windows update error number 0x30244019

Hi nkulumane

Please refer to the link below to troubleshoot this issue, manually or scroll down and avail yourself of the automated fixit tool.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959894

Good Luck.

Do you mean error 0x80244019? If your error really is 0x30244019 then please disregard this post.

0x80244019 is normally caused by not being at SP3.

Verify your current service pack level...

• Hold down the Windows key (between Ctrl and Alt) and hit the Pause Break key
• Examine what is listed in the System: section regarding your service pack level
• Also, make a note of your processor type in the Computer: section (see later)

If you are at service pack 3 then follow XP ROCKS advice. If you are not at SP3 then you really ought to be anyway and this procedure should get you working.

If there is no service pack level designated, first you must download SP2 from...

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=28

...and then run the downloaded program to install SP2. You can ignore the text that says that it is for network installations and also ignore the text advising Windows/Microsoft Update if only updating one PC.

As an alternative to SP2 you could download SP1A (xpsp1a_en_x86.exe) from…

http://slug.ceca.utc.edu/ftp/pub/windows/patches/winxp/

…which a fellow contributor Daavee found. It is half the size of SP2 so should be quicker. However, as you can see, it is not a Microsoft web site.

Once you have done that, or if you were already at service pack 1, 1A or 2, you can install SP3, but before you do, read this article…

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

…and if your PC is an HP Pavilion, Presario or Media Center and has an AMD processor (see above) you need to install this patch before installing SP3…

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=uk&lc=en&dlc=en&softwareitem=pv-60484-2

Install SP3 by downloading and running from...

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=24

…again, you can ignore the text that says that it is for network installations and also ignore the text advising Windows/Microsoft Update if only updating one PC.

Then try to get up to date with Windows Updates.

Tricky