RE: Windows Update Error 80070005
From: Unreal (Unreal_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/11/05
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:49:06 -0800
KenV (other user) replies with a working fix:
"One possibility, will take about a minute to do.
Look in the \Windows\inf directory for a file called branches.inf. If there,
right click the file, check properties, and clear the read only box if
checked. The try to install the Windows updates to SP2.
Ken"
THIS WORKED FOR ME AND MANY OTHERS!
"mracton" wrote:
> Bit more info - I had previously installed Service Pack 2 with no bother. To
> see if Service Pack 2 was causing the update problem, I uninstalled it, and
> then tried to update again, but received the same error messages. I tried to
> reinstall Service Pack 2, but cannot do that either now, and I get a message
> to say that it cannot cope "branches.inf" file. I've checked that the
> branches.inf file is not set to read-only, which seemed to be the problem a
> few people have had. Anyone know what might be causing the problem with this
> file?
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