Windows Update requires 25-30 minutes JUST to create a "restore point"!! It takes another 25-30 minutes to get the error message 5B4. That's an hour for that message! I followwed one article to go to Internet Options, Advanced
tab, and RESET settings button, which eliminated history and add-ons. I then followed the next step Administrator Command Prompt: "spc /scan now" ENTER. There were some errors in SYSTEM 32 that it could not fix. I tried the command
prompt again. This time no errors were found. Now, Windows Update is run again. It said successful for IE9; but, NO EMAIL WOULD OPEN! I used Microsoft Fix-It Center, and it reverted back to IE7, along weith a completely brand new
Windows Update with no history. [I used several programs on the Fix-It Center list including (in a different order) IE Performance (disabled data prevention), Performance, Files and Folders, Windows Update (noticed my prior failures with no solution,
so it reset it and said to restart after troubleshooter finished--was the last one used), System Maintenance, Hardware detection!] Now, it repeats the "unknown error 5B4". My total time so far is OVER 8 hours!
PS I already have Service Pack 2 reinstalled several times.
PS I already have Service Pack 2 reinstalled several times.