Windows Update permanently "looking for updates", possible component hive corruption
Hi everyone. I've been having Windows update problems for while and have luckily stumbled across this site, which looks like my only hope of solving this thing.
One day I noticed Windows Update was permanently stuck at "searching for new updates." I went through the typical Fix-it(s) and other things Microsoft suggests (system update readiness tool). SURT stalls at "searching for updates on this computer", and the Fix-it's put Windows Update into a state where it says "no updates have been installed" and "most recent check for updates" is "never." However, the "updates were installed" field currently shows "Yesterday at 3:39AM", and "view update history" shows me all updates successful, up to yesterday's date (11/2/2016). I don't really trust this.
So I decided to run an sfc /scannow. This gives me the error "Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service." A google search shows I need to start the trusted installer/windows modules installer service. Trying to start this service gives me the error "Error 1017: The system has attempted to load or restore a file into the registry, but the specified file is not in a registry file format."
So now I'm here and I've run SFCFix. Here is the result:
I've uploaded my CBS folder to my own hosting (~60MB) : http://ohlongjohn.com/files/CBS.zip
It looks like I have a component hive problem. I cannot begin to express the amount of appreciation I would have if someone could point me in the right direction. Thank you so much in advance to whoever has the patience to help me work this one out.
Hi everyone. I've been having Windows update problems for while and have luckily stumbled across this site, which looks like my only hope of solving this thing.
One day I noticed Windows Update was permanently stuck at "searching for new updates." I went through the typical Fix-it(s) and other things Microsoft suggests (system update readiness tool). SURT stalls at "searching for updates on this computer", and the Fix-it's put Windows Update into a state where it says "no updates have been installed" and "most recent check for updates" is "never." However, the "updates were installed" field currently shows "Yesterday at 3:39AM", and "view update history" shows me all updates successful, up to yesterday's date (11/2/2016). I don't really trust this.
So I decided to run an sfc /scannow. This gives me the error "Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service." A google search shows I need to start the trusted installer/windows modules installer service. Trying to start this service gives me the error "Error 1017: The system has attempted to load or restore a file into the registry, but the specified file is not in a registry file format."
So now I'm here and I've run SFCFix. Here is the result:
I've uploaded my CBS folder to my own hosting (~60MB) : http://ohlongjohn.com/files/CBS.zip
It looks like I have a component hive problem. I cannot begin to express the amount of appreciation I would have if someone could point me in the right direction. Thank you so much in advance to whoever has the patience to help me work this one out.
