Guest jancallme Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 "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 > > Quote
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