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By running SFC I found directories that had problems with permissions. &nbsp;Both answers assisted in having the Windows Update corrected. &nbsp;Neither alone would have solved the problem.<br />
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Thanks for the help.
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By running SFC I found directories that had problems with permissions.  Both answers assisted in having the Windows Update corrected.  Neither alone would have solved the problem.

Thanks for the help.

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Thank you for the update. I was pleased to help. .... Thinkpads_User<br />

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Thank you for the update. I was pleased to help. .... Thinkpads_User


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I had a virus on this computer and now windows update will not work. &nbsp;I tried the fixit for me [agressive is no longer an option] and it failed to correct the problem.<br />
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The OS is Vista 32 bit and the error is 80096001
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I had a virus on this computer and now windows update will not work.  I tried the fixit for me [agressive is no longer an option] and it failed to correct the problem.

The OS is Vista 32 bit and the error is 80096001

Windows Update broken on Vista SP2 ... error 80096001

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