Update error (0x800A138F)

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B4 I trash this XP piece of !#%* software I thought I
might see if a fellow XP user might have a solution. The
problem is that I can not get the .net update to run
drive image 7 which is god send piece of code for those
of you that are force for business reasons to use MS
OS's. By the way my kids have abused a MAC for 2 years
and I have yet to rebuild the machine! Interesting?

So I followed the following advise from MS:
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Problem Description:
This problem occurs when you are trying to scan for
updates. When you scan the machine for updates, and then
click on one of the active links in the left pane, the
installation process does not complete.


Resolutions:
This behavior indicates that the scan process encountered
an error it could not recover from. You may be able to
determine the specific error by looking in the Windows
Update.log file, located in the Windows folder on Windows
XP, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition. The
folder is located in the Winnt folder on Windows 2000.

Temporarily disabling antivirus and firewall programs
while you use Windows Update may solve this problem. Be
sure to enable them again when you complete the update
process.

You might also be able to resolve this issue by deleting
all of the content in Program Files\Windowsupdate and
Program Files\Windowsupdate\V4 except for the iuhist.xml
file located in Program Files\Windowsupdate\V4.
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After rebooting I still can not get updates.
 

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