WindowsUpdate_800B0100" "WindowsUpdate_dt000 failed to install updates

1. Go to: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
2. Delete all of them.

viola

now they install

I tend to agree with all of those who say that it is Microsoft's responsibility to provide a workable fix to this problem. I have been trying to apply the particular Windows Update that generates this error message since early last year. The suggestion to Redrue that he try an InPlace upgrade is more or less admitting that a reinstall of the operating system is the only way. Given that many users will have had Windows 7 installed for two or more years that means an awful lot of upgrades to reinstall - assuming that the InPlace upgrade works. This is all very time consuming and it's not as if the user community caused the problem in the first place - this is just poor coding on the part of Microsoft. Finally I resent the assumption on Microsoft's part that their customers have plenty of time to spend on this problem whilst they don't!!