Windows 7: Windows Updates - specifically the Games for Windows Live one

Cheers guys. It's not good that ms has messed up again. But at least we can all be confident our systems are ok. The whole games for windows is dodgy. Even the games explorer within win 7 is garbage and buggy. Mine takes an age to launch sometimes. It's obviously doing some kind of scan. Prob best to avoid it but some games force it on you!

Games for Windows 3.5 Update Won't Install (error - Microsoft Answers

yes i have had this error Update for Games for Windows Software 3.5

Installation date: ‎13/‎03/‎2012 20:26

Installation status: Failed

Error details: Code 80070643

Update type: Recommended

The Games for Windows – LIVE service update with all the latest fixes and changes is now available. Please download and update if you are a Games for Windows-LIVE user.

More information:
PC Games | Games for Windows - Live - Xbox.com

Help and Support:
Games for Windows LIVE Games | PC Games | Games for Windows LIVE Support - Xbox.com

i followed Microsoft advice for Error 0x80070643 here at this link >>> You receive with a "fix it" but that failed

so i followed the steps of un-installing .NET Framework

just in the process of installing the updates after re-installing the .NET Framework and will update if it fixed it for me

I would save you time 89 people in my guild all have this failed! update for Games For Windows Software 3.5 failed - unknown error - Microsoft Answers

if you follow the help guide lines for the error as i am doing then maybe it will be repaired it appears to be a problem with the .NET Framework

see previous post I already did
see third post in there's a m/$ rep asking for installer logs.
Hello All,

The issue symptoms that everyone is describing appears to be a Windows Installer Error.
Morever, the error 80070643 is a generic error message that can have many causes. To better understand the issue and cause, we would need details from a Windows Installer log file.

Though the steps are somewhat advanced, any help from the community would be appreciated. To provide us with details of the instlal error, you would need to do the following:

1. Turn on Windows Instlal logging: Click on this link: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9723030
2. Make an attempt to install the update again.
3. Once you get the error 80070643, you will need to go look for the log file. The log file is located in the system temporary folder and the file name is random, but begins with the letters "Msi" and end with a .log extension. To locate the Temp folder location: Click Start, type (%temp%), then press Enter.
4. Once the temporary folder is open, you need to locate a very recent file that begins with "msi".
5. Open the file with notepad, and copy and paste its content as a reply.

Regards,

Kim

yes i understand its a installer problem its the .net framework probably not allowing the install have you tried this fix yet?

This is even stranger then I thought but could explain it. This is the content to my log file:
Newer version already installed.
=== Logging stopped: 3/13/2012 17:05:18 ===

Now what?

yeah, see second post. that fix from Kim doesn't fix it but creates a log. I would be interested if anyone has succeeded installing this update?

review failed updates right click and hide is what I did. Silverlight did something similar last month. I wonder if they test updates still?