Cannot update Office 2007

[Al]

I am hoping someone might be able to help on this. Ever since I bought my
copy of Office 2007 a little over a month ago I have not been able to install
any of the updates. every time I try I get the ubiquitous error code 646. I
bought the Office 2007 because the version of Office 2003 that I purchased a
few years ago was now suddenly coming up as not genuine and all the
validation attempts I did online was unable to verify it's authenticity. I
don't know if that has anything to do with it but since the updates are still
finding and attempting to install updates for Office 2003 I am guessing
something has not gone quite right. Below is a list of the updates trying to
be installed.

Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB957324)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB975051)
Security Update for Microsoft Office 2007 (KB951550)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (KB978474)
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (KB976881)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2003 (KB973443)
Security Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB951944)
The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Update for Microsoft Office 2003 (KB978551)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB979771)
Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB979895)
Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB967642)

 

[Peter Foldes]

Download the updates *manually*, *save* them, then install them with all
programs and browsers *closed*:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/default.aspx

also
cf.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/6e716883-7af4-4a9f-8665-2f4dd57eee8d

cf.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/search?q=646+office&start=0&scoring=d

Also
How do you fix the code 646?

Possibility: Windows Update agent file Wups2.dll is registered incorrectly
and registry files that relate to the Wups2.dll file are missing.

Method 1: Register the Windows Update files
1. Click Start and then type notepad in the Start Search box.
2. Click Notepad in the Programs list.
3. Copy the following commands, and then paste them into the opened Notepad
window:
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL /S
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL /S
REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL /S
REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL /S
REGSVR32 WUCLTUX.DLL /S
REGSVR32 WUWEBV.DLL /S
REGSVR32 JSCRIPT.DLL /S
REGSVR32 MSXML3.DLL /S
4. In Notepad, on the File menu, click Save As.
5. In the Save as type list, click All Files.
6. In the File name box, type register.bat.
7. Save the Register.bat file to your desktop.
8. Right-click the Register.bat file, and then click Run as administrator.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation,
type the password or click Continue.
9. Try to install updates again.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958053
see: Method 1: Register the Windows Update files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326253
Method 5: Register Windows Update engine files

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058
How do I reset Windows Update components?

Method 2: Download and install the Windows Update agent
Windows Update Agent

How to obtain the latest version of the Windows Update Agent to help manage
updates on a computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949104

Information for network administrators about how to obtain the latest
Windows Update Agent
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946928

Click Start, click Run, click Browse, locate the file that you saved and
then click Open.

Add the /wuforce switch to the end of the run command, and then click OK.
For example, the run command may appear as the following:
"C:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe" /wuforce
Click Run.

Follow the steps to complete the wizard.

Important

To reinstall Windows Update Agent - download the relevant file from one of
the links provided above and save it to a drive where Vista is not loaded
because the file cannot be launched directly from the system root directory.

Click Start, click Run, type: "D:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce"
(without quotations) and then press Enter to install the Windows Update
engine.

Note: There is a space between "D:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe" and
"/wuforce"

D: is the drive where Windows is not installed (ie a flash drive or a 2nd
hard drive etc)