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Microsoft Update and Windows Update

Look up an error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/errormessage

Microsoft Fix it Solution Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_fixit_main#tab0

Free Microsoft Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527

Support for Windows Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport

Learn about Windows Update in Windows Vista and
Learn about Windows Update in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/mu.aspx

Windows Update and Automatic Reboots
http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2008/10/02/windows-update-and-automatic-reboots.aspx

Where you can get updates to manually install -

Security updates are available on ISO-9660 CD image files from the Microsoft Download Center
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913086

You can also download individual updates from the Catalog and save to be installed later.
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Home.aspx

Click Add button for each update you want to download. Once you have what you want, Click the “Go To Download Basket” link. Type in or browse to the location where you want the updates saved to and then Click the “Download Now” button.
Once downloaded, you can then burn them to CD.

How to download updates and drivers from the Windows Update Catalog or from the Microsoft Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323166

Microsoft Download Page
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/downloads/default.aspx?ofcresset=1

Bulletins

Microsoft bulletin summary for the updates for the current month:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

Search

Search the Knowledge Base - Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ms772425.aspx

Search the Knowledge Base
http://support.microsoft.com/search/

Search for a Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en

Miscellaneous

How to install multiple Windows updates or hotfixes with only one reboot
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861

Hotfix information request
https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410&WS=hotfix

Confused about the new look of Vista Control Panel for Vista Windows Update

Screenshots of Vista - before and after Windows Update Agent 7.4.7600.226 - click here