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Several Very Frustrating Vista Problems. Are there Any Tools still available ?
Rick:
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--- Quote from: Julian on August 12, 2016, 12:18:45 am ---Hmmm shoot I know for a fact this command works in 7 im not sure about vista but it should not hurt to try. dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions
Let me know.
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MS Fixits for Win 7 are also getting rare.
In Win 7 that command needs to be run from the Recovery Environment's Command Prompt.
Not having experienced Vista, I don't know if you have the Repair your Computer option in the advanced boot options.
These are usually accessed by tapping F8 as you switch on, but that key can vary with make of computer - however, booting up with a system repair disk will also get you there.
If that cmd doesn't work in Vista then try a cold boot by shutting down, remove all power sources then hold the power button in for approx. 30 secs and then try the sfc /scannow.
An alternative would be a chkdsk /f
One program that has proven successful in resolving Windows Update problems is WSUS Offline Update - it solved them for me in Win 7.
For Vista click on Legacy Products - I didn't create a separate folder and just clicked on Client as the tutorial says to.
It found and downloaded 142 system ones for me after a factory reset and after they had installed, Windows Update then had the remainder of 251 auto presented for download.
http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/
http://download.wsusoffline.net/
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Boggin; I would have a try if I knew they deleted all the win10 spyware updates, I would not till we know...
Boggin:
No, I don't remember the thread - but let's wait and see if my suggestions do the job rather than downloading some 3rd party program.
Rick:
--- Quote from: Boggin on September 01, 2016, 04:17:54 am ---I'd forgotten that I had the manual steps to that revertpendingactions cmd in my "toolbox".
Boot up into the advanced boot options and navigate to the Recovery Environment and select Command Prompt then enter these commands -
c:
fsutil resource setautoreset true %systemdrive%
Enter exit to close the cmd window then Restart and retry a sfc /scannow
If you still get the error, create a restore point as the next steps involve making changes to the registry, then go back into the Recovery Environment/Command Prompt and enter -
c:
cd C:\windows\winsxs
ren pending.xml pending.old
(While you couldn't find this file, let us know if this command completes okay or if you get any error messages).
regedit
Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - click on File - Load Hive
When that opens browse to C:\windows\system32
Locate the following folder - C:\windows\system32\config\components and click on to select.
When you are prompted for a name, type offline_components
You will now see the key offline_components - expand the + then locate and delete the following subkeys -
HKLM\Offline Components\AdvancedInstallerNeedResolving
HKLM\Offline Components\PendingXmlIdentifier
Go back to the key Offline_Components - highlight it then go to File menu and select Unload Hive
Close up the registry sections and reboot.
Run a cmd prompt as an admin and enter -
net stop wuauserv
cd %systemroot%
ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
net start wuauserv
That ren cmd will remove your Windows Update history but that will soon repopulate with subsequent updates.
As you will be probably be doing these steps from home, copy & paste this reply into a Notepad or Wordpad doc and then you'll be able to refer to them without having to go back on line at the library.
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In Vista, it might be a hidden folder
Boggin:
Going back to your Reply #15, I would think the Win 10 related ones have probably been pulled as no longer being relevant but would only get those back issue ones if you were installing all of the updates from scratch - say after a reinstall or factory reset, but for Vista, there was never a free Win 10 upgrade so that wouldn't be a problem in this case.
Rick:
Seems I still have a copy of vista somewhere if he needs, can lend to him to run the ;
sfc /scannow /offbootdir=d:\ /offwindir=d:\windows
or, is it possible their is an online service needed?
hmm.
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