vista; "WindowsUpdate_80070005" "WindowsUpdate_dt000"

strange. apparently my auto-update is not working because my firewall [ca
security suite] won't let update through, even though i'm pretty sure i put
in an exception. irrespective, i've shut off that firewall and tried a
manual update. it took ages to download--i'm pretty sure it is service pack
2, as it was 348mb, but when it went to install, nothing happened--it looked
like it was trying to, but no progress. that is when update is accessed
through my programs after hitting 'start'. now, if i access update through
'tools' in internet explorer, it shows a different thing--the pre-dl,
pre-install 'check for updates'. when i try to check, i get the above error
message, which, of course, is not addressed in 'help' and i end up here as no
other help seems to exist.
sorry if i'm hard to understand--this has been going on for a while and i'm
just really frustrated. what do i do?? thanks in advance!!

See if this thread helps.

<http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&p=1&tid=c8e8c 4ac-d205-4ab0-bfff-11562d5f2dc7&mid=c8e8c4ac-d205-4ab0-bfff-11562d5f2dc7>



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"circe801" wrote:

> strange. apparently my auto-update is not working because my firewall [ca
> security suite] won't let update through, even though i'm pretty sure i put
> in an exception. irrespective, i've shut off that firewall and tried a
> manual update. it took ages to download--i'm pretty sure it is service pack
> 2, as it was 348mb, but when it went to install, nothing happened--it looked
> like it was trying to, but no progress. that is when update is accessed
> through my programs after hitting 'start'. now, if i access update through
> 'tools' in internet explorer, it shows a different thing--the pre-dl,
> pre-install 'check for updates'. when i try to check, i get the above error
> message, which, of course, is not addressed in 'help' and i end up here as no
> other help seems to exist.
> sorry if i'm hard to understand--this has been going on for a while and i'm
> just really frustrated. what do i do?? thanks in advance!!