Thanks for the advise. Up till now I can't switch to Microsoft Update
because it has it's own error when I attempt to install it. I even turned
off UAC and put the website in my trusted list and it won't install. It
fails at the point where you should see the active x plug in installation
notice.

"Chad Harris" <Vista RTM is really Beta 1.net> wrote in message
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> MSFT Update released June 6, 2006 (sorry for the typo). Give it a shot
> and see if it helps you. It is avoiding a lot of Errors that the old
> Windows Update ran into.
>
> CH
>
> "Chad Harris" <Vista RTM is really Beta 1.net> wrote in message
> news:euEzS4D%23GHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> *You* fix the problem. Windows Update is the old version of Update.
>> MSFT Update released on June 6, 2007. They don't showcase or advertise
>> it well. It has a better improved BITS--translation updates install
>> faster and without many of the glitches of the old Windows Update you
>> keep trying to use by default. Why Vista didn't update to MSFT Update
>> is a great question. When I asked the IE team the other day in a chat, I
>> got a ridiculous but typical reply lol "we have our reasons." A lot of
>> children work at Redmond.
>>
>> MSFT Update Download/Upgrade from Well MSFT
>> [url]http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/muoptdefault.aspx?ln=en&returnurl=http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us[/url]
>>
>>
>> How to enable and to disable Microsoft Update
>> [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;901037[/url]
>>
>> For info on BITS see from Technet Mag:
>> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/05/InsideMSFT/[/url]
>>
>> BITS
>> [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/bits/bits/about_bits.asp[/url]
>>
>> [url]http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?siteId=0&tab=0&query=bits[/url]
>>
>> CH
>>
>> "Rick" <rehallman@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:EFFB9DC8-E3AA-4664-A6A2-F567B4BC879E@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> Windows Update stopped working back on 10/6/06 and reports the error
>>> 8024400A. Windows Defender is now showing a Red Security Shield in the
>>> taskbar. The built in help feature doesn't directly support this error
>>> message. The closest it gets is 8024400C. Some people say that this
>>> was fixed with RC2 but I don't see Microsoft offering that as a fix. I
>>> was one of those who blinked and missed the release and retraction of
>>> RC2. So, if RC2 is not an option then how do I fix this problem running
>>> RC1 Build 5728?[/color]
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