I just wanted to post a quick note on here to try to help some of the many people that, like me, have been living in the hellish underworld of Windows Updates. I suffered immense problems over the whole of the last year due to ******* ******* Vista Updates which would not install, ultimately resulting in my operating system becoming completely screwed up and me being unable to work. I tried everything on these boards and many others, I tried everything…. in the end, a friend of mine, who has less technical knowledge than me, suggested I upgrade to Windows 7. Now while I was reluctant to admit defeat – and that I had to PAY my way out the problems caused by Microsoft, by giving more money to THEM, my time is worth more than the hell I was experiencing….. so I’m here to tell you that upgrading Vista to Windows 7 was the best thing I ever did. All my problems are resolved. Computer (AND WINDOWS UPDATES) now all working perfectly and UP TO DATE. I paid about £80 (UK POUNDS) – which i think is about 40-50 US Dollars – and it was worth every penny (or cent for you).

Just go to Microsoft site and navigate to the Windows 7 upgrade link (they’ve got it plastered everywhere of course). One word of warning – after downloading the 3 large files, when you start to install them there are several preliminary steps you have to go through – do them all very carefully – including compatibility checks and system status etc etc…. You have to plug in all your regular USB devices to make sure everything compatible – DO NOT UNPLUG THEM DURING ANY PART OF THE PROCESS OR YOU WILL HAVE TO START OVER. Oh and do a backup of your files and settings first to an external hard-drive. Then it checks your system to make sure all software and hardware is compatible. Now these processes were painfully slow for me (perhaps not helped by the fact that I appeared to be downloading from US servers to the UK), and it took the whole evening, I had to uninstall certain software too on the advice of the Windows 7 software installer (including Dell Support Centre and Dell Modem something or other – which took a LONG time itself)…. BUT, once I’d got the actual programme – Windows 7 – installing, it ran like a dream. It took a long time and in the end I just left it doing its thing and went to bed (having nightmares of another day of hell and lost earnings). In the morning – I could not believe it – it was all perfectly installed and ready to go. Just had to install the latest updates (which terrified the hell out of me of course!!!!! – but thankfully all went ok!) and then restarted and it is beautiful. Not only that, but Windows 7 absolutely ****** all over Vista, which is littered with bugs and errors and problems and will never work perfectly for long. And Windows 7 is about 2-3 times faster than Vista, apparently because it cuts out a lot of the unecessary running procedures (or something like that!). I’d recommend doing this if you’re having problems – If i’d done it a few months back i could have saved days and days of hell and $$$$$$$$ of earnings! Good luck and if you need any pointers for this process drop me a line – simac73@yahoo.co.uk
Cheers
Simon

just wanna share with those who have difficulties in signing in new windows live messenger 2009 with error 80004002.

there is no need to download new file, update things, clear cache (as suggested by many websites)

to get rid of error 80004002 when signing in WLM 2009.

simply go to control panel, remove/uninstall windows live essential. after clicking on it, there will be option whether to repair or uninstall.

click repair. after that, restart and try to sign in.

for me this works well. =)

oh yeah, and have you heard of any issues with trend micro antivirus. every time i reload it, update it, then restart my computer, it crashes again.

AFTER INSTALLING IT JUST GO TO (SERIALS.WS) TO GET A (FREE REGISTER KEY)
I HAD THIS PROBLEM TWO DAYS AGO, AND I COULDN’T UPDATE ANY OF MY SOFTWARE AND NOW I CAN!!!

Do you know if SP1 also fixes this ?
The fix is the “HardLink” that exists between WU and “C:\Program Files” which no Junction point can prevent

Or