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blackorb:
In response to Rolemodel: I will see if I can get anything. I have been running Task Manager while going about my normal business and have not seen anything out of the ordinary. I had a fail today, but Task Manager was not open and would not open, so I don't know if I will be able to get any info that way.

In response to Shane: I reran the tools again today with the reset file permissions tool. DISM still failed in the end. The tools actually hung once today and Windows became unresponsive to force close or shut down

The command prompt error I receive for DISM is:
Error: 0x800f0906

The source files could not be downloaded.

Is there a download source setting to check? Is there a source I can obtain that you know about? I have seen some people have issues with Windows Update due to bad DNS settings. I changed my DNS settings to see if there was any effect to no avail.

I really want to avoid reinstalling Windows. Besides it just being a general pain, I have a student license for some software that I only get the one activation for. I can't get that back if I wipe the drive. I also did reinstall Windows once, using the user-created restore disk, when I first got the computer due to a stupid Linux mistake I made. I am not sure it has ever run well since then, eluding to that I may have a bad copy of Windows.

Thanks again.

- C

Shane:
The download source means Windows updates. The MS tool is suppose to be able to download the files it needs. But in this case it is saying that it cant.

One thing about Windows 8 that I have seen is it is one of the easiest to break out of all the other Windows versions.

Are you able to do Windows updates yourself at all?

Shane

blackorb:
Hi Shane,

I can perform Windows update myself, all except for a relatively newer one for "Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8 x64-based systems (KB2938527)" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2938527) this one has failed every time.

I tried a manual download and install and it still failed. I followed Microsoft's troubleshooting which pretty much checks to see if my computer is turned on and I have internet connectivity and other useless stuff.

I think that I ran SFC, with it failing, before this update, but not pursuing it any further did not run DISM at the time.

I do have a copy of a Windows 8 disc image, ISO I think. Would it be possible to start some sort of refresh from that? Or, if possible, would that just be the same as the Refresh that is already inherent in Windows 8?

Thanks again for your thoughts.

- C

Shane:
You could do a repair install of 8
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/26095-repair-install-windows-8-a.html

Or even try to get a hold of the 8.1 iso and upgrade tot hat or even do a fresh install directly to 8.1.

The upgrade process from 8 to 8.1 has had a lot of trouble. When I reinstall 8 for customers now I just do a fresh install of 8.1 and avoid the whole upgrade process, which makes things run much much better lol

Shane

blackorb:
Hey Shane,

Thank you for the link. That appears promising  :cheesy:

I upgraded to Windows 8.1 a while back and had hellish problems with it, which appeared to stem from compatibility issues with AMD. The end result was restoring my computer from a backup image, which I'm not convinced hasn't added to the problems I am having.

I am super leery of trying again because there have been no driver updates and I have not been able to confirm with Acer if there are no more problems.

I'll give an update when I am able to try the Windows 8 restore.

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