Posted March 17, 201014 yr I had the same error (problem), rectified it by turning off Mcaffee Virus scan. "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote: > One of the most common causes of this error code (Access Denied) is the Anti Virus and > Anti Spyware software programs running on the computer. > You can try turning them off and then try the updates again. Keep the firewall on though > or start a free Windows Update support incident request: > https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527 > > > -- > ==================================== > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia > ==================================== > How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ > http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm > > Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > "John Georg" wrote in message > news:cjg4i3p1j0pf5fdv99aped9mrfsphfl40k@4ax.com... > | Windows Vista Premium stopped searching for or downloading Windows > | Updates in late August this year. The error code 80070005 is > | presented. After reading many of the postings in this newsgroup, I am > | uncertain what the real repair for this problem is. I'd appreciate a > | very clear response as I am a senior citizen attempting to update the > | Vista Premium software. > | Thanks for your help. > | Jgeorg > > >
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