I tried this but it didn't work (see my problem below); in fact I couldn't
run this download because I don't have Microsoft.Net Framework installed -
probably one of the hundreds of Failed Updates I had for the last 4 months!!

"Alan Biddle" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For several weeks, I have been unable to use the current version 6 of
> Update. Within a few seconds of selecting either Custom or Express, I
> got a message saying that there was a problem, and giving me a list of
> places and things to check. None worked, nor the many suggestions
> here.
>
> I subscribe to the Microsoft download notifications E-mail, and in the
> latest one noticed this:
>
> Download Web Services Enhancements 3.0 for Microsoft .NET
> <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4361704>
> This add-on to the .NET Framework 2.0 is designed to help build secure
> Web services using the latest security protocols.
>
> Since the failure update failures began around the time I installed
> Framework 2.0, and having little to loose, I downloaded the update. It
> is about 10M, and when I ran it, selected only the runtime files. Sure
> enough, the next time I ran Update it worked perfectly. It seems to
> have fixed whatever was broken.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Alan
>