Windows 10 Home Update Issues with Corruption of Configuration Registry

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theredminnow

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I pray that someone can help me with these issues I am having. I have spoken to several Microsoft techs and all have seemed to offer decent solutions but none of them have resolved my issue.

I have been trying to update Windows since around September of this year. I am currently running Windows 10 Home, Version 1803, as I have not been able to update. I was taken to a prompt by a tech last night: sfc/ scannow which could not run due to an issue. But another prompt DISM something or another said I had a corruption in my configuration registry database. One tech also send me ISO files of versions 1809 and 1909 in which I downloaded but failed to install due to an issue involving a failure to MIGRATE_DATA.

I tried to download an app last night on the computer and it also said that the configuration registry database was corrupt. I currently live in Europe, working from America. I do not really have the option for a fresh reboot of Windows 10, starting from scratch as I rely on this computer everyday for work. Any way someone can help me update to the newest version of Windows and correct these issues with my configuration registry database?
 
Step 1 - Replace Drivers Hive Manually

Warning: this fix is specific to the user in this thread. No one else should follow these instructions as it may cause more harm than good. If you are after assistance, please start a thread of your own.

  1. Download DRIVERS.ZIP and save to your desktop.
  2. Right-click on it and select Extract all.... Make sure the "Show extracted files when complete" is checked and click Extract.
  3. Now we have the DRIVERS file that we will be using to replace your current one.
  4. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\config
  5. Right-click on the current DRIVERS file and select rename. Rename it to DRIVERS.bad.
    Note: If you get an error that the file is in use, reboot your computer and then try again.
  6. Take the file from the Drivers folder on your desktop and paste it into C:\Windows\System32\config
 

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SFC Scan


  1. Click on the Start button and in the search box, type Command Prompt
  2. When you see Command Prompt on the list, right-click on it and select Run as administrator
  3. When command prompt opens, copy and paste the following commands into it, press enter after each

    sfc /scannow

    Wait for this to finish before you continue

    copy %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log "%userprofile%\Desktop\cbs.txt"
  4. This will create a file, cbs.txt on your Desktop. Please attach this to your next post.
 
SFC Scan said "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation". Do I continue to the next step?
 
I see the issue:

Retrieve Components Hive
1. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Config and locate the COMPONENTS file.
2. 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.
3. Right-click on this file on your desktop and select Send To...Compressed (zipped) folder. This will create a file named COMPONENTS.ZIP on your desktop.
4. The file will likely be too large to upload here so please upload to a file sharing service. Examples of services to upload to are Dropbox or OneDrive or SendSpace and then just provide the link in your reply.
 
Yes, I have confirmed the issue. The COMPONENTS hive is corrupt beyond repair and the only way to repair it is to perform a Repair install of your OS.

Unless you have an earlier backup, I can't help you.
 
I have tried to perform a Repair Install of the OS and it failed. Just as the update ISOs did when the tech sent them to me. How do I check to see if I have a backup of the OS?
 
A clean installation of your operating system.

As I do not know what was done to the system, I cannot comment on the cause, but this does not happen in normal circumstances. Ensure that your HDD is healthy and with no bad sectors before you reinstall.
 
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