[SOLVED] Windows 10 v 1803 update and nvidia graphics card drivers installation problems

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Hello!
I have encountered windows update problems since the update to Windows 10 x64 version 1803 has been offered (I have version 1709 installed).
Since then, all windows updates and driver updates fail. What's more annoying, in the process of correcting this, the installed graphics card drivers have been corrupted and I could not reinstall them any more (I have tried several driver versions and used DDU v17.0.8.6 to clean the remains), so that I am working in low-res at the moment. I have performed several attempts at using DISM and SFC, in normal and safe mode, with or without Windows installation media. Since then, DISM runs without errors, but SFC still shows errors.
My configuration is based around an intel motherboard DZ77BH-55K with 8-cores processor intel Core i7-3770K @3,5 GHz with 8GB of RAM DDR3 DIMM at 1333MHz, two 1TB Western Digital hard disks in RAID configuration for data and one 250GB SAMSUNG SSD840 EVO for the system partition including most installed programs. The graphics card is an ASUS DirectCU II based on nvidia GEForce GTX 660 GPU with 2 GB GDDR5 memory. I also have a LiteON iHBS112 blue-ray disc reader/recorder, a Toshiba TSSTCorp SH-118AB DVD-ROM multi-reader, a PCI 802.11g WiFi card TRENDnet TEW-423PI and a Brother MFC-J4510DW printer/scanner.
The latest Windows Update attempt (right after running SFCFix.exe) failed with code 0x80246007. Somehow, that's a progress as I was used to have error 0x800703f1 before. Drivers installation used to fail with either error 0x800703f1 or 0x80246013 or 0x80070002.

SFCFix seemed to run properly:

SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro.
Start time: 2018-06-13 07:10:20.168
Microsoft Windows 10 Build 16299 - amd64
Not using a script file.

AutoAnalysis::
SUMMARY: No corruptions were detected.
AutoAnalysis:: directive completed successfully.

Successfully processed all directives.

Failed to generate a complete zip file. Upload aborted.

SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro has completed.
Currently storing 0 datablocks.
Finish time: 2018-06-13 07:47:16.713
----------------------EOF-----------------------

Attached you will find the CBS logs.
Thanks in advance for your precious help, I am a bit lost..
 

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Hello again!
I would like to add something which I discovered today while looking at the CBS.log and might help others.
sfc was looking for the files ChtAP.sdc and chtzhy.spd in the directory C:\Windows\System32\zh-hk\zh-hk and C:\Windows\System32\zh-TW\zh-tw but these two directories did not exist. Instead, these files were in C:\Windows\System32\zh-hk, resp. C:\Windows\System32\zh-TW, so I created the two directories and copied them from the original to the new directories. I ran sfc /scannow afterwords and it completed without errors.
I got the hint from there:
After Windows 1709 update (Fall Creators Update), there are "corrupt files not fixed" when running sfc /scannow - Super User
I am rather skeptical, but let's see if it solves some of my installations/updates problems.

maxonce said:
Hello!
I have encountered windows update problems since the update to Windows 10 x64 version 1803 has been offered (I have version 1709 installed).
Since then, all windows updates and driver updates fail. What's more annoying, in the process of correcting this, the installed graphics card drivers have been corrupted and I could not reinstall them any more (I have tried several driver versions and used DDU v17.0.8.6 to clean the remains), so that I am working in low-res at the moment. I have performed several attempts at using DISM and SFC, in normal and safe mode, with or without Windows installation media. Since then, DISM runs without errors, but SFC still shows errors.
My configuration is based around an intel motherboard DZ77BH-55K with 8-cores processor intel Core i7-3770K @3,5 GHz with 8GB of RAM DDR3 DIMM at 1333MHz, two 1TB Western Digital hard disks in RAID configuration for data and one 250GB SAMSUNG SSD840 EVO for the system partition including most installed programs. The graphics card is an ASUS DirectCU II based on nvidia GEForce GTX 660 GPU with 2 GB GDDR5 memory. I also have a LiteON iHBS112 blue-ray disc reader/recorder, a Toshiba TSSTCorp SH-118AB DVD-ROM multi-reader, a PCI 802.11g WiFi card TRENDnet TEW-423PI and a Brother MFC-J4510DW printer/scanner.
The latest Windows Update attempt (right after running SFCFix.exe) failed with code 0x80246007. Somehow, that's a progress as I was used to have error 0x800703f1 before. Drivers installation used to fail with either error 0x800703f1 or 0x80246013 or 0x80070002.

SFCFix seemed to run properly:

SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro.
Start time: 2018-06-13 07:10:20.168
Microsoft Windows 10 Build 16299 - amd64
Not using a script file.

AutoAnalysis::
SUMMARY: No corruptions were detected.
AutoAnalysis:: directive completed successfully.

Successfully processed all directives.

Failed to generate a complete zip file. Upload aborted.

SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro has completed.
Currently storing 0 datablocks.
Finish time: 2018-06-13 07:47:16.713
----------------------EOF-----------------------

Attached you will find the CBS logs.
Thanks in advance for your precious help, I am a bit lost..
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Hello there!

Please zip and attach the following files:

C:\Windows\System32\config\DRIVERS
C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\DISM.log
 
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

View attachment drivers.zip
 
Hi zcomputerwiz!
I did as you say and everything went like in a dream!
I could reinstall the nvidia drivers and perform the Windows 10 v1803 update and it went smoothly.
I can't thank you enough for your precious help. Keep up the good work!
My desktop works as good as ever.
Best regards,
Maxime.

zcomputerwiz said:
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

View attachment 36549
Click to expand...
 
Glad to help :thumbsup2:

I'll mark the thread solved. Please post back if you encounter any problems and I will continue to assist you.
 
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