Hi there,
My computer has been giving me an error for windows update for awhile (a year+ at this point.) I was directed to a microsoft thread where other users are having the same/similar issues, and followed the directions on page one:
I did that and posted my results. My post is the top of page 12: Which says:
and posted the components.txt file. I was then told:
Which I've done. I was not given a prompt to repair the hive however. I then followed all the instructions posted here: How to check your COMPONENTS registry hive for corruption and now here I am. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My computer has been giving me an error for windows update for awhile (a year+ at this point.) I was directed to a microsoft thread where other users are having the same/similar issues, and followed the directions on page one:
From the admin Command Prompt, please run the following commands:
reg load HKLM\COMPONENTS c:\windows\system32\config\components<br><br>reg load HKLM\DRIVERS c:\windows\system32\config\drivers
One of them might throw an error code. Post the error code or the screenshot here so that we can troubleshoot it.
Once we fix the updates issue, we'll address the Firewall error.
I did that and posted my results. My post is the top of page 12: Which says:
Following what everyone has has been told to do I get:
Components > ERROR: The configuration registry database is corrupt.
Drivers > The operation completed successfully.
and posted the components.txt file. I was then told:
Please download ComponentsScanner 64-bit and run it. Allow it to repair the hive when prompted.
Which I've done. I was not given a prompt to repair the hive however. I then followed all the instructions posted here: How to check your COMPONENTS registry hive for corruption and now here I am. Any help would be greatly appreciated!