From: techH on
I did the first two steps from Jim and that solved the problem.

1. stopped automatic update services.
2. Deleted everything in c:\windir\softwaredistribution


thanks

"Jim" wrote:

> I had this same error till I....
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> 1. Stopped Automatic Update services.
> 2. Deleted all files under %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
> 3. Add https://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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> Now everything appears to be working
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