Author Topic: windows update repair works only partially (Read 38980 times)

Boggin · « **Reply #25 on:** April 25, 2016, 10:34:08 am »

Don't know - I'm just going by this link that Willy2 posted but anything is worth a try if it negates the need for a clean install.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3058260/microsoft-windows/heres-how-to-significantly-speed-up-windows-7-scans-for-updates.html

pratomorone · « **Reply #26 on:** April 25, 2016, 10:45:02 am »

That's the article I saw last night about 2200 that gave me the idea about the 5739 update. I guess I wonder why that one last night and the one back in March loaded without problems and others do not. I have 16 criticals that will not load and a flock of importants also.

Do you think I should run the repair install again?

Boggin · « **Reply #27 on:** April 25, 2016, 11:02:22 am »

I suppose at this stage you only have time to waste if it doesn't resolve, but at least you will be able to manually install those two updates before embarking upon the rest.

Did the repair install actually complete last time ?

I'm going to shove off for a bit as it's well past my evening meal time.

pratomorone · « **Reply #28 on:** April 25, 2016, 11:08:12 am »

Yes, the only thing I would waste would be time watching it and responding when necessary. The two updates are installed now and WU seems to be functioning but getting the final configuration to work is the problem.

No, I became tired of sitting and watching weeds grow so as I said, did the CTRL-ALT-DEL to see what would happen. The 17 downloads installed but were rejected in the configuration stage.

The question I have is that if WR does not work, how would needed updates for the repair install function? Is it possible to bypass that step and still get through the repair?

I suppose I could, during the week, do some individual updates of the critical ones and see if I can get most of them to take before I spend Saturday afternoon and evening watching the weeds grow.

Boggin · « **Reply #29 on:** April 25, 2016, 11:29:10 am »

Give the repair install time to complete and then install those two updates to see if that resolves.

When updates fail, sometimes installing just a few at a time has been known to work so I suppose you could give that a try and give the weeds a miss

Really going to have to go now though as my stomach is starting to think my throat is cut

Julian · « **Reply #30 on:** May 02, 2016, 12:01:31 pm »

Shoot try running this and restart

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net stop cryptsvc
esentutl /p 
%systemroot%\System32\catroot2\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\catdb
rmdir /s /q %systemroot%\system32\catroot2.old
md %systemroot%\system32\catroot2.old
xcopy %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 %systemroot%\system32\catroot2.old /s
del /f /q %systemroot%\system32\catroot2\*.*
net start cryptsvc
Shutdown /r /t 00

pratomorone · « **Reply #31 on:** May 03, 2016, 08:18:17 am »

Thank you, Julian...have run your file (twice) and will begin testing after I finish work today. Hopefully, it will accomplish what you think it will.

Thanx again!!

pratomorone · « **Reply #32 on:** May 03, 2016, 11:33:38 am »

Hello! Sorry to say, Julian, that the result was the same (failure of updates except for Windows Defender) to work. The three I tried, that failed are, with their failure code are:

kb3139398 80070005
kb3146706 800f0826
kb3124280 800f0826

Nicosia

Boggin · « **Reply #33 on:** May 03, 2016, 01:58:41 pm »

Can you try an individual install of each of the latter two as the first one giving a 05 error which is an Access Denied error code, could be generating the code for the latter two.

Sometimes an AV program or Firewall can cause the 05 code as well as a Permissions issue.

While I would think WR already uses this, this is what MS has for the 05 error -

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/968003

Trial and error at the moment....

pratomorone · « **Reply #34 on:** May 04, 2016, 07:08:33 am »

Boggin, Julian, thanx for all the assistance. I had fully intended on running the repair install on Sunday last but the "technicians" at telecom italia decided to shut down our internet.

I will try Boggin's suggestion as to the last two rejections as soon as possible (probably this evening). Otherwise, I will run the repair install beginning on Saturday evening.

pratomorone · « **Reply #35 on:** May 04, 2016, 07:30:27 am »

Gentlemen, I think wonders will never cease. Those two with the 0826 error did load when they were done together with no others.

now I have on three important ones that will not load...KB3110329, 3124001 and 139398. The 14 "important" updates can wait.

Again, I thank you!!

Boggin · « **Reply #36 on:** May 04, 2016, 09:18:22 am »

What error code(s) are you getting for the first two of those three - I assume you are still getting the 05 for the third ?

pratomorone · « **Reply #37 on:** May 04, 2016, 09:25:00 am »

hello...kb311029 - 80070005

3124001 - 800f0826

139398 - 80070005

Boggin · « **Reply #38 on:** May 04, 2016, 09:36:19 am »

Will the 4001 install on its own then ?

You could try the other 14 a few or one at a time and make a list of all those that give you the 05 code and then redo the others singly if they fail with the 0826 code.

pratomorone · « **Reply #39 on:** May 04, 2016, 09:58:12 am »

In anticipation of your suggestion that I try the update with the 0826 code, I tried and it installed. Now I am trying one of the others that will not install to see if it will do it when alone but it will take a long time to do all the updates one at a time since it is almost time for mr softie to put out a flock more.

there has to be a better way. maybe things will work after I get all of them installed one at a time.

Boggin · « **Reply #40 on:** May 04, 2016, 10:14:39 am »

Sometime that is what it takes, but you may have to follow that article I posted for the 05 error - but at least you seem to be getting there and hopefully you'll be done by the time we get May's updates

pratomorone · « **Reply #41 on:** May 04, 2016, 10:58:15 am »

have been experimenting...both updates, 3139398 and 3110329 continue to fail. 398 first had a 80240055 which I tried to alleviate by turning off Comodo, antimalwarebytes and the firewall and trying again. continues to fail with the 70005.

329 just fails with the 70005.

both were run individually without the other being downloaded.

I think I am going to have to do the repair install unless either of you come up with something else.

Thanx!

Boggin · « **Reply #42 on:** May 04, 2016, 02:55:52 pm »

Have a look at this MS article that I previously posted to see if it resolves the 05 error.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/968003

pratomorone · « **Reply #43 on:** May 05, 2016, 07:55:11 am »

ok, I ran it as intended. There were about 30,000 line items that were not changed.

when finished, I ran one update and it failed with the 0005 error. I ran the second and it failed also with the same error.

I am having luck with the important updates. have loaded three or four at this point. more to go.

pratomorone · « **Reply #44 on:** May 06, 2016, 09:23:01 am »

Gentlemen...I spent some time after work last evening trying to individually load any updates I could. I had some success but...there were four that would not load with the same 70005 error (access, I believe).

They are: KB3139398, 3110329, 3133977 and 3137061. The first two are critical, the second two, rated important.

Otherwise, I seem to be up to date. The question becomes, I believe, what is the common thread between these four: do the access the same folder, sub-folder and/or file that seems to not be affected by the programs I have run to change the ownership of them?

I am now thinking, unless one of you has a different take on this, to run a program I found to restore all folders, sub-folders and files under the Windows main folder to their respective default permissions.

I will be unavailable until late Saturday afternoon, CET, other than on my phone but welcome comments or suggestions I would be able to read when I was able to.

Thanx!

Boggin · « **Reply #45 on:** May 06, 2016, 03:34:35 pm »

Now that you have most of them installed, run WR a couple of more times and then retry the updates.

I'm not sure why you are still getting the 05 error after running that MS batch file though.

pratomorone · « **Reply #46 on:** May 12, 2016, 05:46:34 am »

Hello...been a little crazy around here and have not had time to try anything new. Last night was the clincher to the craziness...the updates for May came through so I threw caution to the wind and loaded all 14 of them, unchecking the two that gave the 70005 error. They all loaded with no problem.

I am at a loss for words. I think I will hide the four reported previously with the 70005 error and pretend they do not exist.

Thanx for everything.

Boggin · « **Reply #47 on:** May 12, 2016, 08:08:19 am »

Just try them later - which ones were they ?

pratomorone · « **Reply #48 on:** May 12, 2016, 08:18:42 am »

They are: KB3139398, 3110329, 3133977 and 3137061.

Boggin · « **Reply #49 on:** May 12, 2016, 08:28:25 am »

I haven't been able to update this Win 7 laptop yet, although my other one updated without any problems.

Unfortunately, I can't check that one as I've just put it in this morning to be checked out following a number of Display driver stopped responding and recovered errors with it blue screening after the last one.

Give me a few while I Google them to see their import.