"How to: Fix Vista Download Error 800F081F"

By Ron Stultz

7 June 2010

Vista Home Basic.

Dell Inspiron 1501.

Click on Windows Update causes new Update Manager to be installed but install fails and returns error code 800F081F.

Solution: (1) turn off system restore. Try to do update manager install again. If it fails go directly to Microsoft and direct download update manager.

Turn back on, system restore.