CBS.log corrupt files, won't update Windows Vista

[neurofibromatosis]

Hello. I've been having this problem for awhile and now have some free time to try to get it fixed. My computer can't update Security Update for Windows Vista (KB974318) and I get an error message: "0x80073712". I ran SFC and it stated that "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them." And it specifically noted the CBS.log file. I attached the CBS.log file. Hope you can help! Thank you!

 

[niemiro]

Hello, and welcome to Sysnative!

I'm really sorry for the delay in responding. Thanks for alerting us to it.

Unfortunately, error code 0x80073712 is a really bad sign. Most error codes mean that a certain component is corrupt. We can usually fix them. This error code usually means that every component is corrupt (give or take, it's a bit of an oversimplification but I think you get the idea), and unfortunately that is not fixable in the conventional ways (instead we must look into trying to get a Repair Install to work).

Can you please navigate to C:\Windows\System32\config

and tell me the file size of the COMPONENTS file (no file extension).

Thank you, and I'm really sorry to be the bearer of this news.

Richard

 

[neurofibromatosis]

Sorry for the late reply as well. This is my parent's computer so I try to get on here when I can to help them out. But here are the sizes of all the files with "components" in the name:
COMPONENTS: 38,400 KB
COMPONENTS.SAV: 16,452 KB
components_previous: 30,976 KB