Oddly enough this sounds, but Windows 7, considered one of the most reliable systems in terms of stability, is also prone to failures. Most often this is manifested in the installation of updates in the form of additional modules or updates from an official developer, Microsoft Corporation. It happens that the "OS" gives an error message, which indicates the code 800b0001. Windows 7, as already understood, simply cannot complete the installation process of some components. How to deal with this, we will now see.
What does the error code 800b0001 (Windows 7) mean ?
The error itself means only that the operating system, referring to the update resource (in the standard version, to the official Microsoft website, on which the so-called update center is located), simply can not only install new updates, but even download them.
Unfortunately, almost no one is safe from the appearance of such a situation. But often WindowsUpdate: 800b0001 (Windows 7) error is caused by third-party reasons related to the installation of specific software or the penetration of viruses. In other words, there is a conflict of the update file with other components or its damage.
Causes of Trouble
The aforementioned reasons themselves can be interpreted in different ways. Let's start with the most common one. Most users of the "seven" do not think about the fact that Windows 7 gives out a message about the impossibility of downloading or installing an update containing the code 800b0001, for a reason.
Look, because one of the root causes is the usual violation of the Internet connection. What happens in this case? The system, perhaps, finds updates, after which it tries to download them. But interruptions in communication nullify the whole process. It also happens that the installation of updates starts, and then an interruption follows. Probably, there is no need to explain that the second process does not start from the point of stop, but from the very beginning. If a connection fails, the error (error code 800b0001) Windows 7 issues again and again.
One of the global causes of violation of the update system is damage to the file itself, which is responsible for finding and installing updates. Most often this is due to the influence of specific viruses, which when trying to access the official source system simply redirect the request to another server. In computer terminology, this is called an “unauthorized redirect.”
No less common is the problem of installing automatic updates simultaneously on all terminals located on a local or virtual network.
WSUS Server Issues
As for server solutions designed to facilitate the work of system administrators, it seems that they only add them a headache. The error with code 800b0001 (Windows 7) by the WSUS server is interpreted either as the impossibility of a simultaneous update, or as a violation of the server itself, or as damage to its own databases.
Among other things, there are rather complicated settings for the SQL server and its parameters, the use of a secure SSL connection, as well as some activation parameters for group policies that are applied differently to different computer terminals. However, this information is not for the average user. We will proceed from the fact that the user works on his own PC and has administrative rights to all the basic and hidden functions of the system.
Preliminary check of system readiness for upgrade
If such a situation has arisen, the first tool will be to check for updates in manual mode.
To do this, you need to specify a manual search for updates in the section of the update center located in the list of services of the Control Panel. As a rule, even if the file itself, which is responsible for the system update, is damaged, updates are found. After that, you must try to install them manually by clicking the appropriate link to start the process. If everything went smoothly, most likely, the file itself is either damaged or infected with a virus.
Damage to the file can be easily repaired using the Windows Recovery Console , which can be called from the original installation disk or from the distribution stored on the hard drive. But with viruses - more difficult. But more on that later.
Disk check
Do not neglect the means of checking the disk. This helps to get rid of messages like "error code 800b0001". Windows 7, like any other system, can produce it not in the standard version, but from the command line or from the Run menu, where you can set additional parameters.
So, for example, you can enter the chkdisk c: \ f command, and in some cases also add additional parameters.
Naturally, you can use some third-party verification tools, say, present in many optimizers.
Suspected Viruses
As for viruses, as a rule, the established programs installed in the system very often turn out to be powerless against such threats. They, of course, can determine the presence of a virus in RAM. But it is not always possible to delete it in the system currently operating.
Here it is worth paying attention to programs usually called Rescue Disc. They start from removable media and check the system before it starts.
Sometimes there is a conflict between the firewall and the antivirus, and you also need to add the antivirus to the list of firewall exceptions (this applies to free utilities such as AVAST, AVG, etc.). Commercial products work fine.
Error 800b0001 Windows 7: simplest fix methods
Now let's see how to fix the situation, based on the fact that the solution will be focused on the average user who does not know the intricacies of the system.
To do this, you just need to install utilities like Fix It! or System Update Readiness Tool, which is extremely easy to use and able to make corrections in automatic mode.
As practice shows, in most cases a message containing an error code 800b0001 (Windows 7) no longer appears after checking and fixing. This, so to speak, is the simplest and most effective method.