Windows updates error #80070008B

Just installed Windows Vista Home Premium. Had to register the key by
calling Microsoft. My problem is that I cannot get any updates to install.
All of the updates from the very first update has failed. I have tried
downloading them myself but they still fail. I know that there was a way to
reset windows updates in windows XP but is there a way to reset windows
updates in Vista? All help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

Open services.msc and halt the automatic update service. Then empty the
contents of C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution and restart the service.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"krausehaus2" <krausehaus2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:243C3E24-BD6A-4192-ACB7-A6DDE5ABB59B@microsoft.com...
> Just installed Windows Vista Home Premium. Had to register the key by
> calling Microsoft. My problem is that I cannot get any updates to
> install.
> All of the updates from the very first update has failed. I have tried
> downloading them myself but they still fail. I know that there was a way
> to
> reset windows updates in windows XP but is there a way to reset windows
> updates in Vista? All help would be greatly appreciated.

I tried opening services.msc and halting the automatic update service &
emptying the folder but updates still won't work. I've tried it several
times....

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Open services.msc and halt the automatic update service. Then empty the
> contents of C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution and restart the service.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "krausehaus2" <krausehaus2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:243C3E24-BD6A-4192-ACB7-A6DDE5ABB59B@microsoft.com...
> > Just installed Windows Vista Home Premium. Had to register the key by
> > calling Microsoft. My problem is that I cannot get any updates to
> > install.
> > All of the updates from the very first update has failed. I have tried
> > downloading them myself but they still fail. I know that there was a way
> > to
> > reset windows updates in windows XP but is there a way to reset windows
> > updates in Vista? All help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>

Nicalaine wrote:
> I tried opening services.msc and halting the automatic update service &
> emptying the folder but updates still won't work. I've tried it several
> times....
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Open services.msc and halt the automatic update service. Then empty the
>> contents of C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution and restart the service.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "krausehaus2" <krausehaus2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:243C3E24-BD6A-4192-ACB7-A6DDE5ABB59B@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Just installed Windows Vista Home Premium. Had to register the key by
>>> calling Microsoft. My problem is that I cannot get any updates to
>>> install.
>>> All of the updates from the very first update has failed. I have tried
>>> downloading them myself but they still fail. I know that there was a way
>>> to
>>> reset windows updates in windows XP but is there a way to reset windows
>>> updates in Vista? All help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
check that the readyboost service is enabled. u can check it by
clicking start, type "services.msc" ENTER. the service is listed simply
as "Readyboost". make sure its on automatic and on.

>>>
> check that the readyboost service is enabled. u can check it by
> clicking start, type "services.msc" ENTER. the service is listed
> simply as "Readyboost". make sure its on automatic and on.
OOPS! I was responding to a different thread, but accidently clicked on
your thread as I got ready to reply. DOH!


Dave