vista x64 not updating to sp1

[3erious]

hi,
i have vista x64 and i have trying to be updating this to sp1 but i keep getting the error 80070490. I have tried it via windows update and downloading the standalone app.

any suggestions on how to solve this.

3erious

[Mithent]

There's some discussion of it here (not regarding Vista SP1 though):
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&tid=1f153ed7-8081-4715-a18a-fbf64f9a0012&p=1

Microsoft offer free support for Windows Update though, which might be the best option, as the correct response to this error seems to vary:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527