MBSA 2.1"An error occurred while scanning for security updates. (0x8024001d)" I cannot find any information about this error.The server is 2003 SP1, and MBSA needs to berun offline mbsacli /n os+iis+sql+password >output.txt I am admin on the machine, and in "C:\documents and settings\%username%\local settings\application data\microsoft\mbsa\2.1\cache" I have placed the necessary files: (wsusscn2.cab; mauth.cab; WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe; wuredist.cab)Any suggestions will be appreciated.Thanks

, Based on the research, the error code 0x80240001d means that an update contains invalid metadata. However, there are two places where MBSA would get this metadata: either from the local machine's SoftwareDistribution folder or from the wsusscan.cab file. If you have deployed any WSUS server in the environment and you have configured the WSUS setting to the client through GPO, please disable it and perform the following test. 1. The first possible reason of the issue would be due to the corrupt of the wsusscan.cab file, and I'd recommend re-downloading that file and place them onto the problematic computer. Please download these files from the following link: wsscan.cab http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=40751 muauth.cab http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=43266 Once you download the files, please just try running the following command to test if the error still continues. mbsacli.exe /nd and mbsacli.exe /nd /wi 2. The second thing to try is to delete (or rename) the SoftwareDistribution folder on the problematic machine. We may have to stop the Automatic Updates service to rename or delete this folder. Afterwards, we need to make sure that the Automatic Updates service is restarted since MBSA depends on this service running, even if the computer is not getting updates from the AU service. Steps: a. Stop the "automatic updates" service. b. Delete or rename the %windir%\softwaredistribution folder c. Start the automatic updates service Please re-run MBSA on this machine after performing these steps and let me know if the symptoms change. Mbsacli.exe /nd /wi If the issue continues, please run the following command line, we add the /wi and /catalog command line parameters to force the machine to do a local only scan. Mbsacli.exe /nd /wi /catalog c:\<path>\wsusscan.cab Please replace <path> with the path to wsusscan.cab Hope it helps.David Shen - MSFT