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error 0x800f0906 The source files could not be downloaded
Boggin:
Sometimes an AV program can be responsible for blocking and the safest way to eliminate it normally would be to boot up into Safe Mode with or without Networking.
While you can run a sfc /scannow or a chkdsk /f or /r in that mode, you may also be able to run the /restorehealth cmd as well.
You would need to have Safe Mode with Networking for it to access the store.
If you get a red cross on the WiFi icon then wire up as I believe wireless doesn't work in that mode in Win 8/8.1.
Windows Firewall kicks in when in that mode when a 3rd party AV program is in normal use as that is not loaded or are any other 3rd party applications.
George:
In safe mode restorehealth finished with the same error message.
Bad enough but way worse was to come.
When I tried to reboot in normal mode, I got error 0xc0000225. According to the message winload.exe was missing or erroneous. Enter to retry, F8 for Startup Setting.
Neither Enter nor F8 did anything. The system was completely dead. I had to restore a recovery image.
What on Earth could cause this? Earlier I had run safe mode then normal ode again with no problem.
Boggin:
When it continues to boot up into Safe Mode then go Start (or whatever in Win 8.1) type msconfig and press enter then under the Boot tab uncheck the boxes (if any) under Safe boot then uncheck the Safe boot box - Apply - OK and reboot.
Not sure why that should have hung up though, although it has been known to do so when using the Safe Boot option in WR.
There is also an elevated cmd you can use and that is bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot but looking at this article, more has been going on for some reason -
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-update/error-0xc0000225-windows-81-pro-64-bit/46cdeae9-aa32-4c51-9c9b-aa7576545b19?auth=1
I think a Refresh or Reset is looking more like the only options to repair your installation, but when choosing which repair to run in WR, it's best to run the lot and any that don't apply, it will skip over those.
George:
Thank you.
I still seek a miracle for a while, if I can't find any, I resort to refresh.
Boggin:
I'd forgotten that you hadn't run WR - while Shane admits that it can't fix everything, although he's working hard to achieve that - WR may just be the miracle you are looking for.
There is the non-destructive repair install you could also try rather than the final solution of the Refresh or Reset should WR not do it for you.
https://www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-8-and-8-1.html
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