"Saucy" <dont.use.this.one@see.sig.instead> wrote in message
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> "Black Shuck" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> For months now, it's been constantly downloading and attempting to
>> install Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1, and bugs me daily that I need
>> to install it, despite the install failing every time.
>>
>> Seriously, can somone advise me how to sort this nonsense out, before I
>> go back to XP for a quiet life?
>>
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>
> Try right-clicking on the update and selecting 'Run as administrator' -
> and thereafter when you run VS, run it as an administrator (you can alter
> any shortcuts to do so under the 'Compatibility' tab).
>
> 'Hope this works for you,
> Saucy
That's what I had to do. Worked fine after that. However I downloaded it
directly and did not let WU do it.
I find the "Use Microsoft Update" settings to cause problems. For example,
after using it for a few weeks, check for updates and get all that is
presented to you then turn it off. Now check for updates again and more are
presented to you. You're not getting everything you should with that
feature enabled.