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Flightless Bird
I posted the message below in an Office forum and was advised to udpate
with my Office disk in a drive. This approach did not work no one else
offered any other suggestions, so I'm posting the question here.
> Forgive me if this has been covered a zillion times, but the many
> references I find on the web are conflicting and ultimately not helpful.
>
> I first encountered this error during a routine Windows update on my
> previous system. All the Win 7 updates were applied as normal, but the
> two latest Office 2007 updates failed due to error 646. I clean my
> registry as part of weekly maintenance, so I was dubios of those
> articles suggesting registry conflicts as the cause, not to mention the
> fact that I had no problem with Office updates in the past. In any
> case, I ended up apply the two fixes manually and all was fine.
>
> Flash forward to today. I built a new i7 system and installed a full
> version of Win 7 on a brand new out of the static package hard drive.
> Everything went smoothly and I installed Office 2007 Pro. It
> automatically attempted to update itself and all 19 updates, including
> service pack 2, failed due to this error! How could there be registry
> conflicts on a pristine system? No other software was even installed at
> that point. All the Win 7 updates proceeded without a hitch. I can't
> help but suspect that something is happening on Microsoft's side and the
> thought of doing 19 manual updates is not terribly appealing to me. Any
> useful information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> mb
with my Office disk in a drive. This approach did not work no one else
offered any other suggestions, so I'm posting the question here.
> Forgive me if this has been covered a zillion times, but the many
> references I find on the web are conflicting and ultimately not helpful.
>
> I first encountered this error during a routine Windows update on my
> previous system. All the Win 7 updates were applied as normal, but the
> two latest Office 2007 updates failed due to error 646. I clean my
> registry as part of weekly maintenance, so I was dubios of those
> articles suggesting registry conflicts as the cause, not to mention the
> fact that I had no problem with Office updates in the past. In any
> case, I ended up apply the two fixes manually and all was fine.
>
> Flash forward to today. I built a new i7 system and installed a full
> version of Win 7 on a brand new out of the static package hard drive.
> Everything went smoothly and I installed Office 2007 Pro. It
> automatically attempted to update itself and all 19 updates, including
> service pack 2, failed due to this error! How could there be registry
> conflicts on a pristine system? No other software was even installed at
> that point. All the Win 7 updates proceeded without a hitch. I can't
> help but suspect that something is happening on Microsoft's side and the
> thought of doing 19 manual updates is not terribly appealing to me. Any
> useful information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> mb