Software update installer - Error 1720

Hi. Anyone else unable to install the Software Updater on XP Professional SP2?
"Error 1720: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required for this install to complete could not be run. Contat your support personnel or package vendor. Custom actino Kill_process error -2147217407, : Line 5, Column 1, "
Thanks!
Greg

I had the same error when trying to run software updater - turned out to be corrupt repository:
To fix a corrupted WMI repository, you have to reinstall WMI. Follow these steps:
For Windows XP Service Pack 2
Click Start, Run and type the following command:
rundll32 wbemupgd, UpgradeRepository
This command is used to detect and repair a corrupted WMI Repository. The results are stored in the setup.log (%windir%\system32\wbem\logs\setup.log) file.
For further info please do Internet search on WMI repository

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