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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

Thank you. In that case I may give Windows 10 a whirl. I've still got a few months to think about it.
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- Post #51
- Mar 26, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

So, it looks like I'll just have to live with some updates not not working. Two last ditch possibilities that occur to me are: 1) Upgrade to Win 10; I keep being told that my installed programs will survive the upgrade. However, as one of the failed Windows updates seems to be for preparing for...
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- Post #49
- Mar 25, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

No, I was never supplied with a retail copy of Win 7. Dell have refused to supply a retail copy of the OS for many years. What I have is an OEM version of Win 7 which was supplied installed by Dell on the PC. On the C Drive of the PC there is a recovery partition and I have a so-called Dell...
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- Post #47
- Mar 24, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

Yes, I see the difference. Here's the list of Volume Shadow copies. As the dates only go back a few days I'm not building my hopes up. vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Contents of shadow copy set ID...
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- Post #45
- Mar 24, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I'm afraid not. My PC is a Dell so all that I have is the Dell recovery partition, the Dell reinstallation DVD and a Win 7 64-bit Repair Disk that I made when I first received the PC. As far as I know, all I can do is a factory reset of the OS, which would wipe all my data and programs - I...
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- Post #43
- Mar 23, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I have uploaded a zipped copy of COMPONENTS file. Dropbox - components.zip
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- Post #41
- Mar 22, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I'm afraid that KB3083324 is still failing to install. I have uploaded the usual two files. Dropbox - CBS.log Dropbox - WindowsUpdate.log
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- Post #39
- Mar 20, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

sfcfix.txt has been uploaded. Dropbox - SFCFix.txt
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- Post #37
- Mar 20, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I'm afraid the the KB3083324 installation has again failed. I have uploaded the usual 2 files. Dropbox - CBS.log Dropbox - WindowsUpdate.log
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- Post #35
- Mar 19, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

OK, as requested I've followed the instructions. The contents of SFCFix.txt are: SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro. Start time: 2016-03-18 22:18:31.512 Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 - amd64 Using .txt script file at C:\Users\THF\Desktop\SFCFixScript.txt [0] RegistryScript...
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- Post #33
- Mar 18, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I'm afraid that KB3083324 failed again with the same error message, "The following udates were not installed. I've uploaded the requested 2 files. I managed to upload the CBS one this time without having to zip it. Dropbox - CBS.log Dropbox - WindowsUpdate.log
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- Post #31
- Mar 18, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I've done as requested. The contents of SFCFix.txt are attached below. SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro. Start time: 2016-03-18 19:13:05.310 Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 - amd64 Using .txt script file at C:\Users\THF\Desktop\SFCFixScript.txt [0] RegistryScript:: Successfully took...
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- Post #29
- Mar 18, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

OK, I've uploaded the zipped COMPONENT file. Dropbox - components.zip
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- Post #27
- Mar 17, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I have copied and run the code. The links are: Dropbox - Export1.txt Dropbox - Export2.txt
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- Post #25
- Mar 15, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update
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Many updates will not install on a Win 7 system

I tried to install KB308334 and it again failed with error message "The following updates were not installed." As requested I have uploaded the 2 files. As before I needed to zip CBS.log as it would have taken far too long to upload. Dropbox - WindowsUpdate.log Dropbox - CBS.zip
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- Post #23
- Mar 14, 2016
- Forum: Windows Update

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