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Hey
Well I never really had any problems with windows update before. I have Windows Vista Home Premium running on my computer. It started to stop working when I did a System Restore.
Well it will say it is downloading updates, and it will always remain at 0%. There's no error code or anything. This never happened before. I disabled Windows Update and enabled it again and now it's checking for updates forever.
I don't believe a System Restore should damage Windows Update from not working.. So I don't know what's the problem
Anybody have any fixes or suggestions for solving my problem?
Pleaseeee
THanks
Well I never really had any problems with windows update before. I have Windows Vista Home Premium running on my computer. It started to stop working when I did a System Restore.
Well it will say it is downloading updates, and it will always remain at 0%. There's no error code or anything. This never happened before. I disabled Windows Update and enabled it again and now it's checking for updates forever.
I don't believe a System Restore should damage Windows Update from not working.. So I don't know what's the problem
Anybody have any fixes or suggestions for solving my problem?
Pleaseeee
THanks
Last edited by pinkdiva; Sep 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm.
Can you restore to an even earlier version? It seems thast whatever's in your currently restored version is misbehaving.
Have you tried manually downloading Vista SP2 and then running it?
Have you tried manually downloading Vista SP2 and then running it?
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I already have Vista SP2 installed on my computer
I've tried restoring again and again, but still the problem exists
I've tried restoring again and again, but still the problem exists
Was the system restore made to a point prior to Windows SP2? If so, you are not in a state of grace, IMHO.
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No it wasn't.
Well I completely restored my computer to original factory settings today. Should Windows Update work now?
Well I completely restored my computer to original factory settings today. Should Windows Update work now?
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First thing springs to mind is that your system became un-validated (ie, MS servers thinking was a pirated copy = no updates allowed). Since you've restored to factory settings, is a little impossible to diagnose if this was in fact the case.
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Originally Posted by pinkdiva 
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It started to stop working when I did a System Restore.
as you have reset the computer to factory this no longer maters ,just interested !
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Originally Posted by kaninelupus
First thing springs to mind is that your system became un-validated (ie, MS servers thinking was a pirated copy = no updates allowed). Since you've restored to factory settings, is a little impossible to diagnose if this was in fact the case.
Also, MS recently changed their pirated=no updates allowed policy. Now, it's more like pirated copy=only critical software and security updates allowed
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