Error installing "Windows 7 service pack 1", code 80200053

Microsoft recently released the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7. When installing this through Windows Update it would keep failing and give me “code 80200053.” After looking around for a bit I found a solution that fixed this.

  1. Go to the Start menu and type “services.msc” and press enter.
  2. Find “Windows Update” service, right click on it and click “Restart.”
  3. Go to the Start menu and type “Windows Update” and try installing the service pack.

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3:04 p.m. Tuesday Mar. 8, 2011 (about 1 week, 2 days after publishing)
It worked! — Anonymous Technician
Honest to goodness, this fixed my problem. Thank you.
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9:13 a.m. Wednesday Mar. 9, 2011 (about 1 week, 3 days after publishing)
RE: It worked! — farhan
I am glad this worked for you. Have fun!
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12:35 p.m. Wednesday Mar. 9, 2011 (about 1 week, 3 days after publishing)
Worked for me too! — PMR
Thanks for the tip... this was making me crazy!
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10:53 a.m. Thursday Mar. 10, 2011 (about 1 week, 4 days after publishing)
It worked, but why? — Cameron
I'm curious as to how this worked. If it was as simple as restarting it, why has no other website I've been to (and I've been to many) been able to fix it?
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1:45 p.m. Thursday Mar. 10, 2011 (about 1 week, 4 days after publishing)
RE: It worked, but why? — farhan
My guess would be that maybe the service's state gets messed up and a restart rebuilds this state. I had to upgrade another computer yesterday where I saw the same issue, but this didn't fix it there so there are other causes. In case of the other computer I ended up downloading SP1 manually from the MS Download site.
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10:05 a.m. Monday Mar. 14, 2011 (about 2 weeks, 1 day after publishing)
For crying out loud — Ben Cormier
Your solution fixed it for me, despite restarting EVERY service with a reboot a dozen times not getting the job done.

Thanks for the tip, this was driving me INSANE.
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