Been using vlite for awhile to "chop" Vista down to size. Oscillated between x64 and x86 several times, but due to several compatability issues finally opted for the x86 version.

Have vlited Vista Ultimate SP1. Previously with Vista RTM I was able to successfully apply the monthly Windows Updates after the OS was vlited.

Now with an MSDN subsription version of Vista Ultimate SP1 that has components removed using VLite, all Windows Updates fail (except the mrt tool). Due to my expermentation with x64 I haven't had the OS on long enough to try Windows Updates since RTM, so backtracking to find out what missing component is causing the failure would be difficult. Manually downloading the failed .msu updates and installing failed as well.

Any assistance would be most appeciated, as I would hate to have to run the full version of Vista in order to be able to properly install monthly security updates.

Thanks,

Gary

Last_Session.ini

First check your WMI and WU services, also don't disable any services manually.

Then compress and attach the c:\windows\WindowsUpdate.log file.

Thx.