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Error 40: These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. Follow Troubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

thanks for the reply, I tried all kinds of disabling and uninstalling and port forwarding last night, still got the error every time.

this one is a lost cause for me, thanks for trying to help, sorry to the ones I pissed off in this thread.
 
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