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Windows update errors; even SFCFix blows up!

It's been about a month, so figured I'd finally bump as I'm always hesitant to do, simply in case this was missed. Thanks.
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- Post #2
- Jul 24, 2021
- Forum: Windows Update
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Windows update errors; even SFCFix blows up!

Tried to do some DISM repairs to get updates working, no love. Figured I'd turn to your guys as you're crazy good with this stuff. Ran SFC, found errors it can't repair. Ran SFCFix and it actually fails to completely run. Get the following - SFCFix version 3.0.2.1 by niemiro. Start time...
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- Jun 26, 2021
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Update
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Windows Installer directory out of control with duplicates

Think I found the issue. We had a group policy set on the Terminal Server to disable Windows Installer. I think that was blowing this up. Turned it back on, we'll see. Hoping it clears the folder when it actually installs the patches, but I'm doubtful. I feel better knowing the resolution...
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- Post #5
- Jan 10, 2020
- Forum: General Help & Information
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Windows Installer directory out of control with duplicates

Really? Generally all I ever see in this folder (Besides subfolders) are MSI and MSP files.
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- Post #3
- Jan 9, 2020
- Forum: General Help & Information
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Windows Installer directory out of control with duplicates

I have a Server 2016 box that I just built a few months ago as a Terminal Server for a client. Not many apps on it, but Office 2016 is one of them. Received an alert today that their C: drive is low on space (125GB total, down to 6GB free.) Odd. I look and find the c:\windows\installer...
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- Jan 9, 2020
- Replies: 4
- Forum: General Help & Information
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Outlook 2016 search issues

I have a client who reported an issue with their Outlook 2016 having problems searching. I verified via OWA that search was working fine for the user. They have Exchange 2016 on-prem. If we set the registry to search the local machine, works fine. Rebuilt his OST, rebuilt his Outlook...
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- Jun 28, 2019
- Replies: 1
- Forum: General Help & Information
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

Patrick - I would be happy to enable verifier - but how? I can't get the machine to boot in regular mode. I can't get to safe mode because it won't respond to F8. So I tried to boot from an ISO to adjust bcd for safe mode, and it still blue screens. Also can't boot to the flash drive/ISO to...
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- Post #19
- Dec 14, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

jcgriff2, Thanks for the well written response. You're right - hardware or drivers is generally it. I jumped the gun on hardware only because this user has had issues no matter what hardware we have given her for years. Anyway, thanks to everyone for your help. Has to be hardware at this...
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- Post #17
- Dec 13, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

I'm going to say this machine is toast. All hardware diagnostics (From Lenovo) passed. However, I can't get it to boot in to Windows no matter what. And. . . When I put my flash drive in to reimage it from scratch - also blue screens. I either get a stop code of 0xc000021a or...
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- Post #15
- Dec 13, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

Finally have the machine in my hands. It's running the built-in Lenovo diagnostics now. CPU already passed, it's testing RAM now and it's completed all but the last test, which says it will take about three hours. Any other diagnostics that are recommended? @Patrick, did you get a chance...
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- Post #13
- Dec 13, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

No dice. Was able to get on the machine today and MalwareBytes shows a very clean machine. Kept crashing after that. User is going to be local next week and I'll have my hands on the machine then. We'll see.
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- Post #10
- Dec 6, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

Still following, thanks so much for replying! Almost out of ideas! I'll see if I can get the machine back online long enough to run some scans. Thanks.
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- Post #8
- Dec 3, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

Starting to wonder if this is hardware now. More work on the machine today in terms of fixing some odd Outlook issues. During Office repairs, it blue screens. I logged in as myself instead of the end user and it's now blue screening on my profile, which it was not doing before. Can only get...
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- Post #6
- Nov 27, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

It is not, though the users work(ed) in the same office (The user in that post left the company a few months after.) We never resolved the issue. We sent her a loaner laptop and she continued on with that without issue. I really feel her original machine was having a hardware issue, but no...
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- Post #5
- Nov 20, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
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Blue screens over various computers for same user

Honestly, I've done no hardware diagnostics. I'm confident it's software though (Can't prove it) because these issues have followed the user through 3-4 laptops now. She said she was getting constant blue screens yesterday until I went in and yanked a bunch of crap HP loads with their printers...
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- Post #3
- Nov 20, 2018
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging

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