Windows Update fails when Microsoft Update Switched on

Hello everyone,

I have just installed Vista Ultimate x86 on a clean harddrive of my old
laptop and am migrating my old setup to it. I have hit a couple of
Windows-Update related problems.

1)

Firstly, when I switch on Microsoft Update, Windows Update fails from
then on with error code 8020044D. I have followed a couple of guides
which suggest deleting SoftwareDepository in C:\Windows, salvaging the
WMI Repository and running the AU Check utility. They run perfectly
fine, but do not fix the problem.

The only thing I can do it so switch Microsoft Update off and update
only Windows components.

2) For some reason Vista SP1 never comes up in the updates. WinVer
shows that it is not installed. I have downloaded SP1 manually and tried
to install it like that, but this fails with "Installation of Vista has
failed" and not much other information.

The laptop has Conexant AC-link audio drivers: is this a concern? Does
anyone have any idea where to get new ones should this be an issue (I am
using the latest on the manufacturer's site).

Thanks!


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Wigster
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