Win 7 update fix for 8E5E03FA error

1. Restart your computer into safe mode.

2. Login using the Administrators account

3. In Start, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt, and click on Run as Administrator

4. In DOS type:  net stop cryptsvc

5. Press enter and wait for the computer to say its stop this service

6. Close DOS and remain in Windows Safe Mode.

7. Go into My computer and navigate to your Windows directory

8. Find the folder c:\windows\software distribution and remove the contents, but not the folder it’s self

9. Then navigate to c:\windows\system32\catroot2 folder and remove the content of that folder

10. Right click on the catroot2 folder and rename it to catroot3

11. Restart windows and login as normal.

12. Once logged into windows run Windows Update from the Start menu. Download and install updates as normal.

source: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistasetup/thread/b6ee93a6-4629-4605-9b76-6e48397c37a0