windows update error 80070020

[jrandlula]

windows update error 80070020 and service pack 1 keeps trying to update after update history says its updated

 

 

 

Operating system:Windows Vista Home Basic (32 bit)

System root: C:\Windows

Available physical memory: 958 MB

CPU: VIA Esther processor 1500MHz

Drive Info:

C: 64.74 GB

Internet Explorer: 7.0

[Lucy]

If you receive the windows update error 80070020, the reason may be run on a computer program interferes with the Windows Update. This problem usually handled through the restart your computer and run Windows Update again.

If you restart the computer and after run Windows Update, you still receive an error 80070020, the program shoes that the interference (such as anti-virus program) may be in the first time you start the computer will automatically run. In this case, you need to restart the computer and do not run those in WIndows is first started running program.  You can use following two methods and solve your problems,

One is start your computer with safe mode. another one is start Windows on manual and do not start the program (also known as clean restart),

These methods require you to restart the computer for many times, so you might want to browse all of the first steps, or print out these instructions first and then in which they operate.