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Vista Update Error 8024D00A

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by Member 34533650

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Hi there,
I have a laptop running Vista Ultimate and Vista had stopped recognising the DVD drive.
Sooo I took the bull by the horns and did a reinstall of Vista.
When I try to get Windows to update through Automatic updates, I receive an error code 8024D00A and there is no help for this on the microsoft site.
The only message that I can find about this issue suggests that this error code is generated by the version of Vista that Microsoft distributed at their New Day launches all over the country as a 'thank you ' for attending.
Is this really the case, has Microsoft disabled this version or does anyone know how to overcome this update error?

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by bart777

If this is a copy that you attained thru a MS conference it may not work. Microsoft gave away free copies to people who attended a pre-release gathering. These versions all have the same error and Micorsoft has no intention of correcting the problem.

If this is a full retail version than you will want to make sure that the Microsoft update site is a trusted site in your browser. Also you may want to delete and files in the
\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads
directory and try again.

Best of luck.

by Member 34533650

After researching and spending a great deal of time on this, I am now convinced that the free version of Vista that was given away to all who attended their New Day launches is time bombed.
It is now over a year since the events all over the world and I doubt whether anyone attending realised that their reward for attending would become a poisoned chalice!
It certainly leaves a bad taste in the mouth, to realise that Microsoft is so underhand in its practices, but I guess in an industry where there was the Sony rootkit, no-one should be surprised.
Can yo imagine being given a free sample of soap powder that after a year turn all of your white clothes black?
Just adds to the general mistrust that people have generally about computer systems.
Feeling pretty whipped and sore right now... and it will take a long time to forget this treatment and experience with Vista.
I was one who undertook the beta testing program, downloaded and early anticipated improvements to the system as time progressed.
Implementing the Version given away after the launch, I was disappointed to find many areas where development had not been completed and a clunky protection system that just became infuriating... I had avidly downloaded all of the updates and installed them, early awaited Service Pack 1 and although not exactly enjoying the experience was willing to tolerate it while awaiting more improvements... until it bombed with DVD undetected errors.... which required a reinstall. The reinstall was advised by a Microsoft MVP... I wonder now, if he knew that the system would be rendered benign when that was completed?

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