Error on windows update (80070246)

he110me · Mar 12, 2015

I've been trying to get my computer to update for some time now, but to no avail.

Whenever I go to update, it gives me error 80070246 and fails. I've tried the solutions poster here

https://www.sysnative.com/forums/wi...update-nor-working-error-code-80070246-a.html

which don't seem to have worked. SFCFix.exe gives me error 582 which says this:

Error: 582

An illegal character was encountered. For a multi-byte character set this includ
es a lead byte without a succeeding trail byte. For the Unicode character set th
is includes the characters 0xFFFF and 0xFFFE.

I'm running windows 8 and haven't been able to update to 8.1 because of this issue.
Anyone know what's up?

On a possibly related note, I am unable to install Microsoft .Net 4.5.1, which has prevented me from using two applications on the entire internet: Visual Studio (IDE) and League of Legends (game). Everything else (steam games, Unity 3D, open office, Eclipse IDE, etc.) works just fine.

Go The Power · Mar 13, 2015

That error is actually from DISM when SFCFix performs a DISM scan. Did SFCFix actually complete?

Export CBS folder

Right click on the

button
Click on File Explorer
Double-click on the C: drive, scroll down to, and double click on the Windows folder.
Find and double click on the Logs folder.
Right-click on the CBS folder, and select Copy.
Go back to your Desktop, right-click on it, and select Paste. You should now see a copy of the CBS folder appear on your Desktop called CBS.
Right-click on this new folder, and navigate through Send to, and select Compressed (zipped) folder.
A new file, also called CBS (CBS.zip), but this time with a different icon, will be created.
Attach this to your next post please.

Please Note:: if the file is too big to upload to you next post please upload via Dropbox or One Drive

he110me · Mar 15, 2015

Thanks for the reply Power. SFCFix did seem to complete, but claimed that I had no issues.

Here is my zipped CBS file on dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hkbws7k3k5iqkf5/CBS-3-15-2015.zip?dl=0

Go The Power · Mar 17, 2015

Basically we have a BitShift (registry corruption) somewhere, unfortunately DISM did not provide a file path.

Lets see if SFCfix can find it:

SFCFix script

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.

Download SFCFix.exe (by niemiro) and save this to your Desktop.
Go to your desktop and right click on the background -> Select New -> Text Document -> Name this file SFCFixScript.txt.
Open up SFCFixScript.txt and copy all of the following text inside the code box below and paste it into SFCFixScript.txt.
Code:
```
BitShift::
```
Click on File -> Save. Close out of SFCFixScript.txt.
Save any open documents and close all open windows.
On your Desktop, you should see two files: SFCFix.exe and SFCFixScript.txt.
Drag the file SFCFixScript.txt onto the file SFCFix.exe and release it.
SFCFix will now process the script.
Upon completion, a file should be created on your Desktop: SFCFix.txt.
Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) the contents of this file into your next post for me to analyse please - put [CODE][/CODE] tags around the log to break up the text.

he110me · Mar 17, 2015

Here are the results, it took less than a second to run:

Code:

SFCFix version 2.4.3.0 by niemiro.
Start time: 2015-03-17 17:30:44.733
Microsoft Windows 8  - amd64
Using .txt script file at C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\SFCFixScript.txt [1]








BitShift::
No corruptions detected.
BitShift:: directive completed successfully.








Successfully processed all directives.
SFCFix version 2.4.3.0 by niemiro has completed.
Currently storing 0 datablocks.
Finish time: 2015-03-17 17:30:48.053
Script hash: hBI6Mql4H4Bclpn1EppfVE6OvuMnGbPTS9YilWvhfmA=
----------------------EOF-----------------------

Go The Power · Mar 18, 2015

Please download the Freeware RegBak from here: Acelogix Software - Download products

Navigate to C:\Windows\RegBak\{Date}\ and copy the COMPONENTS file to your Desktop. If the COMPONENTS file does not exist, please fetch it instead from C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS.

Now right click on it > Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.

Please rename this file to COMPONENTS_{Insert forum username here}_{insert todays Date here}.zip For example "COMPONENTS_Go The Power_1803.Zip"

Then please upload it to your favourite file sharing website (it will be too big to upload here). If you have a Microsoft Account, OneDrive could be a good choice: https://onedrive.live.com/, but any other will do just fine. Make sure to set the file as publicly accessible.

Then send me a link to the file in your new thread (outlined below)

he110me · Mar 19, 2015

Here is the components file. I wanted to thank you again for working with me on this problem. It's one I've had for almost a year now.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/urxwih0e4y0jd6y/COMPONENTS_he110me_3-19-2015.zip?dl=0

Go The Power · Apr 3, 2015

Hi he110me,

Sorry for the delay, I have just returned from my holidays.

Are updates still failing on this machine?

he110me · Apr 7, 2015

Yes, they are. My previous post contains a link to the components file you asked for. Let me know if there's anything else I can provide.

Go The Power · Apr 10, 2015

Found one Bitshift:

Code:

Key:   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\10174658\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard-00020408_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_89630603d11f49a4
Value: identity
Data:  Microsoft-Windows-International-Keyboard-00020408, Culture=neutral, Version=6.2.9200.16384, PublicKey*�*oken=31bf3856ad364e35, ProcessorArchitecture=amd64, versionScope=NonSxS

SFCFix script

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.

Download SFCFix.exe (by niemiro) and save this to your Desktop.
Go to your desktop and right click on the background -> Select New -> Text Document -> Name this file SFCFixScript.txt.

Open up SFCFixScript.txt and copy all of the following text inside the code box below and paste it into SFCFixScript.txt.

Code:

::
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard-00020408_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_89630603d11f49a4]
"identity"=hex:4d 69 63 72 6f 73 6f 66 74 2d 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 2d 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 2d 4b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 2d 30 30 30 32 30 34 30 38 2c 20 43 75 6c 74 75 72 65 3d 6e 65 75 74 72 61 6c 2c 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 3d 36 2e 32 2e 39 32 30 30 2e 31 36 33 38 34 2c 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 4b 65 79 54 6f 6b 65 6e 3d 33 31 62 66 33 38 35 36 61 64 33 36 34 65 33 35 2c 20 50 72 6f 63 65 73 73 6f 72 41 72 63 68 69 74 65 63 74 75 72 65 3d 61 6d 64 36 34 2c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 53 63 6f 70 65 3d 4e 6f 6e 53 78 53 0d 0a

Click on File -> Save. Close out of SFCFixScript.txt.
Save any open documents and close all open windows.
On your Desktop, you should see two files: SFCFix.exe and SFCFixScript.txt.
Drag the file SFCFixScript.txt onto the file SFCFix.exe and release it.
SFCFix will now process the script.
Upon completion, a file should be created on your Desktop: SFCFix.txt.
Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) the contents of this file into your next post for me to analyse please - put [CODE][/CODE] tags around the log to break up the text.

Run windows update again please

he110me · May 27, 2015

UPDATE: After restarting my computer and trying to update again, I get error code 80070BC9. I am still unable to update.

Sorry about the extremely late reply, here's the SFCFix.txt:

Code:

 SFCFix version 2.4.3.0 by niemiro.
Start time: 2015-05-27 14:40:38.482
Microsoft Windows 8  - amd64
Using .txt script file at C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\SFCFixScript.txt [0]




RegistryScript::
Successfully took ownership and permissions for registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard-00020408_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_89630603d11f49a4.

Successfully imported registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard-00020408_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_89630603d11f49a4.

Successfully restored ownership and permissions for registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard-00020408_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_89630603d11f49a4.
RegistryScript:: directive completed successfully.




Successfully processed all directives.
SFCFix version 2.4.3.0 by niemiro has completed.
Currently storing 1 datablocks.
Finish time: 2015-05-27 14:40:40.086
Script hash: O3JS3aaP+CXssNpfWDVjkuBLQGkeJxccG5v5K01hkmU=
----------------------EOF-----------------------

Go The Power · May 31, 2015

Please run SFC /SCANNOW again and upload a new CBS log.

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