Have you ever met with the error hresult 0xc8000222 in net framework installation (as is shown in the image below)? If your answer is yes, then please go on reading this post.
It will deal with how to fix error hresult 0xc8000222 in net framework installation. There are mainly 2 methods to solve this problem.

error hresult 0xc8000222

 

 

 

Method 1: Fix Error hresult 0xc8000222 by running command prompt

Step 1. Run command prompt as administrator, input net stop WuAuServ, then press Enter.

net stop WuAuServ

Step 2. Click Start button and input %windir% in the search box. In the search results, click the folder windows to open it. Then rename the folder SoftwareDistribution as SDold.

open windows folder

 

rename folder

 

Step 3.  Open cmd again and input net start WuAuServ.

net start WuAuServ

 

Step 4. Reinstall net framework.

 

Method 2: Fix Error hresult 0xc8000222 by installing SP1

If this method doesn’t work for you and the error hresult 0xc8000222 in net framework installation still exists, then it is because that your Windows 7 computer has no SP1. What you need to do is to add SP1 to your computer. Here are the steps:

Step 1. Go to the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 download page on the Microsoft website and download SP1.

download sp1

 

Step 2. Install SP1 according to the guide. After it is successfully installed, you can check Control Panel\System and Security\System to see if SP1 is on your computer, as the following image shows.

sp1 successfully installed

 

Step 3. Reinstall net framework.

 

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