Windows Update 0x80070002 when manualy instaling an update

[misterTwister22]

Yesterday I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on my laptop. I'm trying to manually install the update to restore Windows Update functionality. However, I get error 0x80070002 and the message "The file specified cannot be found.". The file is complete and freshly downloaded. Does anyone know what to do with this?

 

[michael diemer]

When I do a fresh install of Seven or any earlier Windows, I use Legacy Update as the first thing to do. It should fix this kind of thing. Afterwards I run the latest Simplix, which gets it up to date with security updates.

Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

 

[misterTwister22]

Hi,
So I installed Legacy Update and also got the error. This time another "unknown" 800A0046. Has anyone else encountered this error? I will also add that Windows on this laptop is booted from a pendrive (made with Hasleo WinToUSB), because someone once broke the HDD drive socket.

 

[Muffin Top]

Have you tried installing KB3138612 ?

 

[misterTwister22]

Yes, unfortunately I get error 0x80070002 "The file specified cannot be found."

 

[MisterEd]

Do you have Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed. Updates beyond a certain point will give errors if you don't. Also, Simplix also requires SP1 to be installed.

 

[misterTwister22]

Yes, I have SP1 installed.

 

[Muffin Top]

Good news and bad news about Simplix. It was not too scary, since it only needed to install 5044011, 5056456, and 5061078, on my otherwise fully updated Win 7 system.

Bad news is that secure boot does not work, even though the aforementioned updates should have enabled secure boot.