[SOLVED] Error message 0x800703e6, Error 998: Windows Update + All repairs not working.

[0bsol3te]

Hello all!

Helping l a friend fix their machine, heard good things about this forum.

We are avoiding a clean install. Screenshots of SFC, DISM, and In-place upgrades all fail with similar error messages. CBS logs also uploaded. Please let me know what else I can do. Would like to bring the machine up to date.

Also, I wouldn't mind knowing how to do this myself, as I feel as though I've encountered this a lot!


Note: Found this post that seemed to have the exact same issue.

 

[Maxstar]

Hi and welcome to Sysnative,

Step 1. Download

SFCFix and save it to your desktop.

Warning: This fix was written specifically for this system. Do not run this fix on another system.

• Save any work you have open, and close all programs.
• Download the attachment SFCFix.zip and save it to your desktop.
• Drag the SFCFix.zip file over the SFCFix.exe executable and release it.

• SFCFix will launch, let it complete.
• Once done, a file will appear on your desktop, called SFCFix.txt.
• Post the logfile (SFCFix.txt) as attachment in your next reply.

Step 2. Run the following DISM command and post the result. If it fails attach a new copy of the CBS log.

DISM /online /cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

 

[0bsol3te]

Will be trying this fix later today. Thank you so much for the quick reply. I will edit this post with my findings.

 

[Maxstar]

You're welcome. Please post always a new reply instead of editing your current post, this because I will not receive a (new) notification of an edit. And that said you can only edit your post within a few minutes.

 

[0bsol3te]

Success!

System is currently updating. The software/drivers that were failing install (original issue, may not have mentioned) is now seemingly going through. If anything changes, I will let you all know.

I would love to know a little more about this for future issues, if anyone is willing to divulge their secrets... How to identify/write some of these. I noticed the fix was relating to reclaiming permissions.

 

[Maxstar]

Great. But this is not an issue with permissions but rather an issue with corrupted system files, in this case the Servicing Stack!

Error 0x800703e6 = Invalid access to memory location.