back.
2. The following error in WindowsUpdate.log
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
DnldMgr FATAL: DM:CAgentDownloadManager::CheckAllCallDownloadStates:
GetSession failed with 0xc80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
3. The following error in the ReportingEvents.log:
c80003f3 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Error: Agent
failed detecting with reason: 0xc80003f3

I've tried the following:
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
net stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s /q DataStore
net start wuauserv

I've also tried stoping the WU service, deleting all the folders in the
SoftwareDistribution folder, and then restarting th WU service.

Can anyone help?

[Dean at Idaho Tax]

OK. I fixed this problem and here is how I did it.

1. First, I again performed the following:
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
net stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s /q DataStore
net start wuauserv

2. This resulted in the following errors in WindowsUpdate.log:

0x80240013
0x8024400a
0x80240017

3. Next, I registered the following:

regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 mssip32.dll

4. Then I recieved the following errors in WindowsUpdate.log:

0x80070008
0x80240017

5. Finally, I performed the following:

Stopped the Automatic Update service
Renamed the SoftwareDistribution folder in C:\Windows to
SoftwareDistribution.old
Started the Automatic Update service.

Hope this helps someone in the future.

Post by Dean at Idaho Tax
We are using WSUS and this error is occuring on a W2K3 Ent server.
1. When I double click on update globe, it disappears, the install Express
or Custom is not displayed, globe comes back.
2. The following error in WindowsUpdate.log
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
GetSession failed with 0xc80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
c80003f3 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Error: Agent
failed detecting with reason: 0xc80003f3
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
net stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s /q DataStore
net start wuauserv
I've also tried stoping the WU service, deleting all the folders in the
SoftwareDistribution folder, and then restarting th WU service.
Can anyone help?

[bnosbod]

Pure Genius.......Worked like a charm!

Post by Dean at Idaho Tax
OK. I fixed this problem and here is how I did it.
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
net stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s /q DataStore
net start wuauserv
0x80240013
0x8024400a
0x80240017
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 mssip32.dll
0x80070008
0x80240017
Stopped the Automatic Update service
Renamed the SoftwareDistribution folder in C:\Windows to
SoftwareDistribution.old
Started the Automatic Update service.
Hope this helps someone in the future.

Post by Dean at Idaho Tax
We are using WSUS and this error is occuring on a W2K3 Ent server.
1. When I double click on update globe, it disappears, the install Express
or Custom is not displayed, globe comes back.
2. The following error in WindowsUpdate.log
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
GetSession failed with 0xc80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
DtaStor FATAL: Failed to initialize datastore, error = 0xC80003F3
Report WARNING: Reporter failed to upload events with hr = c80003f3.
c80003f3 AutomaticUpdates Failure Software Synchronization Error: Agent
failed detecting with reason: 0xc80003f3
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll /s
net stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
rd /s /q DataStore
net start wuauserv
I've also tried stoping the WU service, deleting all the folders in the
SoftwareDistribution folder, and then restarting th WU service.
Can anyone help?

[b***@gmail.com]

Superb! Great many thanx.

After many hours of trying MS's many small "fix-apps" back and forth without getting any wiser....I finally found an errorcode in the log that led me to this saviour.

Thank you.

/BM

[m***@gmail.com]

It works ! thanks man !