Fix Windows Updates Error 80073712 in Windows Vista

My Friend was facing this error when he was using Windows Updates so I googled it a little bit and came up with the fix, So I decided to share with you people. .This happens when you have shutdown your PC or restart your PC when a update is going on. Following is a fix for the Problem.

1. Click on Start > type in "CMD" (without quotes) > Right Click "Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”.

2.Type in the command given below to take the ownership of the files
C:\>takeown /f C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml
C:\>cacls C:\Windows\winsxs\pending.xml /G [username] :F
Replace [username] with your own username.

3. Now delete pending.xml by
C:\>del C:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml

4. Now you can download and install the Windows updates Agents x86 or x64 

5. Restart your PC and your Windows updates should run properly.

Written by ShaDow on October 12th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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