Configuration Registry Database Corrupt and Windows Updates & Driver Installs Failing

[kidd0]

Hi there!

I have never seen this issue before in my life and none of my usual fixes are working.

Tons of missing drivers and I have found a lot of issues... but I think the root of the issues is this:

C:\Windows\System32>pnputil /enum-drivers
Microsoft PnP Utility

Failed to enumerate driver packages: The configuration registry database is corrupt.

Would love to try and fix this but I am making a painfully slow 100 GB backup over WiFi since that is the only driver thats working... and because of Optane memory I can't even make an out of system backup.

THANK YOU!

 

[Maxstar]

Hi and welcome to Sysnative,

Step 1. Please follow the Windows Update Forum Posting Instructions and provide the requested files in your next post

Step 2. Upload your DRIVERS Hive

• Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\config and locate the DRIVERS file.
• Please copy this file to your desktop.
• Note: If you receive an error that this file is in-use, simply reboot your computer and try again.
• Right-click on this file on your desktop and select Send To > Compressed (zipped) folder. This will create a file named DRIVERS.ZIP on your desktop.
• If the file is too large to upload here, upload the file to www.wetransfer.com and post the link in your next reply.