Perhaps you are right about the Registry Cleaner, but the problem was
happening before I used RegCure and the fixes tried up to then had not
worked. The advice to use RegCure came from a forum member, who found that
it had worked for him - so I tried it.
Since doing so it has had no adverese effect on any application, nor has it
prevented other updates from installing normally, so it seems unlikely that
cleaning the registry - whether a good idea or not - has actually caused my
update problem or added to it.
On a different laptop I had a probem that updates just stopped installing
completely, having worked normally before. That machine was not subjected
to registry cleaning so, clearly, the cause of the problem was elsewhere.
Eventually, I had to resort to a Vista Upgrade reinstallation to overcome
the problem, which many forum members laid firmly at Microsoft's door. I
have the feeling my current problem is of a similar nature.
However, if you have any suggestions to overcome it, other than a
reinstallation, I would be pleased to hear them.
Thanks again for your responses
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Actually, your use of RegCure may have caused the problem. Think your
> Registry needs "cleaning" or "repairing"? Read
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.
>
> Unless you've got usable backups of the changes RegCure made, you may be
> looking at a format & clean install, Merlin. Good luck.
>
> Merlin wrote:
>> Not at all, if you have a fix that works, tell me about it and I'll try
>> it.
>>
>> I didn't want to clog up this forum with a long list of fixes I've tried,
>> because most of them are already listed somewhere else on this or similar
>> forums, but, to summarise, I've tried:
>>
>> Uninstalling .Net Framework 3.5 (that's the only version on this machine)
>> Reinstalling and then trying to install the 3.5 SP1
>> Using the the Windows Install Clean Up tool then trying to install the
>> update
>> Using the .Net Framework Setup Cleanup Utility then try to install the
>> update
>> I've tried installing from the Update site and also donwloading directly.
>> I've tried all of the above with and without Registry Cleaning by RegCure
>> and with and without rebooting.
>> .. and there are probably a few other things I've tried that have been
>> suggested from newgoups, but I can't remember the details.
>>
>> Basically, I've been struggling with this problem for days now and I've
>> lost
>> count of how many attempts that I've made to sort it, so any help would
>> be
>> much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:eZ%...
>>> Without knowing which fixes you've tried so far, we'd just be making
>>> wild
>>> guesses, wouldn't we?
>>>
>>> Merlin wrote:
>>>> I have made repeated attempts to install Windows Update KB951847 (.NET
>>>> Framework 3.5 SP1) but the installation fails everytime, with Error
>>>> Codes
>>>> 800B0100 and 807000D. Two other less important updates also fail to
>>>> install: KB960544 and KB950124. All other updates have installed
>>>> automatically with no problem , but the three I have listed fail on
>>>> automatic installation and manually.
>>>> I have tried all manner of "fixes" which I have found on various
>>>> forums,
>>>> but
>>>> none has worked.
>>>> Does anyone have a fix that will actually work?
>