Unable to upgrade to Microsoft Update from Windows Update

HI all,

I have just preformed a Restore from Complete PC backup and all restored
smoothly. Reason I did this was to roll back to Pre-SP1 Beta.

Now when I try and use Windows Update I cannot upgrade to Microsoft Update.
I get a Windows Update 6 webpage and then another IE window opens that
gives me Windows Update 4.

This is rather odd and is there a workaround to get Microsoft Update for
Vista back?

This was working fine when I took the backup image so can't see why it's
broken and it was meant to be a clone of the Windows installation.

So much for "Complete PC backup" :-/

See if this KB article is pertinent to this issue, Steve:

Error message when you try to install Microsoft Update on a Windows
Vista-based computer: "Could not install Microsoft Update on the computer"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933528

>> Now when I try and use Windows Update I cannot upgrade to Microsoft Update.
>> I get a Windows Update 6 webpage and then another IE window opens that
>> gives me Windows Update 4.

The system can access Windows Update and when you click the 'upgrade' to
MU another WU 6 page opens in IE and then another IE instance opens to
WU 4 ? Weird.
What add-ons are installed for IE ?

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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Steven Jones wrote:

> HI all,
>
> I have just preformed a Restore from Complete PC backup and all restored
> smoothly. Reason I did this was to roll back to Pre-SP1 Beta.
>
> Now when I try and use Windows Update I cannot upgrade to Microsoft Update.
> I get a Windows Update 6 webpage and then another IE window opens that
> gives me Windows Update 4.
>
> This is rather odd and is there a workaround to get Microsoft Update for
> Vista back?
>
> This was working fine when I took the backup image so can't see why it's
> broken and it was meant to be a clone of the Windows installation.
>
> So much for "Complete PC backup" :-/

> I have just preformed a Restore from Complete PC backup and all restored
> smoothly. Reason I did this was to roll back to Pre-SP1 Beta.

We assume you're posting about a Vista machine. Was Vista SP1 beta
installed on the machine when the backup was created? Is SP1 beta still
listed in Add/Remove Programs?
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Steven Jones wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I have just preformed a Restore from Complete PC backup and all restored
> smoothly. Reason I did this was to roll back to Pre-SP1 Beta.
>
> Now when I try and use Windows Update I cannot upgrade to Microsoft
> Update.
> I get a Windows Update 6 webpage and then another IE window opens that
> gives me Windows Update 4.
>
> This is rather odd and is there a workaround to get Microsoft Update for
> Vista back?
>
> This was working fine when I took the backup image so can't see why it's
> broken and it was meant to be a clone of the Windows installation.
>
> So much for "Complete PC backup" :-/

>>> Now when I try and use Windows Update I cannot upgrade to Microsoft
>>> Update. I get a Windows Update 6 webpage and then another IE window
>>> opens that gives me Windows Update 4.
>
> The system can access Windows Update and when you click the 'upgrade'
> to MU another WU 6 page opens in IE and then another IE instance opens
> to WU 4 ? Weird.
> What add-ons are installed for IE ?
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]

There are only the standard add-ons that come with Vista. This makes little
sence to me.

> We assume you're posting about a Vista machine. Was Vista SP1 beta
> installed on the machine when the backup was created? Is SP1 beta still
> listed in Add/Remove Programs?

I did not uninstall it, i used the Vista restore function to roll back to
the image before i took before i installed it.

Steven Jones wrote:
>> We assume you're posting about a Vista machine. Was Vista SP1 beta
>> installed on the machine when the backup was created? Is SP1 beta still
>> listed in Add/Remove Programs?
>
> I did not uninstall it, i used the Vista restore function to roll back to
> the image before i took before i installed it.

To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you include all of previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.

Try posting to the beta-specific newsgroups or do a "wipe & reload."