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I recently bought a new Compaq Presario 5000. I am having the same problem with windows xp sp 2. I can't able to download xp service pack 2 on compaq. when i try to update it give error "0x8DDD0018".Does anyone know what causes this issue and how to fix it?Any help will be extremely appreciated.
When you try to download windows xp service pack 2 on compaq from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site, you may receive an error message when the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is not running, or when BITS cannot successfully connect to the Web site.
when you receive error 0x8DDD0018 means it is related to windows update. It happens if the Automatic Updates services are not set to
Automatic. go to start > run > type services.msc then enter. Select Automatic Updates in list of services. Check Startup type list set it to automatic then click apply.
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