The_Meme
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- Apr 20, 2025
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Current symptoms:
History:
I can't honestly recall what order the issues began, but my File Explorer's ribbon was gone and my computer would run into a fatal error when connecting an Xbox controller over Bluetooth. Somewhere on the internet, someone said to delete a system service to fix the issue, and I can't recall if that has been fixed. I attempted an in-place upgrade prior to repairing the component store, but the update rolled back its own changes, and it didn't fix the ribbon. Regardless, the issue with the ribbon was fixed after I manually repaired the component store (which had 637 corrupt entries) by following the instructions given in this article (which reduced the number of corrupt entries to ~235, if memory serves), and then performing an in-place upgrade with a Windows ISO file that had been modified in NTLite to have the upgrades I was missing. I was very pleased, to say the least, but less pleased when I eventually attempted to verify all the other issues with the system had been fixed and I was met with some 2000+ corrupt entries in the component store, and I was confused as my Windows version had also gone from
(I did contact Microsoft support, but as my support agent said, "...you seem to be more knowledgeable than me so I doubt I could help you any more than you already know." They did confirm that my deletion of that system service was fine and it wouldn't affect the system, so that's one less thing to worry about.)
- Programs encounter exceptions, and state that the "Just-In-Time debugger" should be used to diagnose them.
- Failure to update some programs, not finding previous versions of itself or some other program it needs in order to update, mostly vs_redistx64.exe or other Visual Studio-related files.
- Motherboard Ethernet driver not working properly, presently states "No Internet", is not fixed upon driver re-installation from motherboard manufacturer's website.
- Numerous and seemingly unnecessary "Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter #X"'s in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network Connections.
- DISM consistently fails, stating that it is unable to find source files, and pauses at 63.2% for an excessively long duration (well over 2 minutes).
- Opening the "Turn Windows features on or off" Control Panel menu shows the correct dialog menu, but the features are all missing.
- This was briefly fixed just after the in-place upgrade that I mention later in this post, though several of the entries were duplicated. It has since broken again, and the screenshot above is from today.
- Unable to complete Windows update in Settings, error code 0x800f0831.
- Unable to mount the Windows.ISO file that I used to perform the in-place upgrade mentioned later in this post.
- Xbox gaming services is not functioning properly, and attempting to load the Xbox application on my computer throws an error stating as much.
History:
I can't honestly recall what order the issues began, but my File Explorer's ribbon was gone and my computer would run into a fatal error when connecting an Xbox controller over Bluetooth. Somewhere on the internet, someone said to delete a system service to fix the issue, and I can't recall if that has been fixed. I attempted an in-place upgrade prior to repairing the component store, but the update rolled back its own changes, and it didn't fix the ribbon. Regardless, the issue with the ribbon was fixed after I manually repaired the component store (which had 637 corrupt entries) by following the instructions given in this article (which reduced the number of corrupt entries to ~235, if memory serves), and then performing an in-place upgrade with a Windows ISO file that had been modified in NTLite to have the upgrades I was missing. I was very pleased, to say the least, but less pleased when I eventually attempted to verify all the other issues with the system had been fixed and I was met with some 2000+ corrupt entries in the component store, and I was confused as my Windows version had also gone from
10.0.19045.5555 to 10.0.19045.3803. Given that I had already been through this once before, I downloaded as many of the updates as I could through the Microsoft Update Catalog--some were no longer available, and others didn't have a corresponding entry in the windows update history page--but I figured I would ask here before I went any further, since I don't really know what I'm doing and I'm the only one who has been trying to fix it. I saved that CBS log as a separate file, just in case I needed to review it, so I can provide that if the one in the included ZIP file is insufficient.(I did contact Microsoft support, but as my support agent said, "...you seem to be more knowledgeable than me so I doubt I could help you any more than you already know." They did confirm that my deletion of that system service was fine and it wouldn't affect the system, so that's one less thing to worry about.)
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