Help Needed for windows Vista after a Update was downloaded

[Susan]

Hi,
Hoping someone can help me...
I tried downloading a microsoft "update" a few days ago, I dont remember
what the update was for, just that the size of it was over 700 ..

In the middle of the download, it said I didnt have enough space.. yet it
continued to download what it could.
At the end of it, it said that there was 1 other component that needed to
download, yet failed.. and to try again.

At which point, I did, and it said it was successful..

yet, after rebooting the system, it hangs and when I try and do anything
word, or other.. it comes up with a error message that says "Windows
Installer (or could be) Windows update explorer has stopped, this window will
close out"
At which point you have a choice to close it or x out of it and try and
continue to work..

Problem is.. the error msg keeps coming back up

I am running windows vista on a laptop.
Service Pack 2

Any Suggestions would greatly be apprciated!

Thank you... Susan

[Ǝиçεl]

Perform a Disk Cleanup:
Click on the blue Vista start button and then on the Computer
entry in the Start Menu. Right-click on your hard drive and
select Properties > Disk Cleanup > Files from all users.....
More Options > Clean Up (System Restore and Shadow Copies).

How to obtain the latest version of the Windows Update Agent to help manage
updates on a computer WUA

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949104/>