Impossible to download and install windows updates

I'm unable to download and install windows updates. message says 'some updates were not installed' code 80070490 windows update encountered an unknown error. Laptop did not come with a disc so I can't reinstall windows in this way. Help please

Hello

read this:

You receive an error code "0 x 80070490" when you use Microsoft Update or Windows Update Web sites to install updates

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/958044

If you do a repair Upgrade install borrow a Microsoft dvd vista not an acer, HP etc. recovery disk and do a repair installation

read the below tutorial on how to perform a repair installation

http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-Vista.html

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and here are the different ways to reinstall vista;

Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

they do it for a nominal cost of $

also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

Ask them of the exact key sequence

or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

they contain all versions of vista

This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

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