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Windows Update Problems on Vista

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by cwiegman 1 view

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Whenever I install anything from Windows Update that requires a reboot it fails.

The install goes fine and I get the message that the install was successful but I need to restart my computer. After the restart Windows update Always indicated the update failed with error code 80070003. I've tried deleting the necessary files from the software distribution folder, and everything else I can think of, but for every update that requires a reboot it is useless.

Any suggestions?

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by hello

(Disclaimer: this solution may not work in all cases, but it WILL work in some).

1. Ignore the so-called "solution" from Microsoft for this error, it is useless.

2. On the drive where your installation of Windows Vista is located, in the Users folder (which should be in the root directory of the drive letter), create a folder named "Default" (you may be asked for permission), then run Windows Update again. (e.g. If windows is installed on your drive labelled "C"), the new "Default" folder would be created as C:\Users\Default.

3. Buy a Mac.

by bdazzleddesigns

I reset the clock using Atomic Clock Sync and then Windows Update started to work again.

I did have to manually install the updates for Windows Defender though.

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