How do I solve my problem with Windows Update? (error code 80070570)

Clean up the system (clearing out all the temp/tmp folders, and included all offline content, clearing the browser tif, delete cookies.

Do a disk cleanup. click the start button. in the search box, type disk cleanup, and then, in the list of results, click disk cleanup.

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Try running the "chkdsk" How to perform disk error checking in windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Check-a-drive-for-errors

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Access the KB971058 article via Internet Explorer (only) & run the Fix It 50202 in DEFAULT and AGGRESSIVE modes.

Although this page states that this KB article does not apply to Windows 7, it does.

A general fix, *IF* there's no malware issue, would be to reset the updating components: How do I reset Windows Update components?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058>

The most effective way to employ the above Fixit is to download, *save* it, configure the system to Clean boot, then run Microsoft Fix it 50202.msi, and first choose the Default mode.

Restart.

See if the system can update now. If no joy, run it again with the system connected to the internet, in the Aggressive mode.

Restart.

See if the system can update now.

Then UNdo the Clean boot steps and see if it can search for updates in normal Windows mode.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista/Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135>

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03/14/1104:19:42 pm