Updates successful, but still show needed

I have a Dell 830 laptop with Vita Ultimate that is ~45 days old. I have
continually seen the last set of updates repeatedly show up as needed when I
go to shut down. These updates show successfully completed on prior dates in
my update history, but Vista still wants to install the updates. It has been
succeddful on the 8-10th time, however this last update (Windows DreamScene)
is still showing up after being "successfully" installed 16 times since
2/3/08.

Any suggestions on getting rid of the annoying continual application of
updates? They have always worked well with the XP machines I have, but my
first venture with Vista has been very underwhelming.

From experience I would stop the Automatic Updates service, then delete the
contents of C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution, restart the AU service or
computer and try WU again.

James

"txcartertest" wrote:

> I have a Dell 830 laptop with Vita Ultimate that is ~45 days old. I have
> continually seen the last set of updates repeatedly show up as needed when I
> go to shut down. These updates show successfully completed on prior dates in
> my update history, but Vista still wants to install the updates. It has been
> succeddful on the 8-10th time, however this last update (Windows DreamScene)
> is still showing up after being "successfully" installed 16 times since
> 2/3/08.
>
> Any suggestions on getting rid of the annoying continual application of
> updates? They have always worked well with the XP machines I have, but my
> first venture with Vista has been very underwhelming.