Are you running Vista or Vista SP1?

Do you get the same error when attempting to run Windows Update manually
from the Start menu?

Does the behavior persist if you uninstall IE8?


DOSrelic wrote:
> Office 2007 Excel via options has 'Get Updates' but when clicked the page
> always ends up with this Error number: 0x80070002!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are
> trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the
> problem.
> For self-help options:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> WHY?
> Then I installed System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista (KB947821)
> [August 2008] as suggested and now I get error 0x8DDD0002.
> Does nothing fix vista which isn't even listed as a supported operating
> system?
> Even tho I tried resetting my IE8, nope, edited the registry with regedit
> to ensure I had permissions and nope!
> Please how can I fix this without spending more money that I now don't
> have
> after I spent it all on Vista ultimate & Office 2007 Enterprise?
>
> This is a very frustrating and infuriating problem that should not happen
> with a Microsoft proprietary software should it?
>
> Any guidance and advice would be appreciated.