slide 1: WINDOWS UPDATE ERROR 80070002
slide 2: WHAT IS WINDOWS UPDATE ERROR CODE
80070002
• WINDOWS UPDATE ERROR 80070002 OR 80070003 ARE COMMON ERRORS RELEVANT TO
WINDOWS UPDATE. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO INSTALL SYSTEM UPDATES IN YOUR
WINDOWS PC YOU MAY FACE THE MESSAGE "ERRORS FOUND: CODE 80070002
WINDOWS UPDATE ENCOUNTERED AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM".
• WINDOWS UPDATE ERROR 80070002 IS USUALLY CAUSED BY TIME OR DATE ISSUE FILE
CORRUPTION OR REGISTRY PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN SYSTEM UPDATE FAILS
AND THE FAILURE BRINGS ABOUT DATA MISMATCH PROBLEM. THUS DELETION OF THESE
CORRUPTED FILES HELPS ELIMINATE THE ERROR.
slide 3: METHOD 1: CHECK DATE AND TIME SETTINGS
• STEP 1. YOU OPEN DATE AND TIME FROM CONTROL PANEL. TO DO THAT RIGHT-CLICK
AT START BUTTON CONTROL PANEL VIEW BY LARGE ICONS CLICK DATE AND TIME.
• STEP 2. WHEN THE DATE AND TIME WINDOW OPENS YOU CLICK THE CHANGE DATE AND
TIME.
• STEP 3. NOW YOU NEED TO SET CORRECT DATE AND TIME FOR YOUR COMPUTER. THEN
CLICK OK TO SAVE CHANGES.
• STEP 4. LASTLY RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AND SEE CHECK IF THE WINDOWS UPDATE ERROR
80070002 IS RESOLVED. IF THIS METHOD DOESNT WORK GO TO METHOD 2.
slide 4: METHOD 2: DELETING TEMPORARY UPDATE FILES
STEP 1. STOP THE WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE
• 1. YOU OPEN ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS FROM CONTROL PANEL. TO DO THAT RIGHT-CLICK AT START BUTTON CONTROL PANEL VIEW BY LARGE ICONS CLICK ADMINISTRATIVE
TOOLS.
• 2. WHEN THE POP-UP WINDOWS YOU DOUBLE-CLICK SERVICE. IF YOU ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD OR CONFIRMATION TYPE YOUR PASSWORD AND PROVIDE
CONFIRMATION.
• 3. IN THE RIGHT PANE OF THE SERVICE WINDOW YOU LOOK FOR WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE THEN RIGHT-CLICK IT AND SELECT STOP. FOR WINDOWS XP USERS YOU NEED TO FIND
AUTOMATIC UPDATES RIGHT-CLICK IT THEN CLICK STOP.
STEP 2. DELETE CORRUPTED UPDATE FILES IN SOFTWAREDISTRIBUTION FOLDER
• 1. YOU NAVIGATE TO C:\WINDOWS\SOFTWAREDISTRIBUTION.
• 2. IN THE SOFTWAREDISTRIBUTION FOLDER YOU RENAME THE DATASTORE FOLDER TO OLD_DATASTORE.
• 3. NEXT RENAME THE DOWNLOAD FOLDER TO OLD_DOWNLOAD.
STEP 3. RESTART THE WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE
• YOU FOLLOW OPERATIONS IN STEP 1 IN METHOD 2 TO LOOK FOR WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE. NOW YOU RIGHT-CLICK IT TO CLICK START. THEN YOU EXIT SERVICE WINDOWS AND
ADMINISTRATOR TOOLS WINDOW.
slide 5: HOPE THIS TUTORIAL SHOULD RESOLVE THE WINDOWS UPDATE ERROR 80070002 ON YOUR COMPUTER DEPENDING
ON THE PARTICULAR CAUSE. HOWEVER IT IS ONLY IN VERY EXCEPTIONAL CASES THAT THE ERROR CAN STILL PERSIST.
YOUR ONLY WAY WILL BE TO PERFORM THE SYSTEM RESTORE AND AT THE WORST FRESH INSTALLATION OF THE
OPERATING SYSTEM TO REMOVE VARIOUS PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE CAUSING THE WINDOWS ERROR CODE
0X80070002. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WINDOWS 10 RELATED ERRORS YOU CAN CHECK FOR THE SOLUTION IN
MY WINDOWS 10 TIPS SECTION. THANK YOU FOR READING
SOURCE: HTTP://HOWTOINSTALLWINDOWS10.COM/WINDOWS-UPDATE-ERROR-80070002/