Update error code 80070246

[Guest tech]

Hi everyone,

 

 

I couldn't make my laptop updated. Gives me "couldn't checked updates

and error code 80070246" . would you pls help me

 

Tech

 

 

--

tech

[Guest MowGreen [MVP]]

80070246 ERROR_ILLEGAL_CHARACTER

An illegal character was encountered. For a multi-byte character set

this includes a lead byte without a succeeding trail byte. For the

Unicode character set this includes the characters 0xFFFF and 0xFFFE.

 

What is the antivirus/security suite that is installed ?

Which firewall is being used ?

Are there toolbars/popup/cookie blockers/download managers installed ?

 

Some 'thing' is preventing the system from establishing a reliable,

trusted connection to the update servers.

 

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]

===============

-343- FDNY

Never Forgotten

===============

 

 

tech wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Hi everyone,

>

>

> I couldn't make my laptop updated. Gives me "couldn't checked updates

> and error code 80070246" . would you pls help me

>

> Tech

>

> </span>

[Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Hello,

See this article:

942968 Stop error when you try to download updates from Windows Update on a

computer that is running Windows Vista: "0x80070246"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;EN-US;942968

 

 

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

 

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

--------------------

| >Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 10:28:50 -0700

| >From: "MowGreen [MVP]" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com>

| >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2)

Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)

| >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en

| >MIME-Version: 1.0

| >Subject: Re: Update error code 80070246

| >References: <2c458ecdd6b6dbbcb93315c8781132f3@nntp-gateway.com>

| >In-Reply-To: <2c458ecdd6b6dbbcb93315c8781132f3@nntp-gateway.com>

| >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed

| >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

| >Message-ID: <uSTy8VtrIHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

| >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

| >NNTP-Posting-Host: c-69-181-225-36.hsd1.ca.comcast.net 69.181.225.36

| >Lines: 1

| >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl

| >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl

microsoft.public.windows.vista.security:15408

| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

| >

| >80070246 ERROR_ILLEGAL_CHARACTER

| >An illegal character was encountered. For a multi-byte character set

| >this includes a lead byte without a succeeding trail byte. For the

| >Unicode character set this includes the characters 0xFFFF and 0xFFFE.

| >

| >What is the antivirus/security suite that is installed ?

| >Which firewall is being used ?

| >Are there toolbars/popup/cookie blockers/download managers installed ?

| >

| >Some 'thing' is preventing the system from establishing a reliable,

| >trusted connection to the update servers.

| >

| >MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]

| >===============

| > -343- FDNY

| >Never Forgotten

| >===============

| >

| >

| >tech wrote:

| >

| >> Hi everyone,

| >>

| >>

| >> I couldn't make my laptop updated. Gives me "couldn't checked updates

| >> and error code 80070246" . would you pls help me

| >>

| >> Tech

| >>

| >>

| >