You cannot install some updates or programs in Windows XP

When you try to download an ActiveX control, install an update to Windows or to a Windows component, install a service pack for Windows or for a Windows component, or install a Microsoft or third-party software program, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:​​​​​​​
Note These problems may occur for these reasons.

• You receive the following error message when you try to install a program or update:
  Digital Signature Not Found
  The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested.
  The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature. Therefore, there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows.
  Name of software package
  If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software, visit the Windows Update Web site at http://update.microsoft.com to see if one is available.
  Do you want to continue the installation?
  
  If you click More Info, you receive the following message:
  Microsoft Windows
  The signature on the software package you want to install is invalid. The software package is not signed properly.
  
  After you click OK in the first error message dialog box, you receive a message that states that the installation was successful, or you receive the following error message:
  Name of Update Package
  The cryptographic operation failed due to a local security option setting.
• When you try to install an update or to install a service pack, you receive an error message that is similar to one of the following:
  • Name of Update Package
    Setup could not verify the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service is running on this computer.
  • Failed to install catalog files.
  • The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. (Tell me why this testing is important.)
    
    This software will not be installed. Contact your system administrator.
  • The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with this version of Windows. (Tell me why this testing is important.)
• When you try to install a Windows XP service pack, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
  Service Pack 1 Setup could not verify the integrity of the file. Make sure the Cryptographic service is running on this computer.
• When you attempt to install Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
  INF Install failure. Reason: The timestamp signature and/or certificate could not be verified or is malformed.
   
• The %WINDIR%\System32\CatRoot2\Edb.log may grow to 20 megabytes (MB) even though the file is typically less than 1 MB.
• When you try to install a package from the Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site, you receive a message that is similar to the following:
  The software has not passed Windows logo testing and will not be installed.
• When you examine the %systemroot%\Windowsupdate.log file, you see an entry for one of the following errors:​​​​​​​
  • 0x80096001
  • 0x80096005
  • 0x80096010
  • 0x800B0001
  • 0x800B0003
  • 0x800B0004
  • 0x800B0109
  • 0x8007f0da 
  • 0x8007f01e
• When you use Microsoft windows update on a Windows XP-based computer, the update process fails, and you receive a "0x8007f007" error message. This may occur regardless of what type of update you select.
• The Svcpack.log file may contain entries that are similar to the following:

  937.406: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINDOWS\system32 \CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Tmp.0.scw.cat with error 0x57 937.437: GetCatVersion: Failed to retrieve version information from C:\WINDOWS\Tmp.0.scw.cat with error 0x80092004 940.344: InstallSingleCatalogFile: MyInstallCatalog failed for Tmp.0.scw.cat; error=0xfffffbfe. 940.344: DoInstallation:MyInstallCatalogFiles failed:STR_CATALOG_INSTALL_FAILED 955.125: UnRegisterSpuninstForRecovery, failed to delete SpRecoverCmdLine value, error 0x2 955.125: DoInstallation: Failed to unregistering spuninst.exe for recovery. 962.656: DeRegistering the Uninstall Program -> Windows Server 2003 Service Pack, 0 962.656: Failed to install catalog files. 1448.406: Message displayed to the user: Failed to install catalog files. 1448.406: User Input: OK 1448.406: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf01e 1448.406: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance.