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Restoring a Backup of the COMPONENTS Hive - What are the issues?

I had briefly tried Shadow Explorer but never had any success finding shadow copies of registry files - when you couldn't boot the copy of windows that created them - and were accessing the hard drive using another working system. Should this work? Having a regular automatic registry backup or...
- DougCuk
- Post #9
- Nov 14, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Restoring a Backup of the COMPONENTS Hive - What are the issues?

Thanks for all that - sorry for the delay in responding - real world issues got in the way. I think you have explained the issues very well. Obviously one of the main reasons for taking and using registry backups is for when System Restore refuses to work - which as you say it tends to do just...
- DougCuk
- Post #7
- Nov 14, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Restoring a Backup of the COMPONENTS Hive - What are the issues?

Very interesting so far - looking forward to the continuation. Just as some background I started in computers as a job in 1987 - with MS-DOS v3.2 For the first 20 years I worked in the business sector first with accounting and then dental systems. If you screwed up it could cause havoc for the...
- DougCuk
- Post #5
- Nov 8, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Restoring a Backup of the COMPONENTS Hive - What are the issues?

Thank you for your answer. I knew there were people here who understood the function of the components reg file - I've seen it discussed and repairs made often enough on the various forums sections here. My original un-answered posting of the question was in a Tutorial thread about manual...
- DougCuk
- Post #3
- Nov 6, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Restoring a Backup of the COMPONENTS Hive - What are the issues?

I have been attempting to find ANY basic documentation about the "new" registry file COMPONENTS in Win7 - specifically what problems can/will occur when restoring an older copy of the COMPONENTS hive. I originally asked this question in the Win7 Tutorials section - on a thread about manually...
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- Thread
- Oct 31, 2014
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista
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Manually Restore the Registry From its Backup in Windows (Windows 7 / Vista)

I have been attempting to find information about the function of the "new" registry file COMPONENTS in Win7 I have a basic understanding of the original four registry files SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, SECURITY, and SAM I have been unable to find any real technical info about how the COMPONENTS registry...
- DougCuk
- Post #19
- Oct 20, 2014
- Forum: Windows 7 | Windows Vista Tutorials
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[SOLVED] [Win8.1] KB2919355 Update: failure to configure updates, reverting changes

Re: KB2919355 Update Win 8.1: failure to configure updates, reverting changes Just to back-track for a moment - for the benefit of anyone else reading this thread: The Win8 refresh and reset options are built into the running Win8 system - as Go The Power posted above - and as described in the...
- DougCuk
- Post #57
- Sep 27, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update
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Unable to install Win 8.1 update 1 KB2919355 on Dell Venue 8 Pro

As I posted on your other thread - I did bite the bullet and did a Win 8 Refresh - initiated from within the working Windows 8.1 system - which cleared the KB2919355 problem!!! The Refresh reverted the system back to a clean Win 8.0 installation - by creating a new C:\Windows folder (it...
- DougCuk
- Post #12
- Sep 26, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] [Win8.1] KB2919355 Update: failure to configure updates, reverting changes

Re: KB2919355 Update Win 8.1: failure to configure updates, reverting changes Having spent another 4 hours analyzing logs and running every cleanup sequence - nothing worked - another big waste of time!! - KB2919355 always got to 99% and then reverted all the changes. So I did bite the bullet...
- DougCuk
- Post #51
- Sep 26, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] [Win8.1] KB2919355 Update: failure to configure updates, reverting changes

Re: KB2919355 Update Win 8.1: failure to configure updates, reverting changes The laptop with Win 8.1 that prompted my original post is awaiting the same fate - unless any of my final few hacks clear the blockage. I returned it to customer with KB2919355 hidden to prevent the endless...
- DougCuk
- Post #47
- Sep 23, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update
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Unable to install Win 8.1 update 1 KB2919355 on Dell Venue 8 Pro

Thanks for the welcome. I was by no means suggesting a re-install of Windows 8 as a first step - it would always be my last resort. Lets hope you manage to guide "litepurple" through to a successful conclusion - and I hope the two forum links I provided may prove of benefit to other lost...
- DougCuk
- Post #6
- Sep 10, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update
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Unable to install Win 8.1 update 1 KB2919355 on Dell Venue 8 Pro

I signed up here just so I could pass on my recent research on this problem. I spent most of last week battling this issue on a customers laptop. I see from your other thread that you are already aware of most of the pre-installation cleanup steps to be found on various forums. But it might be...
- DougCuk
- Post #2
- Sep 10, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update
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[SOLVED] [Win8.1] KB2919355 Update: failure to configure updates, reverting changes

Re: KB2919355 Update Win 8.1: failure to configure updates, reverting changes I signed up here just so I could pass on my recent research on this problem. This update has been a problem for many since its release in April 2014 - I spent last week battling this issue on a customers laptop. |...
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- Post #33
- Sep 10, 2014
- Forum: Windows Update

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