Windows Update Failures on Server 2016

[PeterJ]

DISM /CheckHealth Scan

1. Right-click the Start button and select Command Prompt (Administrator)
2. If you get a popup about UserAccountControl, allow the program to run.
3. When command prompt opens, copy and paste the following commands into it, press enter after each.
   

   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

   Wait for this to finish before you continue
   
   

   copy %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log "%userprofile%\Desktop\cbs.txt"

4. This will create a file, cbs.txt on your Desktop. Please attach this to your next post.

 

[LeeA-KCU]

Here you go... Thanks!

 

[PeterJ]

Perform the instructions in message #9 again.

 

[LeeA-KCU]

Done...see attached. thanks

 

[PeterJ]

Great. That still looks good.

DISM /ScanHealth Scan

1. Right-click the Start button and select Command Prompt (Administrator)
2. If you get a popup about UserAccountControl, allow the program to run.
3. When command prompt opens, copy and paste the following commands into it, press enter after each.
   

   Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

   Wait for this to finish before you continue
   
   

   copy %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log "%userprofile%\Desktop\cbs.txt"

4. This will create a file, cbs.txt on your Desktop. Please attach this to your next post.

 

[LeeA-KCU]

Dism ran without issues and completed successfully. CBS attached. Thank you!

 

[PeterJ]

Provide the Components Hive
1. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Config and locate the COMPONENTS file.
2. Please copy this file to your desktop.
Note: If you receive an error that this file is in-use, simply reboot your computer and try again. Note: If you find that you need to reboot and are unable to because this is a server then try Option#2 below.
3. Right-click on this file on your desktop and select Send To...Compressed (zipped) folder. This will create a file named COMPONENTS.ZIP on your desktop.
4. The file will likely be too large to upload here so please upload to Gofile or WeTransfer and just provide the link here.

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Option#2 (only if you are unable to follow the previous instructions)

• Please download the Freeware RegBak from here: Acelogix Software - Download products
  You will find it at the bottom of the page that the link brings you to.
• Go ahead and install this program and accept all the defaults. After the last install screen the program should open.
• Click the New Backup button. Accept the defaults and simply click Start.
• When it says Finished successfully, click the Close button.
• This will bring you back to the main screen of the program. You will see one entry in this list with the date that you did it. Right-click on this line-item and select Explore Backup...
• This will bring you into the folder where the backup was made. You should see a Users folder and a Windows folder along with a couple other files. Double-click on the Windows folder to open it. Then open the System32 folder and then config folder. You should see around 6 files in here, one of which is named COMPONENTS.
• Copy the COMPONENTS file to your Desktop. If the COMPONENTS file does not exist, please fetch it instead from C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS.
• Now right-click on the COMPONENTS file that is on your desktop and select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.
• Then please upload the zip file (COMPONENTS.zip) to your favourite file sharing website (it will be too big to upload here). Examples of services to upload to are Gofile or WeTransfer and then just provide the link in your reply.
• You can close any open windows you have as well as the RegBak program now.

 

[LeeA-KCU]

Here you go...thank you!!!

Components.zip

 

[PeterJ]

Export registry as hive

• Click on the Start button and in the search box, type regedit
• When you see regedit on the list, right-click on it and select Run as administrator.
• When regedit opens, using the left pane, navigate to the following registry key and select it by clicking on it once.
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
  
  
• Once selected, click File > Export....
• Change the Save as type: to Registry Hive Files (*.*).
• Name this file ComponentBasedServicing (with no file extension) and save it to your Desktop.
• Right-click on the saved file and choose Send To -> Compressed (zipped) Folder.
• Attach the .ZIP file to your next post.
• If the file is too large to upload here, please upload to Gofile or WeTransfer and just provide the downloadlink here.

 

[LeeA-KCU]

ComponentBasedServicing attached. Thanks!