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Old 02-11-2011, 12:56 PM   #12
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Default Re: Microsoft update help

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Originally Posted by grateful1 View Post
You may have some malware.

Is it only a problem getting to MS updates?

Try going to other sites like mcafee.com or housecall.trendmicro.com

Until we know the why...the fix can't be told.

(if it is not a bug and you want to remove IE...you can always remove it completely and reinstall form the OS)

Only with MS updates

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol View Post
Stop your automatic updates service.

Rename "C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataSto re.edb" to "DataStore.old"

Start automatic updates service

Go to windowsupdate and try it again.

No luck!*********

Also check registry to make sure you are not disabling Windows Update access.

Here's a link to see what I mean: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/441/
Says SP3 is newer than MSScrip 5.7, won't let me install
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Originally Posted by Kreth View Post
I've seen the update service throw an error when there's a critical update that has to be installed by itself. Sometimes you can get around it by loading the update site and doing the critical updates manually.
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Can't update AT ALL, manually or automatically.
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