Posted July 2, 200816 yr Run DCOMCNFG.EXE Under Component Services, My Computer, DCOM config I found Windows Update. When I entered this area there was a friendly message... Do I want to solve a particular registry problem, I answered Yes. That did not resolve this problem. I set the Authentification level higher.... (Action/Properties) and it did not help. So I set them back to default. This message does not contain enough information to help, but does make the point that the microsoft messages are no help. They say to use the troubleshooter and troubleshooter comes up blank, like, it has no idea why you are there and so you just try to guess what to do with it. Wild Goose Chase is I think what they called this when I was young. I will go search the term "A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded or installed" "Enquiring Mind" wrote: > The problem was not to do with the additional update, but with the settings > of the computer. The default DCOM settings for Authentication and > Impersonation levels must be set to at least 'Connect' and 'Identify'. After > making these changes I was able to install the Windows updates.
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