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General Computer Support / Re: windows update not working- continuous repair pending, restart message.

« on: September 05, 2013, 04:26:11 pm »

Yes, that looked like the same fixit and I agree about the registry keys. I've run any fixit I could find that was supposed to fix vista update (some were associated with KB type updates) as well as some KB type manual update installs. I've even tried the fixit console but uninstalled when that didn't help. I was hit by some malware, that was why I ran your "all in one" repair tool. I tried running a repair from the disc that came with the computer but it says it is not compatable with my 64 bit windows version???(thanks gateway ). I tried a manual update component reset I found somewhere and after one restart and update attempt I got two messages; one said that my windows version may not be real and the other said there may be a .diagcab registry error. Then after next reboot it went back to "repair pending" restart message. I verified windows is  genuine. Why would it say "repair pending" instead of "update pending"? Seems significant. I haven't found anything that explains or shows what update registry entries should be or look like.
I should mention that I have a problem logging in to this site, both times I went to reply it said my password was incorrect. I had to reset the password with email then log in.

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General Computer Support / Re: windows update not working- continuous repair pending, restart message.

« on: September 03, 2013, 11:00:23 am »

Didn't work. It's never that easy for me. The command prompt said it couldn't find the file, so I went in and found it but it had .old at the end. I treid to delete it but it said the file was in use so I turned off updates, rebooted and deleted it but as I said no good. I found an update fixit tool that showed some details, looked at it and it said some components were configured wrong and a file location had changed, it said it fixed it. I rebooted and tried fixit again and said the same thing again several times now. My computer still won't open the diagcab file for the update diagnostic tool. It shows it as an internet explorer file. I used a zip program to unzip it in a folder but I didn't see any .exe file or anything I recognize as a starter file in the decompressed diagcab folder.
This all started a couple of months ago when security essentials dissappeared and defender and firewall came back. Then defender window went blank and can't do anything with it, still shows it running in task manager. I contacted support but nothing they said helped (as usual). Any other ideas? It all seems to be based on .diagcab registry and/or file corruption.

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General Computer Support / windows update not working- continuous repair pending, restart message.

« on: September 01, 2013, 10:18:21 am »

Windows Vista Update not working, always tells me  there is a repair pending- restart to complete installation. The Tweaking Windows repair tool isn't fixing this nor is Fix it and I can't get the Windows update diagnostic diagcab file to open. Like my updates, I'm stuck! Help?

Any ideas?