Solved Windows Update eror 80070490

Why do I keep getting this error? Used to be for one but now there are 5!?!
Security Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, Windows Vista SP2, and Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86 (KB2518866)
Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2378111)
Update for Windows Vista (KB2345886)
Update for Windows Vista (KB2443685)
Update for Windows Vista (KB972145)
I have Vista ultimate service pack 2 so dunno why I got the server 2008 and cannot find any help anywhere for the 'unknown error'. The System Update Readiness Tool iscannot help. Any ideas anyone please? Perhaps you can advise me how I can get rid of these supposedly important updates that will not update?
Cheers guys. lol

Right click the update and hide

Hello this might help with the first one KB2518866.


I will look for more for you...

Sorry for your experience with installing KB2518866. Please, do the following:

Look in "Control Panel" for "Programs and Features", and click "View installed updates" under available Tasks (left).

Uninstall all the updates installed for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and repeat the updating process with Windows Update again. This will grant installing the updates in the right order.

Very often issues could be resolved by running from Command Prompt:
sfc /scannow

KB947821, standalone installer is of great help (in fact this is exactly what you need):
Windows6.0-KB947821-v14-x86.msu
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=947821

IMPORTANT: running this tool can take considerable time: from 15 min to several hours (!). Leave it running till the end. It's by design that a progress bar will not be updated continuously, but you can check repeated processes in Task Manager: expand.exe - so, it's still running.

This should resolve the problem.

Hi americancritic,

thanks for your suggestions but after following themnothing has changed.

Hello

May I ask when this started happening and what you were doing at the time.

I will continue to look for answers tonight as well...

Tom

Hello after researching your error codes ilikefree is right. Right click on the things you don't need or want to download and click hide and you won't see them anymore, plus you won't have to worry about the pop up in the bottom right hand corner popping up all the time.

Okay Tom, thanks for your help and I will take ilikefree's advise.

ilikefree thank you for your suggestion. lol :D

ilikefree Cheers muchly mate. I hid all the updates that had falsely succeeded or had failed and then installed the 15 or so updates I was then alerted of! All seems good now. lol :D