Permanent Resolution

Is there a permenant resolution for this behavior ?

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I have a similiar configuration, with Program Files and most folders except Windows not on the C drive(windows allways sees itself as C, so that's never a problem) and while SP1 does manage to update 90% of the updates, I still get 80070011 Errors on the Junk Mail Preferences updates, and on the Bitlocker Update and Hold em' poker update.

why are these different from the rest?

is there any solution to this?

also, note that these updates DO NOT require a reboot, so I can't even attempt the "Pending.xml" edit method.

is there any other workaround?

Windows Vista as you know have so many problems in itself that sometimes it bugs so much that you've about to get rid of it, though it has many nice features that stops you from doing that.
I have resolved the issue which I've been fighting with for quite a long period of time in quick couple steps. Just change the directory in regedit back to C:/Program Files and after installing these "crucial" updates change it back to the recent one. This deals with the error nice and easy. I guarantee it goes smooth, I've just used this method to fight the problem and it's now all gone.
Cheers!

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