80070490 Error installing Windows Update on Windows 7 x64, SP1

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My system's SSD suddenly died, so after restoring from an image taking a few months ago, I'm re-downloading lots of Windows Updates (50+ so far)

All have downloaded and installed fine except one: Security Update for Windows 7 xor x64-based Systems (KB2799494). Eight times now, it has failed with error 80070490.

I have tried the following to no avail:

- Microsoft's Fix It Tool;

- the System Update Readiness Tool (Checkur.exe);

- booting from my installation DVD then choosing Repair (failed because it wanted to be started from within Windows);

- repairing via my installation DVD from within Windows (failed because an update was preventing it from running);

- running sfc / scannow (no errors found).

Apart from this one update, the system is behaving fine!

Can anyone please suggest what I should be doing next? With 2-3 levels of firewall proteciton between my computers and the internet, I'm not really concerned about hacking so don't care about this particular update - but the update seems to be half

installed (ie the SHUTDOWN icon displays also the a exclamation mark / alert.

Thanks in advance.

J

 

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