"SLS" wrote on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:08:20 -0700:

> Suggestion 3: Uninstall Windows Vista SP1
> 4. Highlight Windows Vista SP1 and click Uninstall.
>
> Suggestion 4: In-Place upgrade

Unfortunately I can't do this -- I already tried. My Vista
installation was an upgrade from XP Pro, but I installed from an SP1
slipstreamed Vista DVD. So the service pack item does not allow for
an uninstall, and the DVD won't do an in-place upgrade (says it has to
be an older version).

If there is a way to force the in-place upgrade, I'd try it.

I'm afraid I am going to have to wipe & install fresh. I hate even
the thought of it -- my machine is well-oiled except for this WU issue
and works fine otherwise, with tons of stuff that I have "just so" and
use daily in my business. It would take weeks to get it back to where
it is. The funny thing is that if I had a catastrophic drive failure
I could be back in business in a few hours thanks to True Image, but
fixing a nagging upgrade error will take days!

I don't use IE much at all, so I am not concerned about the IE update.
I am concerned that an "important" Windows security update isn't
installing, though.

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