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SO...is there an answer? .net and other installs all fail and this code from
Update still occurs on Vista 64 Ult.

"JLease" wrote:

> Whenever I try to install new updates in 64-bit Vista Ultimate I get
> Error found: Code 8E5E0442. It won't allow me to install security/Vista
> updates or even the Windows DreamScene Content Pack #3. I had previously
> installed a couple language packs and recently tried to remove them and I got
> another error. The language packs aren't being used so I wonder if the
> language pack and the Windows Update error have something in common. I've
> seen blogs where other people have the same error, but no answers to why.
> I've also tried to reinstall Vista, not the clean install but the one where
> you keep your current settings, and that failed as well and reverted back to
> the original. I was wondering if anyone had some insight or if I have to
> install a clean version of Vista to get rid of this problem.