Windows 7: Cannot install some updates

Today saw the release of many Windows updates... some I could install, others I cannot.

I cannot get MSE, Visual Studio 2010 sp1, or Internet Explorer 9 to install... the other updates installed fine.



Steps I have tried:
MS Fixit 50356
MS Fixit 50123
MS Fixit xxxxx (I tried about 7 of them and didn't write down all the numbers)
MS Fixit.WU.MATSKB
One Care Cleanup (never installed, but I took a shot anyway)
Reset Reregister Windows Update bat
manually uninstalled MSE registry entries
ran System Update Readiness Tool
cleared temp update folders ("datastore" and "download")
sfc /scannow
repaired MS .NET Framework 4 Client
extracted msiexec.exe from installation disc and replaced current version

I ran a Repair Install less than a month ago.

I can give more details if necessary... I am trying to keep this post relatively short. Let me just say I have been having off-and-on issues with MS installer for more than a year now... it does things like corrupt programs by moving their installation files to random drives (usually MSE or Silverlight for some reason).

I am out of ideas. Any suggestions?

This sounds more like a malware problem than anything else - what steps have you taken in that direction?

Ran malwarebytes and superantispyware... both clean.

WIN | type SLUI | ENTER
WIN = key with microsoft flag on top.

do you see:


indicating that activation was successful?

...and I though I was bad about demanding MGADiag everywhere

OT warning
the SLUI test is really pretty useless - it gives no true indication of the genuineness of the installation. Simply passing that test tells us nothing, except that the system is activated - it does not actually perform an activation, and it does not retest the software.
this is why I so much prefer MGADiag - the information is considerably more detailed, and tests are done on the system that actually mean something.

basically,
I agree, however, slui is a an easy, straightforward method of at least finding out if the product is activated.

Baby steps , my lad, baby steps.

If you know anything about office validation, take a look at: http://www.sevenforums.com/vip/16349...ml#post1916502

1.Run the System File Checker.
2. Run the System Update Readiness Checker

SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

Description of the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista, for Windows Server 2008, for Windows 7, and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Thanks for the pointers karlsnooks, but I already tried those steps... and pretty much everything else I could find online.

I just have to face the facts -- it is time for a clean install. I'll gather up all my discs, order an extra large sausage and pepperoni pizza, and settle in for a weekend of shuffling discs and ticking boxes.

Hello stevie
Before doing a clean install, did you try to download & run the WDO

What is Windows Defender Offline?
Good luck