Windows Update Error

[Jerhende]

Hi All! I am new to the forums so I guess I would like to welcome myself as a newbie!
I just recently upgraded my windows xp home to windows 7 professional. So far it is running great and smoothly. My first problem is windows updates, this is a new installation and when I went to go to microsoft update It says I have about 50+ updates, this is natural of course. So I click install and it supposedly installs them, NOT. I end up with this error: "Code 80070718 Windows Update encountered and unknown error."
Succeeded: 3 updates
Failed: 44 updates.

I am not sure at all what is going on. I have installed that system update readiness tool but it didn't work. Any advice and help is GREATLY appreciated!

 

[richc46]

Welcome
First regardless of what you read, set automatic update to notify
When notified install a few at a time.
Never all at once.
A conflict will develope because they will restart the computer,
Try that now
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2797-windows-update-settings-change.html

If when you try it still does not work, Use system restore to go back to a point before you started the updates.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

 

[Jerhende]

Ok I did that. Now I am only installing 3-4 at a time but I still get the same error.
and Now it is less, 1 succeeded, 2 failed.
I want all these updates (they are security updates) so I will just have to bear with it, but why is this happening? Any guesses? Anything else I can do to my computer?

 

[richc46]

You can give this a try
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91738-windows-update-reset.html

 

[niemiro]

Hello!

Please navigate to C:\Windows\Logs\CBS and copy to your Desktop and then upload CheckSUR.log.

Thanks!

Richard