updated win XP to win 7 because I can't delete cannot read from the folder properties, so I can't update

I downloaded the package from windows update, but now when I'm trying to update the system, the folder where things are stored is read only and I can't remove it (I tried attrib and it does not work either) and so I can't update. Help, please!

Unlike all the intuitiveness, the 'Read only' attribute on a folder as read in the Properties menu has absolutely nothing to do with any attribute "read only".  Microsoft explains in the following article:

"You can not view or change the read-only or the attributes of system files in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326549 >

HTH,
JW

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