Re: Repair Windows Update Service

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"barrowhill" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I cannot update desktop PC. Tray icon states "Windows cannot check for updates".
>When I open and click "check for updates", the process either takes an age that I
>cancel or, and this is most frequent I get the error code 80080005 (I've double
>checked the code is correct). Can some one please tell me, step by step, how I can
>repair or re-install the update service on Vista.
>
> Help appreciated
>

:: "barrowhill" <> wrote in message
:: news:%...
::: I cannot update desktop PC. Tray icon states "Windows cannot check
::: for updates". When I open and click "check for updates", the
::: process either takes an age that I cancel or, and this is most
::: frequent I get the error code 80080005 (I've double checked the
::: code is correct). Can some one please tell me, step by step, how I
::: can repair or re-install the update service on Vista.
:::
::: Help appreciated

Peter Foldes wrote:
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See: -

A new version of the Windows Update Agent is available
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946928

Another thing you can try is resetting the security settings back to the
defaults:

How to reset security settings back to the defaults
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222


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