Windows 7: windows update error code: 80070246

my windows uodate was working fine but suddenly it start showing the error message with code : 80070246. I tried windows update troubleshooter and microsoft fixit but nothing works.
How to remove this error?

Welcome to the forum.

Follow what this link asks you to do and try downloading the updates again:
What is the System Update Readiness Tool?

Post back for further suggestions.

Are you sure it's 246 at the end, and not 426??

yup its 246...

Did you use the system update readiness tool and tried to update?

Follow steps in this tutorial see if it works:
Windows Update - Reset

Manually go to windows updates from start>control panel>change settings
change the settings to never check for updates hit okay & close windows updates.

Go to windows updates the same way and change the settings to check for updates
but let me choose whether to download and install them.

Post back for further suggestions.

(Ah - back up again at last!)

Stop error when you try to download updates from Windows Update on a computer that is running Windows Vista: "0x80070246" relates - I'd try replacing the file using SFC in the normal way first....


SFC -System File Checker - Instructions
Click on Start > All Programs > Accessories
Right-click on the Command Prompt entry
Select Run as Administrator and accept the UAC prompt - the Elevated Command Prompt window should pop up.
At the Command prompt, type
SFC /SCANNOW
and hit the Enter key

Wait for the scan to finish - make a note of any error messages - and then reboot.
Post an MGADiag report with details of any error messages encountered.

koolkat 77,
i tried system readiness tool bt when i tried to run it...an error came saying "invalid data"...
i downloaded windows 7 64 bit (x64)..

As Noel suggested.
Try SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker for violations in your computer.
You may upload the CBS.log here.

on starting sfc scan another error msg saying "windows resource protection could not start the requested opration"....