trying to install windows hotfix, but getting a negative exit code

Question

I am trying to install windows-8-RT kb2771744 hotfix. I am getting a negative exit code: -2125124329

I converted that into hex: 7FDBFFE9

I looked around, I am not sure what to make of it.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '16 at 21:51

It means "this update is not applicable to your system", possibly because you are trying to install an update for Windows 8 RT (ARM) on an Intel system.

See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/938205 for all Windows Update error codes.

0x80240017 WU_E_NOT_APPLICABLE Operation was not performed because there are no applicable updates.

By the way, to make sense of a Windows error code that displays as a negative number you have to interpret is as an unsigned 32-bit number. You can do this easily in the Windows calculator:

Select "Programmer" mode
Select "Dword" format
Enter the negative number
Change to "Hex" display

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