Hi, can someone tell me why I can't make the necessary update for windows 7 beta version 7000( ERROR FOUND CODE 8000FFFF )thanks for your helpkind regards

To resolve Windows Update error 8000FFFF, try the following steps: 1) Launch REGEDIT 2) Go into HKLM\COMPONENTS, and check if these three values exist under the COMPONENTS key: PendingXmldentifier NextQueueEntryIndex AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving 3) Providing they do exist, back up the Components key, then delete the three above values.4) Restart the computer, and Windows Update should now be working fine. Carey Frisch

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/92be1b34-23cd-46b0-bf21-106d0a5e2e38 So far, the only resolutions that resolve the error in every instance have been to do an "in place upgrade" or a format/reinstall, as shown in the above thread. The resolution mentioned by Carey may, on rare occassions , resolve the 8000FFFF error in Win7. There is an automated Fixit on this page: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/946414 that can be either run via the page or downloaded and run manually. MowGreen MVP Data Center Management - Update Services Consumer Security