Thank you for that. Nothing got changed during the last fix. Not quite sure why???
Anyway, it is just this final file, and once this is fixed, all will be well.
Please follow the instructions included below again. However, this time, please actively delete the current
wuauclt.exe file before replacing it with the one attached to this post. Please ensure that its file size is the correct 57KB (I think what is currently there will show 0KB). Only if it is correct close up the permissions and re-run SFC. If it is still incorrect, just stop and I will try to work out why it is going wrong.
Navigate to the
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..wsupdateclient-core_31bf3856ad364e35_7.6.7600.256_none_d5f513f25190f276\ folder,
right click on it and select
Properties.
Under the
Security tab, click
Advanced.
Under the
Owner tab, click
Edit.
Click "
Other Users and Groups".
Click
Advanced.
Click "
Find Now".
Scroll down and double click on
Everyone.
Click
OK THREE times.
Click on the
Permissions tab.
Under type
Deny, single click on any entries and click
Remove. (N.B.: There may not be any
Deny entries, in which case just ignore this step. Just remove any that do exist)
Click
OK.
Click
Edit (now on the standard file Property window under the Security tab).
Click
Add.
Click
Advanced.
Click
"Find Now".
Scroll down and double click on
Everyone.
Click
OK.
Single click on
Everyone and then tick the "
Full Control" box under
Allow.
Click
OK TWO times.
Now please delete
wuauclt.exe from
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..wsupdateclient-core_31bf3856ad364e35_7.6.7600.256_none_d5f513f25190f276\
Next, please copy in the
wuauclt.exe attached to this post. Please make sure not to get it confused with any others you may have lying around. Check its file size to be sure.
Finally:
Navigate to the
C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-w..wsupdateclient-core_31bf3856ad364e35_7.6.7600.256_none_d5f513f25190f276\ folder,
right click on it and select
Properties.
Under the
Security tab, click
Advanced.
Click on the
Permissions tab (should be the default tab).
Click
Change Permissions
Select and click
Remove onthe
ALLOW: Everyone entryyou just added.
Click
OK.
Go to
Owner tab.
Click
Edit.
Click "
Other Users and Groups".
Paste in "
NT Service\TrustedInstaller". If it fails again, again use "
SYSTEM".
Click
OK.
Put the check in "
Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".
Click
Yes on any message boxes which pop-up.
Click
Continue on any
Access is Denied messages.
Click
OK out of the final message box.
Click
OK out of everything.
Richard
