Thanks for these suggestions - unfortunately they don't work. The first
suggestion deletes the log of files downloaded so I lose the records. Even
before that, at no time did the log show which updates had failed, only the
last successful one. If I check for updates now, the system shows I have
updates ready to install but when I hit the install button, Vista asks for
permission to continue and then I get the error message "Some updates were
not installed.... as above. Thanks again - any more suggestions welcome.

"Ǝиçεl" wrote:

>
> Windows Update error 80070002
> <http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c5f4d9e0-3eb6-426b-8118-0cedf489a75f1033.mspx>
>
>
> How to troubleshoot common Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows
> Server Update Services installation issues:
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602/>
>
> <http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm>
> -=-
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> "Mike Torello" wrote:
>
> > Hopefull <Hopefull@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >When I try to install updates with Windows Update, I get a message that it's
> > >failed and an error code 80070002 (unknown error). I have deleted files in
> > >the Windows downloads folders as suggested but this didn't help. Any ideas?
> >
> > (crossposted to: microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
> >