T61, Vista Business: 42 updates always fail to install

Question

I am trying to update Vista Business that was preinstalled on my ThinkPad T61 (7659D22). I managed to install SP1, followed by a bunch of updates, then -- but only after several attempts -- SP2. Once I had installed SP2 and rebooted, it told me that there were 47 more updates, many of them described as important security updates. BUT only five of them installed; the remaining 42 have resisted all attempts to install them. I downloaded and ran Microsoft's System Update Readiness tool, but that did not help. The next step, according to M$, is to do a Repair Installation using an original Vista DVD, but of course I do not have one: all I have is the R&R partition on the hd and the recovery CD's I made.
Help!!

Answer 1

Hello,
I'm no longer running Microsoft Windows Vista on any of my computers here, but have you tried downloading and installing any of the updates one at a time to see if the problem is due to a specific issue with applying one?
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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