I ran the all in one tool , fixed my firewall and dns issues (thanks) and more , i.e repair tool says working but is stalled out for over an hour ( i dont use i.e but thought id let it repair if needed) and my updates still gives me the error 80073712 ( windows could not search for new updates)
I.E repair went through , disregard that one . thanks
Im using a Compaq (windows 7 ultimate version 6.1 32 bit) i got it used it was originally XP ,someone installed 7