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Vista wont update

DJ Techz

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Posted May 21, 2009 at 4:28PM

Vista wants to install an update but it just fails with the error message

Code 80072EFD Windows Update encountered a problem

What do I do?

I havent even got SP1 yet so i really need to do some updates

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Pine Man

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Posted May 21, 2009 at 5:10PM

Try to update again and when you get the error message come up click on the number 80072EFD and it should give you further information and a link, possibly, to a fix.

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DJ Techz

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Posted May 21, 2009 at 8:36PM

it says that i need to add 3 sites to the firewall allowed list. But i am using windows firewall. I did have comodo but i uninstalled it but in windows security centre that it is on and active when it is uninstalled

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smackheadz

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Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:27AM

you could try reinstalling comodo and then uninstall again as comodo can be a pig to get rid of,and reboot after uninstalling it.another thing to try and get rid of comodo is revo uninstallerclick here

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Bob The Blob

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Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:28AM

You could reinstall Comodo.
Then turn it off so it's not running before you uninstall it again.
Hopefully that will work.
Or look here for more ideas click here

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smackheadz

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Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:32AM

seems there might be a tool that can reset windows security center for just your situationclick here

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