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You have to run the CMD with Administration rights!!

 

Then it will work.

 

 

 

 

 

"Eddie" wrote:

 

 

> Yea oneisha, just wondering if u got everything fixed. Had this problem with

 

> my laptop about 2 months ago. Never resolved it. i finally reinstalled

 

> factory software. and everything worked fine. Now i am on desktop and same

 

> problem. just wondering what happeneed.

 

>

 

> "oneisha" wrote:

 

>

 

> >

 

> > hi glen i know this is 2yrs after you posted your problem but now im having

 

> > the same prblm..i tried ur solution but sfc /scannow only opens for 1 second

 

> > and then closes by it self. i have tried it several times and it juts closes

 

> > by it self

 

> > "GlenntheGreat" wrote:

 

> >

 

> > >

 

> > > Hello everyone. I struggled with this very issue for two months. After

 

> > > much searching of the Internet, I found my solution to the problem last

 

> > > night, and I decided that I should spread the word on how I fixed it.

 

> > >

 

> > > Solution:

 

> > >

 

> > > Go to Run... in the Start menu. Enter this command:

 

> > >

 

> > > sfc /scannow

 

> > >

 

> > > Your computer will scan system files and fix whatever is corrupted. I

 

> > > ran the scan, and although the window closed on me before I could read

 

> > > the results, I tried another installation of the 16 updates since July

 

> > > 10 that had been refusing to install. To my amazement, they all

 

> > > succeeded, and Vista does truly seem to operate much more smoothly what

 

> > > with the Intel chip and memory improvements of some recent updates.

 

> > >

 

> > > To give some further background on the issue I was having, just to make

 

> > > sure that you are having the same problems and experience that I had:

 

> > >

 

> > > Since July 10th, I was about to download updates, and attempt to

 

> > > install them. The updates would do their installation, then prompt me to

 

> > > restart the computer. I would do so, and have to sit though a long

 

> > > configuration, during which the computer would often restart itself a

 

> > > second time.

 

> > >

 

> > > Upon re-loading Windows, the 16 updates from July 10 to Sept 27 would

 

> > > either have a status of Failed or Pending.

 

> > >

 

> > > The solutions I had previously tried (all of which failed) included:

 

> > >

 

> > > - Renaming/removing the \\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ folder or it's

 

> > > contents (like the Downloads folder and/or DataStore folder) while the

 

> > > Windows Update service was shut down

 

> > >

 

> > > - Renaming/removing the \\Windows\System32\Catroot2\ folder while the

 

> > > Cryptographic Services service was shut down

 

> > >

 

> > > - Downloading and running individual update installers off of

 

> > > Microsoft's website

 

> > > (Note: When trying this message, the update history would incorrectly

 

> > > show that the update was installed successfully. Even though it had a

 

> > > status of Successful, it would not register in the listing of installed

 

> > > updates, and thus when searching for more updates, the update would

 

> > > still appear as something I needed to download)

 

> > >

 

> > > ******************

 

> > > Just as some other information, I'm new to online troubleshooting

 

> > > discussion, and I felt that this problem was significant enough to

 

> > > motivate me to get involved, as these updates are an important measure

 

> > > in the fight to get people to stop hating on Vista. I notice that a lot

 

> > > of people are having issues, and I can't stand to see this happen.

 

> > >

 

> > > Since I am new to this, I'm not sure what the best means of propogating

 

> > > this solution would be, if it infact proves to be widely helpful to

 

> > > others.

 

> > >

 

> > >

 

> > > --

 

> > > GlenntheGreat

 

> > > Posted via http://freepchelp.forum Forum to Usenet gateway

 

> > >

 

> > >

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