U underwoodisaurus Contributor Joined Jan 20, 2015 Posts 22 Feb 9, 2015 #21 Hi Alex, Sorry for the delay, here are the uploads as requested: View attachment WindowsUpdate.txt and the link for cbs log pmed. Thanks Nick
Hi Alex, Sorry for the delay, here are the uploads as requested: View attachment WindowsUpdate.txt and the link for cbs log pmed. Thanks Nick
Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,292 Location Adelaide, South Australia Feb 11, 2015 #22 Hi Nick. Sorry for the delay. The cbs log is not letting me download, could you please upload it again? Thanks
Hi Nick. Sorry for the delay. The cbs log is not letting me download, could you please upload it again? Thanks
U underwoodisaurus Contributor Joined Jan 20, 2015 Posts 22 Feb 14, 2015 #23 HI Alex, Pmed you a new link for file upload, let me know when received if it works
Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,292 Location Adelaide, South Australia Feb 17, 2015 #24 Hi Nick, Really sorry for the delay. Please navigate to C:\Windows\winsxs and copy any files with a similar name to pending.xml (e.g. pending.xml, pending.xml.bad, pending.xml_dfsadf78 etc.) to your folder on the Desktop [there may not be any, just if there are]. Then zip up this folder and attach it to your next post. Rlick on the Start button -> click on Command prompt as Administrator Inside the Command Prompt windows copy and paste the following command REG LOAD HKLM\COMPONENTS C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS REG QUERY HKLM\COMPONENTS >1&& notepad 1 Please wait for this to Finish before continuing with rest of the steps. Please also export the following registry keys, add them into a zip and attach to this post: Right click on the Start button -> Click on Run -> type regedit Once regedit opens, using the left pane, navigate to the following registry key and select it by clicking on it once. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update Once selected, click File > Export.... Change the Save as type: to Registry Hive Files (*.*) Name this file Update (with no file extension) and save it to your Desktop. Once done please upload this file via Dropbox or One Drive
Hi Nick, Really sorry for the delay. Please navigate to C:\Windows\winsxs and copy any files with a similar name to pending.xml (e.g. pending.xml, pending.xml.bad, pending.xml_dfsadf78 etc.) to your folder on the Desktop [there may not be any, just if there are]. Then zip up this folder and attach it to your next post. Rlick on the Start button -> click on Command prompt as Administrator Inside the Command Prompt windows copy and paste the following command REG LOAD HKLM\COMPONENTS C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS REG QUERY HKLM\COMPONENTS >1&& notepad 1 Please wait for this to Finish before continuing with rest of the steps. Please also export the following registry keys, add them into a zip and attach to this post: Right click on the Start button -> Click on Run -> type regedit Once regedit opens, using the left pane, navigate to the following registry key and select it by clicking on it once. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update Once selected, click File > Export.... Change the Save as type: to Registry Hive Files (*.*) Name this file Update (with no file extension) and save it to your Desktop. Once done please upload this file via Dropbox or One Drive
U underwoodisaurus Contributor Joined Jan 20, 2015 Posts 22 Feb 27, 2015 #25 Hi Alex, PMed you the link to the Update file, also here is the txt file output from commands: View attachment 1.txt Thanks Nick
Hi Alex, PMed you the link to the Update file, also here is the txt file output from commands: View attachment 1.txt Thanks Nick
U underwoodisaurus Contributor Joined Jan 20, 2015 Posts 22 Feb 27, 2015 #26 Ah also no pending files found in winsxs
Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,292 Location Adelaide, South Australia Mar 4, 2015 #27 Hi Nick, I wasn't able to extract the zip file for some reason. Can you please try sending me another one? Alex
Hi Nick, I wasn't able to extract the zip file for some reason. Can you please try sending me another one? Alex
Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,292 Location Adelaide, South Australia Mar 8, 2015 #29 Thanks Nick. I am on holidays for a few weeks from work, so I will be able to reply within a decent time frame now :) First, start an Elevated Command Prompt: [https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-8-|-windows-rt-tutorials/9290-open-an-elevated-admin-command-prompt-window-windows-8-8-1-a.html[/URL] and copy and paste in the following: fsutil resource setautoreset true %SystemDrive%\ attrib -r -s -h %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\TxR\* del %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\TxR\* attrib -r -s -h %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\* del %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.tm* del %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.blf del %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.regtrans-ms Restart your computer and try Windows Update again.
Thanks Nick. I am on holidays for a few weeks from work, so I will be able to reply within a decent time frame now :) First, start an Elevated Command Prompt: [https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-8-|-windows-rt-tutorials/9290-open-an-elevated-admin-command-prompt-window-windows-8-8-1-a.html[/URL] and copy and paste in the following: fsutil resource setautoreset true %SystemDrive%\ attrib -r -s -h %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\TxR\* del %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\TxR\* attrib -r -s -h %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\* del %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.tm* del %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.blf del %SystemRoot%\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\*.regtrans-ms Restart your computer and try Windows Update again.
U underwoodisaurus Contributor Joined Jan 20, 2015 Posts 22 Mar 12, 2015 #30 Hi Alex, I am glad to report that the problem has been SOLVED!! successfully performed Windows8.1 update last night! Thanks You so much for your time, help and effort. Will be making a donation for this forum. Much appreciated, Nick
Hi Alex, I am glad to report that the problem has been SOLVED!! successfully performed Windows8.1 update last night! Thanks You so much for your time, help and effort. Will be making a donation for this forum. Much appreciated, Nick
Go The Power Senior Administrator, Windows Update Expert, Contributor Staff member Joined Mar 5, 2012 Posts 6,292 Location Adelaide, South Australia Mar 15, 2015 #31 Hi Nick, That is fantastic to hear! Thank you for the forum donation, it is much apprenticed :)