MS Update won't install on Vista with SP1.

Greetings:

I'm having a problem installing Microsoft Update.

I am running Vista Ultimate with SP1. The SP1 install went fine btw. Since
using Vista for over a year I only used Windows Update which works fine and
always has. Now that I installed Office 2007 I decided to install MS Update
so I can get Office fixes too.

In a nutshell it appears when I go to the MS Update website to install it I
being redirected to what might be the XP version of it. I am presuming this
because I ran Vista SP1 under VPC and installed MS Update without a problem.
The websites I was directed to were completely different then the ones on my
'real' machine.

The resulting MS Update installed on my 'real' machine eventually results in
an error code of 0x80070002. This error was produced by the install itself
which never got installed.

Here are the initial web sites that I get into when I begin the MS Update
install on my 'real' and virtual machines.

Real:
http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr...pdate&ln=en-us

VPC:
http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr....aspx?ln=en-us

Notice that the VPC version has Vista in the URL. Even if I go to this
address it gets redirected to the second on my real machine. I read of
another problem like this on Vista without SP1 and a reinstall of Vista was
the only thing that fixed the problem. All the other tips mentioned failed
to work as they did with me.

So assuming something is screwed up on my machine is their a way of
correcting things so I can use MS Update? Windows Update still works so I
am not at my wits end.

Thanks.

Gary, unlike on XP, "Microsoft Update" on Vista is not a separate thing or
separate URL. By that I mean you access it via the normal Windows Update,
but a WU update which is opted in to use Microsoft Update. Just run WU,
click Change Settings, and then check "Use Microsoft Update" and rescan.

"Gary" <> wrote in message
news:#S#...
> Greetings:
>
> I'm having a problem installing Microsoft Update.
>
> I am running Vista Ultimate with SP1. The SP1 install went fine btw.
> Since using Vista for over a year I only used Windows Update which works
> fine and always has. Now that I installed Office 2007 I decided to
> install MS Update so I can get Office fixes too.
>
> In a nutshell it appears when I go to the MS Update website to install it
> I being redirected to what might be the XP version of it. I am presuming
> this because I ran Vista SP1 under VPC and installed MS Update without a
> problem. The websites I was directed to were completely different then the
> ones on my 'real' machine.
>
> The resulting MS Update installed on my 'real' machine eventually results
> in an error code of 0x80070002. This error was produced by the install
> itself which never got installed.
>
> Here are the initial web sites that I get into when I begin the MS Update
> install on my 'real' and virtual machines.
>
> Real:
> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr...pdate&ln=en-us
>
> VPC:
> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr....aspx?ln=en-us
>
> Notice that the VPC version has Vista in the URL. Even if I go to this
> address it gets redirected to the second on my real machine. I read of
> another problem like this on Vista without SP1 and a reinstall of Vista
> was the only thing that fixed the problem. All the other tips mentioned
> failed to work as they did with me.
>
> So assuming something is screwed up on my machine is their a way of
> correcting things so I can use MS Update? Windows Update still works so I
> am not at my wits end.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Vista SP1 Forum for questions as SP1 hasn't been given to the general public
yet.
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...1992&SiteID=17

Also see
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...vista-sp1.aspx



"Gary" wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> I'm having a problem installing Microsoft Update.
>
> I am running Vista Ultimate with SP1. The SP1 install went fine btw. Since
> using Vista for over a year I only used Windows Update which works fine and
> always has. Now that I installed Office 2007 I decided to install MS Update
> so I can get Office fixes too.
>
> In a nutshell it appears when I go to the MS Update website to install it I
> being redirected to what might be the XP version of it. I am presuming this
> because I ran Vista SP1 under VPC and installed MS Update without a problem.
> The websites I was directed to were completely different then the ones on my
> 'real' machine.
>
> The resulting MS Update installed on my 'real' machine eventually results in
> an error code of 0x80070002. This error was produced by the install itself
> which never got installed.
>
> Here are the initial web sites that I get into when I begin the MS Update
> install on my 'real' and virtual machines.
>
> Real:
> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr...pdate&ln=en-us
>
> VPC:
> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr....aspx?ln=en-us
>
> Notice that the VPC version has Vista in the URL. Even if I go to this
> address it gets redirected to the second on my real machine. I read of
> another problem like this on Vista without SP1 and a reinstall of Vista was
> the only thing that fixed the problem. All the other tips mentioned failed
> to work as they did with me.
>
> So assuming something is screwed up on my machine is their a way of
> correcting things so I can use MS Update? Windows Update still works so I
> am not at my wits end.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>

I don't have the option you mentioned. I've clicked on the option "Get
updates for more products" which gets me to the MS Update screen. However
this is not the same site that my VPC test system gets me too.


"Milhouse Van Houten" <> wrote in message
news:e7A$...
> Gary, unlike on XP, "Microsoft Update" on Vista is not a separate thing
> or separate URL. By that I mean you access it via the normal Windows
> Update, but a WU update which is opted in to use Microsoft Update. Just
> run WU, click Change Settings, and then check "Use Microsoft Update" and
> rescan.
>
> "Gary" <> wrote in message
> news:#S#...
>> Greetings:
>>
>> I'm having a problem installing Microsoft Update.
>>
>> I am running Vista Ultimate with SP1. The SP1 install went fine btw.
>> Since using Vista for over a year I only used Windows Update which works
>> fine and always has. Now that I installed Office 2007 I decided to
>> install MS Update so I can get Office fixes too.
>>
>> In a nutshell it appears when I go to the MS Update website to install it
>> I being redirected to what might be the XP version of it. I am presuming
>> this because I ran Vista SP1 under VPC and installed MS Update without a
>> problem. The websites I was directed to were completely different then
>> the ones on my 'real' machine.
>>
>> The resulting MS Update installed on my 'real' machine eventually results
>> in an error code of 0x80070002. This error was produced by the install
>> itself which never got installed.
>>
>> Here are the initial web sites that I get into when I begin the MS Update
>> install on my 'real' and virtual machines.
>>
>> Real:
>> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr...pdate&ln=en-us
>>
>> VPC:
>> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr....aspx?ln=en-us
>>
>> Notice that the VPC version has Vista in the URL. Even if I go to this
>> address it gets redirected to the second on my real machine. I read of
>> another problem like this on Vista without SP1 and a reinstall of Vista
>> was the only thing that fixed the problem. All the other tips mentioned
>> failed to work as they did with me.
>>
>> So assuming something is screwed up on my machine is their a way of
>> correcting things so I can use MS Update? Windows Update still works so
>> I am not at my wits end.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

I'm not sure why you're looking at URLs, since Windows Update in Vista
doesn't even show them to you (unlike IE itself would).

If I go to the URL mentioned
(http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr....aspx?ln=en-us),
all it does is open WU as if I ran WU directly.

So forget about going anywhere except "Windows Update" on your Start menu.
And you really must have the option I'm speaking of, located in *WU's Change
settings" area, if you're using Vista. Here's the pertinent section of it:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/737/wulq9.png

So, there's no URL's, nothing to install, no browser to run. In Vista, MU
has been subsumed into WU.

"Gary" <> wrote in message
news:eO$...
> I don't have the option you mentioned. I've clicked on the option "Get
> updates for more products" which gets me to the MS Update screen. However
> this is not the same site that my VPC test system gets me too.
>
>
> "Milhouse Van Houten" <> wrote in message
> news:e7A$...
>> Gary, unlike on XP, "Microsoft Update" on Vista is not a separate thing
>> or separate URL. By that I mean you access it via the normal Windows
>> Update, but a WU update which is opted in to use Microsoft Update. Just
>> run WU, click Change Settings, and then check "Use Microsoft Update" and
>> rescan.
>>
>> "Gary" <> wrote in message
>> news:#S#...
>>> Greetings:
>>>
>>> I'm having a problem installing Microsoft Update.
>>>
>>> I am running Vista Ultimate with SP1. The SP1 install went fine btw.
>>> Since using Vista for over a year I only used Windows Update which works
>>> fine and always has. Now that I installed Office 2007 I decided to
>>> install MS Update so I can get Office fixes too.
>>>
>>> In a nutshell it appears when I go to the MS Update website to install
>>> it I being redirected to what might be the XP version of it. I am
>>> presuming this because I ran Vista SP1 under VPC and installed MS Update
>>> without a problem. The websites I was directed to were completely
>>> different then the ones on my 'real' machine.
>>>
>>> The resulting MS Update installed on my 'real' machine eventually
>>> results in an error code of 0x80070002. This error was produced by the
>>> install itself which never got installed.
>>>
>>> Here are the initial web sites that I get into when I begin the MS
>>> Update install on my 'real' and virtual machines.
>>>
>>> Real:
>>> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr...pdate&ln=en-us
>>>
>>> VPC:
>>> http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr....aspx?ln=en-us
>>>
>>> Notice that the VPC version has Vista in the URL. Even if I go to this
>>> address it gets redirected to the second on my real machine. I read of
>>> another problem like this on Vista without SP1 and a reinstall of Vista
>>> was the only thing that fixed the problem. All the other tips mentioned
>>> failed to work as they did with me.
>>>
>>> So assuming something is screwed up on my machine is their a way of
>>> correcting things so I can use MS Update? Windows Update still works so
>>> I am not at my wits end.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>