Windows Update (Vista)

Gadgetman496 · 16-09-2009 12:35pm #1

I had to use the recovery partition on a Laptop to recover Windows Vista Home Premium. The process ran to completion without error & the lappy is working fine except for Windows Update.....

It detects that updates are available & notifies me that I need to install the latest update software before I can use Windows Update. When I hit the "Install" button it appears to be doing something & then displays the screen asking to search for updates, it too seems to be doing its thing but then it returns me to the "You need to install the latest update software before you can use Windows Update"

It just keeps doing that any time I try???

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kenon · 16-09-2009 7:07pm

I had a few problems with the updates on Vista as well when I used it.

If its an old version of vista you might want to download and install service pack 2 as an exe.

It should update your PC and fix your update problem but its a 350mb download so its a crude fix if you're only bothered by the update issue!

Gadgetman496 · 16-09-2009 8:43pm

kenon wrote: »

I had a few problems with the updates on Vista as well when I used it.

If its an old version of vista you might want to download and install service pack 2 as an exe.

It should update your PC and fix your update problem but its a 350mb download so its a crude fix if you're only bothered by the update issue!

I'll give that a shot kenon, nothing to lose. Cheers.

Gadgetman496 · 17-09-2009 5:52pm

Upgraded to SP2 as suggested but then every time I ran Windows Update It scanned & returned Error: 80073712

Googled that error & found a CMD command to fix that, and it did but it still won't update. It's doing as it was in my original post.

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Windows Update (Vista)

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