Had a brand new client pc unable to install the first set of windows updates this morning - the Windows Installer 3.1 and the Package Installer to allow smaller downloads.
The fix was to delete the c:\windows\softwaredistribution folder - not something I'd normally recommend but seeing as though this was the first set of windows updates to be installed I wasn't going to loose any preinstalled data.
fix for installing windows updates
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