There was a problem with windows update Error 80070005

I am using windows 8, 64 bit and have never been able to update.
I tried to use windows update and got this error:

There was a problem with windows update Error 80070005

I have searched the interwebs and found little help, most of the help is for 7 or Vista.

Please help if you know how, thanks.

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Windows update error 80070005