Apple Software Update problem on Windows 8

Hello everyone,
After I updated iTunes to the 11.0.3 version I receive this weird error message from the Apple Software Update application:
I deactiveted my firewall and Windows Defender in case they were blocking it,but unfortunately I had no success.

Have you tried to uninstall & reinstall iTunes???
How to uninstall iTunes in Windows 8 - Microsoft Community
Then reinstall here: www.apple.com/itunes/download
Requires the 64-bit installer.
Hope this helps.

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{quote:title=Apple wrote:}
Software Update Server is capable of automatically mirroring updates between
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{quote}
Comes from http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/L355781BSoftwrUdtTB.pdf
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Hi All
as first, now I don't have a solution for it. I tried to reinstall of iCloud.exe but no effect.
I have the same problem here. My set up is: Win 7 last update with Outlook 2010 and iCloud 4.0.2, iPhone 5 iOS 7 full update.
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I'm leaving in Korea and while having my whole computer in English and even iTunes and Quicktime set in English, the Software Updater is in Korean (which is not very useful as I can't really work my way through it).
_I know_ there has been a post about not solving the problem but avoiding it by changing the language settings, but I still need to keep Korean as a language for non-unicode in my settings as I am still working with some Korean software and else my whole display is just filled with question marks. And trust me, Korean and GoogleTranslate is better than just question marks...
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Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
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Hallo,
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