[SOLVED] Windows 8.1 Updates are failing to install

Lets try another way.

Please download RegBak (by AceLogix Software) from the link below and save it to your Desktop.


  • Right-click on regbak.zip then select Extract all... and extract the files to your Desktop

    For 32-bit (x86) editions of Windows, double-click on regbak.exe
    For 64-bit (x64) editions of Windows, double-click on regbak64.exe​

    If you are unsure whether you have x86 or x64 Windows, see here

  • Without changing any options, click Next. RegBak will now backup all of your registry hives.
  • Navigate to C:\Windows\RegBak\{Date}\ and copy the COMPONENTS file (it has no extension) to your Desktop
  • Upload this file for me to analyse please, using any of the following options:

    Microsoft Skydrive
    Dropbox
    SendSpace (or any other file-sharing site of your preference)​
 
The link you provided did not work for me. So I went to the Acelogix site and located the Regbak zip file and downloaded it. I then ran the 64 bit version, when it was finished I navigated to the Windows\system32\config folder under the date folder you described above and found the components file.
Here is the link to that file.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zx6u6ileesogdi/COMPONENTS?dl=0

If that was not the correct way to do it please let me know.

Rich
 
Thank you, I will need some time to have a further look at this.
 
We seem to have a bit flip key here:

Code: 
Key:   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a
Value: identity
Data:  Microsoft-Windows-SmcSnapin.Resources, Culture=en-US, Version=6.3.9600.17031, PublicKeyTokenmK,***�*K3*�*fy_*�*64e35, ProcessorArchitecture=msil, versionScope=NonSxS

  1. Right click on the
    aa922834-ed43-40f1-8830-d5507badb56c_39.jpg
    button
  2. Click on Command prompt (Admin) => Press Yes on the prompt
  3. Inside the Command Prompt windows copy and paste the following command
    Code: 
    reg load HKLM\COMPONENTS %windir%\System32\config\COMPONENTS
reg add "HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a\" /v identity /t REG_BINARY /d 4d6963726f736f66742d57696e646f77732d536d63536e6170696e2e7265736f75726365732c2043756c747572653d6e65757472616c2c2056657273696f6e3d362e332e393630302e31373033312c205075626c69634b6579546f6b656e3d333162663338353661643336346533352c2050726f636573736f724172636869746563747572653d616d6436342c2076657273696f6e53636f70653d4e6f6e537853 /f
REG QUERY HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a >1&&notepad 1
  4. Please post the contents of 1 back into this thread.
 
I am not sure if this worked, when I copied the command and pasted it in the command prompt window. The first command worked find but the second line gave an ERROR: Invalid Key Name.

However here are the contents of the 1 file.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a
S256H REG_BINARY B37E698153CF1F0242F6DDF85A52496783A563A8399FF74292B988479D84A710
identity REG_BINARY 4D6963726F736F66742D57696E646F77732D536D63536E6170696E2E5265736F75726365732C2043756C747572653D656E2D55532C2056657273696F6E3D362E332E393630302E31373033312C205075626C69634B6579546F6B656E6D4B2C08964B33DB66795FD936346533352C2050726F636573736F724172636869746563747572653D6D73696C2C2076657273696F6E53636F70653D4E6F6E537853
f!scanmanagement.msc REG_DWORD 0x1
f!microsoft.windows.smc.res_58f5fb1be2e57a41 REG_DWORD 0x1
c!10c6d5fcccf..6bf38b28cb4_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_d5d50f62ff1bb2e4 REG_BINARY

Let me know if I did something wrong or what to do next.
 
I have made a minor change lets try these ones please:

Code: 
reg load HKLM\COMPONENTS %windir%\System32\config\COMPONENTS
reg delete HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a\ /v identity
reg add HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a\ /v identity /t REG_BINARY /d 4d6963726f736f66742d57696e646f77732d536d63536e6170696e2e7265736f75726365732c2043756c747572653d6e65757472616c2c2056657273696f6e3d362e332e393630302e31373033312c205075626c69634b6579546f6b656e3d333162663338353661643336346533352c2050726f636573736f724172636869746563747572653d616d6436342c2076657273696f6e53636f70653d4e6f6e537853 /f
REG QUERY HKLM\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a >1&&notepad 1
 
Ok, here are the latest results, no errors this time.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\msil_microsoft-windows-smcsnapin.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_en-us_369356b296769f0a
S256H REG_BINARY B37E698153CF1F0242F6DDF85A52496783A563A8399FF74292B988479D84A710
f!scanmanagement.msc REG_DWORD 0x1
f!microsoft.windows.smc.res_58f5fb1be2e57a41 REG_DWORD 0x1
c!10c6d5fcccf..6bf38b28cb4_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17031_d5d50f62ff1bb2e4 REG_BINARY
identity REG_BINARY 4D6963726F736F66742D57696E646F77732D536D63536E6170696E2E7265736F75726365732C2043756C747572653D6E65757472616C2C2056657273696F6E3D362E332E393630302E31373033312C205075626C69634B6579546F6B656E3D333162663338353661643336346533352C2050726F636573736F724172636869746563747572653D616D6436342C2076657273696F6E53636F70653D4E6F6E537853

Let me know.
 
That looks good.

Please try Windows updates again. If WU fails can you please run SFC /SCANNOW again and post a new CBS log?
 
Yup, that seems to have fixed it, I ran the windows updates this morning and they all applied successfully. Well the ones I had time to check.

I will review all the updates after I get home from work just to be sure but it does look good for now.

I will let you know if there are any additional problems but if not Thanks for all the assistance! I really appreciated it!

Rich
 
Just reviewed all the updates from yesterday and they all installed successfully!

Thanks again for all your support.

Rich
 
Your welcome, I am glad to hear that everything is working as it should :)
 
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