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Good list... all I can add is you might need to run Windows AIO after all of this done.. The FBI virus likes to rewrite the registry permissions..So the firewall, windows defender etc.. will not load.. Windows AIO will fix that... http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
If /u/Hobocannibal and you don't have any luck, I have found in the past running Windows Repair (All In One) from Tweaking.com, in safe mode, to help. Here
Either install, or extract the portable version, whichever you choose to get.
Run it, and follow the tabs. Generally I like to be risky and just hit Start Repairs. But I wouldn't want something untoward to happen to your machine without a backup!
When it's done, and restarted, you should be ok to run updates... I hope! :D
Assuming you were running it as an administrator already try:
- Goto your Control Panel
- Goto Internet Options
- Goto the Advanced Tab
- Click "Reset..." in the "Reset Internet Explorer settings" section.
- Tick "Delete personal Settings" (Read the text under it, as you will be logged out of sites, cleared passwords, forms, etc)
- Click "Reset"
- Restart Internet Explorer, and retry the installer.
If this somehow doesn't work, you'll need to reset your Registry Permissions which i personally use this: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html but there can be other alternatives most likely to do the same.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processexplorer If you don't trust the task manager, try something a little more robust. It may pinpoint what process is causing issues.
I doubt this is the result of hardware failure. I would suggest you check your installed programs, click the date divider to sort by most recently installed or date, do the same for installed windows updates. You may find something was updated/installed.
Personally speaking, when a friend had this issue I spent days checking everything and researching until I was blue in the face, uninstalling and reinstalling his GPU driver was enough on win 10, this was suggested as a solution back when Vista came into the fray.
I suggest you boot into safe mode to check if this behavior also happens there. You can get to safe mode by right clicking the start menu button, > run, type msconfig, hit ok, click boot tab, tick safe boot option and click "minimal" then reboot. (Make sure to follow these steps and untick the box to get back to standard windows.)
If you can get to safe mode and run a virus scan, I would personally, second to that, before going, I recommend an excellent tool from tweaking.com that is free and repaired my windows 10 installation. http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html give it a go in safe mode. (Remember, safe mode has no network and is very minimal so get any tools you want to use before booting there, perhaps on a thumbdrive at a friends house if you can't get it in windows.)
- Autoruns.
- Remove suspicious group policies.
- PC Decrapifier (or your favorite batch removal tool) - or just run though add remove programs.
- Revo.
- ADW cleaner.
- Mbam.
- Super AntiSpyware.
- Hitman Pro.
- SFC.
- Some tidy with your favorite cleanup tool, namely CCleaner.
If some further damage was done by malware i recommend you check out complete Internet repair, or tweaking.com's windows repair
When I come across this or similar situations I generally use Tweaking.com's free Windows Repair AIO. At the repair step, just select only Repair File Permissions and run it. (If you feel like there may be lingering registry issues, you may also choose to select Repair Registry Permissions.) This tool looks a bit complicated and questionable, but it's really quite simple and works well consistently in my experience. Always in my toolkit.
This was making me furious this morning and I found a program from this comment that fixed it after several other methods (Take Ownership, etc) failed. Give it a shot.
It's important to be aware that tronscript doesn't fix what is broken with your computer. It does a lot of work on getting the nasties off it, and it optimizes the computer quite a bit in the process. It does not, however, fix broken settings or operations within windows.
Tweaking.com windows repair is a well recommended tool for fixing broken things within windows. I wouldn't suggest running every single repair in it willy nilly, but there is a long list of various issues that can be corrected using that tool (including proxy settings). It's also worth checking your Hosts file (as said below). Also, if you go to start-->run-->inetcpl.cpl, there is a proxy option within the security tab, which you can uncheck.
Finally, this is the most important thing about any repair. Uninstall the antivirus. Seriously, even if you plan to put it back after you're done. AVs break more computers then they protect these days. Kaspersky kills the internet more often then viruses from what I can tell. At the very least, you can guarantee they get the latest version that way.
This may need time to figure out and you will need to do it on trial and error basis.
Open an elevated command prompt (run cmd as administrator) and run 'sfc /scannow' (w/o the quotes).
Run Windows Repair Tool.
You may need to reinstall the graphics card drivers later on (perhaps an earlier version).
Reboot the machine and keep pressing the F8 key repeatedly, then choose Safe mode with Admin Prompt.
Log into a Admin account and at the command line type:
rstrui.exe and press enter, chose the recommended restore point.
Backup her files off the machine to a external drive, unmount "safely remove device" in the tray and disconnect.
Then install this software and follow it though, do the Full Monty.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
It's not your card(s). There is something deeper in Windows messed up. In a situation like this, I would probably run this tool...
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
This program is pretty amazing at this stuff. Follow the directions. Or, if your Windows install is new, or doesn't have much in it to lose, just reinstall instead!! I have a strong feeling by that point either way it might be fixed.
However, I have to wonder WHY this happened. So I would probably do a Hard Drive scan, (Start it at bedtime..), by going into a command prompt as an administrator and typing 'chkdsk c: /r' and letting it reboot to run the test. The results will be in Event Viewer after it's done. Can't remember if it's in the System or Windows section of Event Viewer, but poke around or Google it. I would also try to think of any times when the computer was shut down unexpectedly from a power loss or something else other than proper shutdown. I might also run some diagnostics to check everything else.
Hmmm. Try WSUS Offline Update. Not sure if it will work in Safe Mode though.
Failing that, try Tweaking.com - Windows Repair in Safe Mode.
I'll suggest a tool you run in safe mode (if you get that far) that I use all the time but Reddit seems to hate it, Tweaking.com - Windows Repair.
This won't be a catch-all fix - you can open the problem troubleshooter and fix Windows Store apps. Other suggestions: use DISM commands or use Tweaking.com Windows Repair - a free utility that I can recommend. Follow the steps and run the common repairs. It will take a while. This program is free of spyware and the basic version does not cost you any money.
Bloat removal easy 1 click ( but you can effectively CHOOSE what you want to be removed OR even reinstalled ! ) http://www.thewindowsclub.com/10appsmanager-windows-10
Telemetry https://www.oo-software.com/de/shutup10
> How can Tron meet those tools in usability?
Explaining way more saw here people that wondered why their windows store was broken after tron. because it removed that "bloatware"
Dont market it as 1 click solution for all your casual worrys
because atm tron can BREAK alot of stuff a casual would want to use and then wonders what happened. at the worst probably calls a pc repair service that fucks more up than he could ever fix.
More Modularity really
More transparency
a Gui probably something like the very nice and famous windows repair from tweaking.com
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
( It wont destroy or touch anything you dont want infact it only repairs it wont remove stuff and so on )
Please try option 1.( 2 is better tho)
Download Windows Repair AIO.
Step 1:Read "Help"
Step 2:Press "Open Pre-Scan" > press "Scan"
Step 3:Press "Check". If it says "No error found on the drive" go to the next step. If it found any errors, press "Open Check Disk At Next Boot". You will have to restart your PC.
Step 4:Press "Check"
Step 5:Backup if you want.
Step 6:Go to Repairs and run All repairs.
Tell me if everything is fine.
Try to repair system files corrupted by the malware while in Safe Mode: https://www.howtogeek.com/222532/how-to-repair-corrupted-windows-system-files-with-the-sfc-and-dism-commands/
If that doesn't work, try this "all-in-one" repair tool (free version): http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
>Tron gave me quite a bit of trouble.
No it didn't, when working on any computer one can reasonably assume that your problems are not caused by your tools. Just because your friends messed up laptop is still messed up after a Tron scan in no way means that Tron has done anything to cause you trouble.
> It hung on telemetry removal for over 8 hours, so I reran tron with the -str flag. Then, it hung on installing windows updates, so I ran it again, this time with the -sw switch and reran it only to have it hang on DISM base reset. Adding the -sdc flag finally got tron to complete successfully
As I'm fairly sure this is the same problem I replied to on /r/techsupport a day or two ago, I'll tell you again that you likely have a corrupt windows update that is trying to install. This isn't the fault of Tron.
[Edit] Tweaking.com Windows Repair Give this a go and see if it's working afterwards.
You could run this Windows Repair tool in Safe Mode.
In particular, go through the following steps (tabs) of the tool:
- Read the instructions to ensure your system is in a proper state
- Run the Pre-Scan to find any up-front problems
- Do the disk Check, and if errors are found choose the "Open Check Disk at Next Boot" option and restart the computer
- Click the "Do It" button to run the system file checker
- Optionally create a registry and/or System Restore point
After those steps click the Repairs tab, follow the instructions, then click the "Open Repairs" button. You can pick whatever, if anything, you want to do from the list. It is a large list, and I'm not completely sure what the consequences of running all the different things are, but the option is out there. Your choice to do any of these things, then click "Start Repairs".
You could just stop after step 4 as the couple of things it does up to that point are good to try out. Step 4 including running a Windows image repair to try and fix major issues with your system files. Let me know if this helps at all.
Thanks that does help quite a bit. And apologies if the initial reaction seemed a little harsh, it's not meant to be...just my direct initial reaction and I hope it was helpful too.
Have you considered opening this up for crowdsourced development? PSAppDeployToolkit is a good example of one that's done in powershell that has really taken off.
I'll definitely dig into this a little deeper too and will PM you suggestions if I have any, it really does look like a promising suite. Great job on the website's landing page if that's yours as well. You might want to offer a standalone version if feasible that just contains the files and doesn't need to be installed...for running off USB drives etc.
There's also a really good general repair tool on Tweaking that has all of the repair scripts in plain text. (great for learning how many of these fixes work) if you're interested in expanding on the fix-kit part of this: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
And SCCM right-click tools have a lot of good powershell code examples for doing common things in the ConfigMgr console...might be neat to adapt some of those features outside of the console (gives helpdesk/technican level access to certain tasks without having to install the admin console).
For the update portions, I wouldn't worry too much about putting the files in the distribution...but maybe a readme.txt in those folders. It might be good to have a .xml that has the download locations if making it pull from the official sites...or perhaps automate ninite.com installs. Continual improvements etc...good stuff already!
Not really unless you have an old backup of the registry to compare your changes against.
You can use things like tweaking.com's "Windows Repair" tool to try and fix a messed up OS - but it may undo certain settings changes you've made intentionally in the process. Although the website looks ancient, the do seem to keep the tool really well maintained so you could give it a shot.
What they probably did is this. Install motherboard + CPU Install new SSD Install windows to SSD Copy User Profile from hard drive to new SSD Give it to you.
Here's the issues: 1. Steam might not actually be installed. You might just be hitting a shortcut that got moved over in your profile that is a shortcut to no-where. 2. They may have super-fucked your registry/file system by just copying over the programs folder from your old hard drive to the new one. It's like building a new housing development, and not giving them any addresses or labels. Solutions: Well, check in Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs. Let us know if your programs are actually there. If not, what I guess above is the case. If they are, well, try using CCleaner's Registry Tool, or go to http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html and use their repair tool. It's actually fucking awesome, and will fix tons of stuff.
Good luck!
On your PC there should be a product sticker with a code.
Make sure the code hasn't faded away before trying to do a clean install.
If you can get into windows you could try this tool.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Try and run the windows all in one repair tool with the following boxes ticked, make sure and run the program in safemode.
Try FixWin from The Windows Club. It can repair the start menu and store. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/fixwin-for-windows-10
If that fails, try WindowsRepairAllInOne from Tweaking.com. Especially the registry and file permission repairs http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Restart your machine after each fix (not shutdown).
If none of that works, create a new user profile and see if it works there.
Using Start8 is one solution, but not a fix. Your modern apps probably don't work either.
Did you use the obsolete and old guru3d driver cleaner or DDU ?
Does it give errors installing in safe-mode? What is the error message.
Edit: I'll go ahead and throw this in here. Windows repair is a great tool for fixing messed up permission issues like access denied messages if you want to give it a whirl.
Maybe try this tool from Bleeping Computer. There's permission repairs, services, start menu repairs.
EDIT: Actually get it from the source http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html Free version is all you need
Takes a while but it might save you that rebuild you don't sound keen on :)
Also might enable the admin account and see if the issue persist there. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/
If you have no issues then run the all in one repair tool with your antivirus disabled from the account with the issue. http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
I suggest that you allow the checkdisk to run over night, then run the windows all in one repair tool with all options ticked, under a clean boot.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Test the hard drive health with this tool.
http://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_sentinel_trial.php
If it tests fine run this program.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
If it all works out, call microsoft to purchase your copy of windows.
You have a known virus installed! Remove "Advanced System Care" and all its associated programs.
You do not have an active anti-virus program. Use Avast or MSE.
Run some basic repairs...
> In elevated CMD type: "sfc /scannow" > > Then "CHKDSK C: /f /r" > > Press "Y" then ENTER. > > Now type "shutdown -r -t 00" > > Enter.
Next you can run Windows AIO Repair tool. Download.
Then go from there, but odds are this will solve your issue.
I know that it might sound like a longshot, but you should try Tweaking. One of my coworkers encountered a very similar problem (Windows 7 Via BC) and this fixed him right up. I hope this helps!
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
I've used this program to fix machines when everyone else had good given up on them and decided to set up new machine from scratch. Amazing to have handy when you need something fixed NOW as well. Never forget to make reg backups though
Have you scanned with malwarebytes
this software has fixed a lot of different problems for me
follow the steps ( restore point and reg backup )
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Just because you delete the malware doesn't mean you undid the damage done. Download tweaking.com's all in one windows repair and follow the steps to repair system files and settings.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
After a little searching, if you cleaned up that virus, you might take a look at here. There's a vid there explaining the software also, but might be able to repair the firewall. I have no idea as I've never used it but figured I'd post this.
By way of update for you, I haven't been able to re-create the issue, or get any BSOD.
Before I ran DTF, I also ran this win7 kit that I found from the /r/computertechs best utilities thread (http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html).
I'm sure the issue will come up again, but I haven't been able to get it to happen. I brought up the tweaking.com kit because it could be related (since you were thinking software issue). I have no idea if the fixes in the kit are the type of fixes that could fix this type of error or not.
I figure when you don't know much about computers the best thing to do is vomit some facts if you think they could be relevant ...
Hopefully the issue continues to not manifest itself while I edumacate myself about the build
Unfortunately, the purpose of Rkill is to kill any processes that could hide viruses form AV detectors so it does need to be run first. If you run it now and it doesn't kill any processes then you're in the clear but if does, I'd recommend you start from there and go through in order again.
Once that's done, download Tweaking.com - Windows Repair, boot into Safe Mode and run it.
Did you follow Reddits Official Malware Removal Guide by u/cuddlychops06? It will remove any malware!
You can also give Tweaking.com - Windows Repair a go in Safe Mode.
This does sound like strange issue.
Check out the following. These are the portable & boot tools I use:
- Paul Vreeland's All in One – System Rescue Toolkit
- Tweaking.com - Windows Repair
- LiberKey with tones of Portable Applications such as
- Caffeine
- CCEnhancer
- Cinebench
- Display Driver Uninstaller
- Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
- Farbar Service Scanner
- FastCopy
- GpuTest
- GWX Control Panel
- Hachcat
- HD Tune Pro 5.50
- HiJackThis
- IntelBurnTest
- LAN Speed Test
- Malware Removal (Folder with my AntiMalware tools)
- NirLauncher
- Prime95
- Puran File Recovery=
- RealBench
- RetroArch
- RomCenter
- Rufus
- Scraper
- SpaceSniffer
- Spybot Anti-Beacon
- Symantec Help
- Sysinternals Suite
- Tor Browser
- Unified_Android_Toolkit
- Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
- WSUS Offline
- YUMI
But Paul Vreeland's All in One – System Rescue Toolkit definitely takes the cake.
Download Tweaking.com Windows Repair, run it, go to 'repairs' > 'open repairs' and select '02 - Reset file permissions' then 'start repairs'. Reboot.
I just had this problem 2 days ago and fixed it. I used a software called Windows Repair http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html It basically fixes all the damages dll files on your system including the one paladins has a problem dealing with. All you need to do is download it and do the repair it takes about 1 hour to finish then restart your computer.
No worries. Might be worth looking into something like this too as an option, for which the basic version is free:
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
On the off-chance that the unrelated fix I did to the Microsoft Store had a positive knock on effect, this is how I eventually fixed that, after which I haven't seen the explorer issue:
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-reinstall-store-and-other-preinstalled-apps-in-windows-10/
That site has a small issue with the syntax for Method 1, but Method 2 works fine. Additionally, there's the correct syntax for Method 2 (but solely for Microsoft Store) in the comments:
Get-AppxPackage -Name “Microsoft.WindowsStore” -AllUsers | Foreach-Object { Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” }
No idea if any of this will help, as it may have been the SFC that fixed it for me rather than that, but I seem to recall this having an overall positive effect on my whole system, not just the Windows apps.
likely some boot/registry/permission error
possible fixes:
- system recovery to old point
- run sfc (a inbuild windows system repair tool)
- run ShellXView and check for non windows extensions
- run all in one tool, check fixes that might help
my first try would be all in one tool and let it fix all explorer permissions
Solved by running "Windows Repair 4.0.1" from Tweaking.com http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html I think the repair reset default permissions in registry and file system that somehow fixed this issue.
Solved by running "Windows Repair 4.0.1" from Tweaking.com
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
I think the repair reset default permissions in registry and file system that somehow fixed this issue.
Ok this way sound VERY weird but there is a tool that fixed my Windows start menu problem (wouldnt even open at all) while ALL other solutions didnt work. It basically fixes any Windows problems.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Ok I know "Tweaking.com - Windows Repair Free/Pro" does really sound like those freeware tools that are just snake oil and want to install toolbars while only spying on you but this one actually works even though it looks sketchy as fuck.
oh good, i'm glad to hear that
you're more than welcome--i was a bit sore that i didn't catch on to fast-boot earlier, i've known of those issues before but didn't click with me until you suggested it. it was a good brainstorming session up until then though
there were many signs towards the end that pointed towards a discrepancy in loading time, and it's satisfying when you find the problem in the end anyway. especially when you got a good back and forth like we did
now i'm getting back into the swing of things--i'm back from a trip the past few days and haven't been on here til now so your messages are a good way to return
even if i can't get that beer
oh, and reimage depends on who you ask. some people find success with it but you have to drop some cash for it to actually fix anything, and the diagnosis doesn't reveal any details for you to pioneer the fix yourself. i've fiddled with it before but haven't been impressed
for any comparable software i'd go with tweaking:
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
the non-pro version still allows repairs and is rather thorough and descriptive in what it offers, and i enjoy it
for software being able to only do so much in light of these problems, tweaking does a pr good job
Do you use Avast by chance?
Take a look at this thread (it also has some other good suggestions): https://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/364310-how-do-i-replace-corrupted-keyboard-drivers.html
If you can get into your Event Viewer with your mouse (right-click on Computer then click Manage), go under Custom/Administrative Events and look for any device based errors related to USB or they keyboard and report back.
If nothing shows up in the event logs, you an also use the DeviceRemove utility to just remove the keyboard entries (change the view back to the current installed instead of HIDDEN/DETACHED). Also in the device manager, you can try manually installing a generic keyboard driver.
The issue here that makes it very tough to diagnose over a forum like this is that it could be caused by multiple different factors:
Incorrect/corrupt Keyboard Driver
Security Software interference
Incorrect/corrupt USB drivers
Gremlins
Without the ability to use a restore point, we're looking at a each of these in detail. The paths you need to take will branch off depending on what you see..so it could take a VERY long time over a forum like this. There's unfortunately no easy to follow step-by-step recipe guide for this...so before we invest time, just want to make sure you're ok with this. It could take a week or more of checking on settings and reporting back.
For now here are some sanity checks you can do on your system so I know what we're dealing with....you'll have to use the onscreen keyboard with the mouse for now:
Check on the Avast/AV thread above, and try some of the other things suggested in that thread.
Download and run the following program from Tweaking. Go through the gambit of repairs it offers (this is way easier than typing each fix out by hand, pretty awesome all-in-one repair tool by the way): http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
The only other thing I can think is that something has happened with your permissions, or the system user's permissions, or trusted installer's permission, etc. Or some ACL has been borked somewhere. After a malware cleanup it's often the case that (even though the malware has been removed) some services, ACLs, and permissions have been tampered with and need to be repaired. I normally use Windows Repair to attempt and set such settings to their defaults. It often works but if your programs have changed or created settings which are important to their proper functioning those settings could be changed/removed and the programs would need to be re-installed.
Again, I'm not saying it's malware that caused it but something has broken your signature verification functionality.
não, isso é no seu aplicativo de torrent.
uma outra sugestão que te dou, assumindo que você usa o windows, é rodar o Windwos Repair Free (http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html) selecionando as opções 3, 6, 9, 13, 15, 26 e 27.
isso pode demorar um pouco. ligue na energia.
rode malwarebytes e ccleaner também. provavelmente não vai resolver, mas com certeza não atrapalha.
You've got a lot more going on here than just a few things.
I don't normally like to redirect people to a piece of software, but we could be at this for months.
This is the all in one windows repair tool http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Download that and run it. I would suggest you follow it step by step and not skip anything. It will take you a loooonnnng time to get through the whole things. Several hours.
In particular, I want to repair Windows Update which is near the last step, but given how screwed up your system is I would perform all functions.
I've been trying to figure out my "memory management" blue screens for Windows 10 for the better part of a year now... I found this link a couple weeks ago:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3232379/windows-memory-management-bsod.html
>The issue might be that you may need to clear the CMOS. I have owned a few Asrock motherboards in the past and have had a few memory violations myself, in the past I have contacted Asrock and they have told me to do a power reset and do a power cycle and that has done the trick. I would also check that you are on the latest BIOS version for your board which according to ASRocks website is 2.70, although flash with caution, flashing through if Windows were to crash while flashing you can permanently brick your motherboard.
>There are a few applications that you can try to see if Windows has issues, but although Windows is sensitive I have never experienced a memory issue that wasn't memory based (unless you are caching using RAMDISK or something) http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html This toolkit is one of my favorite tools for Windows repair and I have used it for over a year. If Windows has an issue that should find it (I haven't found an issue it hasn't solved)
tldr: try resetting your cmos; unplug your power supply, and remove the little disk battery that's on your motherboard for 30 seconds, and then put it back in.
warning: this will reset any settings you have previously made in your bios, so you'll have to go back through and make sure your ram is running at the correct speed, make sure boot order is right, etc.
Anyways, resetting cmos fixed my problem immediately. Haven't had a bsod since, and I had tried everything else under the sun before. This was the only thing that finally worked.
Tweaking AIO is as close as you can get to reinstalling the OS without reinstalling it. All scans do take about 2-3 hours to run tho.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
After running patch cleaner, retry updates as normal.
As a last resort if Windows cant do the job, another tool I've used (usually for offline updating) is WSUS. After making your choices, it will download ALL the updates for your system, creating a new folder with an updater in it. Using that will audit what you have, and go through one by one to update them.
Another last resort tool is using something like Windows Repair Ive used it with sucess in the past.
As sketchy as this site looks I found this off a Thread from Forza where someone had the same issue.
Download this free http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
restart your PC, run the repair tool, restart PC, download game.
Worked 100% for me after trying about 50+ things over 3 days.
F8 doesn't work in 8.1 to get safe mode.
Try running the free Windows Repair tool. It honestly fixes most problems. It takes awhile to run, though, so be patient and follow all the steps carefully.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
>Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\PackageVolumes in your registry and Right click and Modify DefaultVolumeKey to 1 open "run" and type wsreset. if that doesn't work run this program: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html be patient with it and allow it to fully complete and it will work. I had the same error. I had to use the aio repair software.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\PackageVolumes in your registry and Right click and Modify DefaultVolumeKey to 1
open "run" and type wsreset.
if that doesn't work run this program: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
be patient with it and allow it to fully complete and it will work. I had the same error. I had to use the aio repair software.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\PackageVolumes and Right click and Modify DefaultVolumeKey to 1
If that doesnt work... http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html fixed my problem. download the game, once you get the error run that. follow all of their instructions. you might not need all of them but i did to be safe.
You definitely have some DCOM and service permission issues. I don't know what exactly the cause, but it generally seems to happen from tweaking the OS via "cleaning" the registry, killing parts of W10 like Cortana, running certain 3rd party AV software while installing the Anniversary Update, or taking ownership of system files.
I'd recommend you run this Windows Repair tool. I know it looks old, but they keep it very up-to-date (last update was 3 weeks ago).
Log into Safe Mode using an account with Admin rights when you run it. Proceed as follows:
- Read the instructions to ensure your system is in a proper state
- Run the Pre-Scan to find any up-front problems
- Do the disk Check, and if errors are found choose the "Open Check Disk at Next Boot" and restart the computer
- Click the "Do It" button to run the system file checker
- Create a registry and/or System Restore point
After you optionally do these steps, click the Repairs tab, follow the instructions, then click the "Open Repairs" button. From the list of options I would be sure the following are selected (other things are up to you):
1 - 5, 8, 10, 23, 26 - 30, 32
Then click "Start Repairs". This should hopefully restore the messed up permissions and service problems.
Let me know if it helps at all.
The issue might be with Windows 10, I'm having a similar problem with GTAV and Quantum Break after this new Anniversary Update and other people are reporting it too, as you can see here.
I just finished running Windows Repair and for what I could test the issue might have been fixed for me, if your problems are similar to the ones in the thread I linked you might give it a shot.
Ok, there are 3 things we can try out to get started.
One. Right click the start menu > Command Prompt > run the following command and send me a link to the file or raw text (via something like filedropper.com or onedrive/dropbox/google drive/whatever):
wevtutil qe System /f:text > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\eventlog.txt"
I can look over this log to see if there are any obvious problems that need to get resolved.
Two. You can try disabling as many start up items as possible to see if one of those are responsible for your issues. To do this I would suggest you log into your main account > run Autoruns > make sure MS & Windows items are hidden by clicking Options > disable as many 3rd party items as possible on the Logon, Services, and Scheduled Tasks tabs > Restart to see if the behavior continues.
If you don't have the same issues, then slowly start re-enabling items until you've figured out the culprit.
You could run this Windows Repair tool.
In particular, go through the following steps (tabs) of the tool:
- Read the instructions to ensure your system is in a proper state
- Run the Pre-Scan to find any up-front problems
- Do the disk Check, and if errors are found choose the "Open Check Disk at Next Boot" option and restart the computer
- Click the "Do It" button to run the system file checker
- Optionally create a registry and/or System Restore point
After those steps click the Repairs tab, follow the instructions, then click the "Open Repairs" button. You can pick whatever, if anything, you want to do from the list. It is a bit daunting and large, and I'm not completely sure what the consequences of running all the different things are, but the option is out there. You choice to do any of these things, then click "Start Repairs".
Ok, this is tough to provide assistance with since I'm not sure what, if anything, you can run on the computer to do diagnostics and/or repair work.
Can your right click the start menu > control panel > to open that successfully or no? If so you might be able to go to Security > Change User Account Control settings > on the left to turn it down all the way - again not sure what you are currently capable of doing.
The best choice would be to do a repair install like I mentioned - if you can get access to another computer for long enough to use the tool I linked.
Otherwise, you could download and run this Windows Repair tool.
In particular, go through the following steps (tabs) of the tool:
- Read the instructions to ensure your system is in a proper state
- Run the Pre-Scan to find any up-front problems
- Do the disk Check, and if errors are found choose the "Open Check Disk at Next Boot" option and restart the computer
- Click the "Do It" button to run the system file checker
- Optionally create a registry and/or System Restore point
After those steps click the Repairs tab, follow the instructions, then click the "Open Repairs" button. From the list of options I would be sure the following are selected (other things are up to you, pick whatever you want, I'm not sure what is causing your problems, nor what the consequences of picking each thing are):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32
Then click "Start Repairs". This should hopefully restore the services which are failing to start to their default state so that they will run correctly.
Well... there are always things you can do.
You could download and run this Windows Repair tool.
In particular, go through the following steps (tabs) of the tool:
- Read the instructions to ensure your system is in a proper state
- Run the Pre-Scan to find any up-front problems
- Do the disk Check, and if errors are found choose the "Open Check Disk at Next Boot" option and restart the computer
- Click the "Do It" button to run the system file checker
- Optionally create a registry and/or System Restore point
After those steps click the Repairs tab, follow the instructions, then click the "Open Repairs" button. From the list of options I would be sure the following are selected (other things are up to you, pick whatever you want, I'm not sure what is causing your problems, nor what the consequences of picking each thing are):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32
Then click "Start Repairs". This should hopefully restore the services which are failing to start to their default state so that they will run correctly.
I had a customer with the same issue. I ran the windows Tweaking tool (http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html) and that resolved the issue. I ran the whole scan, as well as SFC plus a ChkDsk
Hm your system is very corrupted, it seems.
Okay boot into your system and download the following tool > http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
It's an All-In-One repair tool. Download the portable one, no need to install it.
In tab Step 5 Create a system restore point.
Then reboot in safe mode (you have a button in the app)
In safe mode you will open the app again and this time go to the Repair tab
There you will click Open Repairs, wait until it does a registry backup and then you will only leave the following numbers selected:
- 1
- 2
- 2.01
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 11
- 14
- 17
- 26
- 27
- 32
EDIT1: click Start Repairs after :)
Leave the app running as it will take a long time probably (way less if you have a SSD)
Try opening your games and report feedback
I've been suffering from the same issue for a long time but finally found a fix recently. Buggy/corrupted user account permisssions prevent windows to complete this update so you will have to fix permissions first in order to complete the update.
This is the thread where I found the fix.
You just have to download this program which fixes the permissions for you (and fixes other stuff if you wish) follow the directions, restart your computer and install the windows update. The program is free I guess.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
PS: I registered here just to post this ;)
Ok that's a lot of errors. From what i can see, the Windows 10 subsystem is having issues with some important processes.
Let's try something that actually helps a lot when trying to fix some Access denied issues.
Download this > http://www.tweaking.com/files/setups/tweaking.com_windows_repair_aio.zip
It's a AIO repair tool, it's pretty safe. I've been using on my work place for quite sometime and it helped me fix a lot of issues.
You can check details before downloading if you want here > http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Alright, after download and extracting, i'd recommend to reboot in safe mode just to make sure there's nothing that can interfere with the process.
You open the application and first of all you click on the Step 5:Backup tab and create a System Restore point.
After that, click on the Repairs tab and click Open Repairs. Make sure the Automatically do a registry backup is selected.
After that it should do a registry backup and then open a new window with lots of options.
In this window you should select ONLY the following ones:
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 11
- 14
- 15
- 17
- 21
- 26
- 27
- 28.01
- 29
- 30
- 33
After that click on the Restart/shutdown System and select Restart system.
When you're ready click the Start Repairs button.
Your computer will take a long while doing all that stuff (even on an SSD) so take a break for quite some minutes depending on your computer.
After the system restarts, try and see if the same issue happens.
PS: don't forget the System Restore part! Although i never had problems with this software it doesn't mean it can't create new ones.
PS2: sorry for the long wait, i was writing this :P
If you type 'del /f c:\Windows\winSxS\pending.xml' into an Elevated command Prompt do you get anything? You could also try this:
Go to http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Under 'Portable' select Direct Download and extract the .zip file.
Run the main Repair Windows program and under Step 5, make a Registry Backup.
Click Repairs>Open Repairs and check ONLY items no. 17, 21 and 27. Run the tool and see if the problems occur again.
AdwCleaner & MBAM to remove viruses, then this to repair any damage to Windows. Upgrade to 10 if you can, before it's not free anymore.
Hmm it sounds like there is something amuck with your services.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Could you use this tool and report back if anything is working after?
Activation, Updates, Certs, etc.
I know you've marked this as solved but I'll add my experience with this issue.
I've run into this three times in the last two months or so on other peoples PCs. One of the tools I've added to my arsenal a while ago actually works to fix it reliably.
Just download the portable version, run it, click the "repairs" tab, click "Open Repairs", select the networking fix (or just leave everything selected; it will take a while, especially if you have a lot of files on your hard drive, but I haven't had it ever break anything) and run the repair(s).
*Also, after reading my own post. I realized I managed to trigger every single instinct I have telling me not to trust this post. :( It links to a website that isn't a major/well-known vendor, promises a quick and easy fix for your problem, and has you download and run a program that you've probably never heard of before. Oh well.
Depends on how its randomly shutting down.
Could be a simple overheating issue or driver issue.
Look for warning and error messages in the event logs.
You could stress test the computer in different ways to try to rule things out.
If you did an upgrade from 7 to 10 its likely an incompatible driver that didn't get replaced.
Sleep mode could cause it.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html is useful.
It could be a broken script from your VPN. Don't know how you'd check that. Have you tried running a couple of the rootkit removal programs? You can always try running Tweaking.com's Windows Repair. I've used it repairing damaged windows installs, works good. http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
So, the update was likely coincidental, if the update caused it the system restore should of.. well restored it or cause an issue SFC can recognize. (But that isn't always the case.)
Try running this program in safe mode.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
If that fails, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2255099 This method will undo many many updates.
Victoria needs to be run as administrator (right click -> Run as Administrator). It will throw three errors before it opens, just ignore those. Select your hard drive in the first tab, hit Get Smart in the second tab and post a screen shot of what you get.
There's a tool called Windows Repair All in One from http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html . You only need the free one. Run the registry backup and restore point, then run the repairs especially registry file and service permissions, default services, register system files and restore default services. There's a couple of start menu and store options there which might help too. Let it run and restart when its done. Check if things are still screwy.
Failing that, you are getting close to having to do a "Reset This PC" with the keep files option. Be warned, it will remove all software that didn't come with your computer, but documents, pics, music etc remain in place.
If the proxy settings keep reverting themselves, you may be looking at malware. If you've run virus scans, I'd recommend running this to fix the proxy issue:
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Scan your computer using the guide here to rule out malware issues.
You can always try this place out, I'll use this tool every so often after cleaning out a computer. Have had good results using it. But do the display driver first.
If you get super desperate you could try this really awesome reset and fix tool - http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Be careful with it though... it does a LOT of things!
Typically when solutions for failed updates don't work. I use this free tool. http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
If that fails, this is the sure fire way to solve it. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2255099
So you might have had a virus or might still be infected. I would start the computer in safe mode with networking and go to ninite.com. Grab the installer for malwarebytes and superantispyware. Run both of these scans and have the programs fix anything they find. Then go to http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html and get the all in one repair and go through the steps. Sorry to not have active links I'm on mobile and have forgotten how to do that
You can get the disk from the site I linked.
Other option I can think of would be to run the windows all in one repair tool in safe mode with all options ticked. After running that tool you usually need to reboot a couple of times for it take full effect.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Sounds like something funky going on with your operating system. The tool provided in the link above should be able to hammer out most of the dents. But if it's an older machine, you may also have a BIOS update which could fix some random issues like that.
Its likely opening an safe profile if you're able to get into windows after that.
Give this tool a go, it pretty good at fixing these issues.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
The files are likely accessible by going to the c:\users\ folder.
Looks like something funky is going on with your windows registry configuration there.
I'd recommend running a repair tool such as this one and seeing if that sorts it out. If not... go on a hunt for deeply-buried malware in your system's firmware or BIOS, I'd think.
Do you have iTunes installed? That can do it. You can also download the Windows All In One Repair tool, which has a repair option to fix missing DVD drives.
I've been facing this problem since I upgraded to Windows 10 and Windows Store apps wouldn't update as well so here is what I tried.
First Method: try following this guide http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-update-stuck-downloading-updates (It didn't work for me because each time I tried to kill the windows update service and BITS it kept telling me to try later)
Second method: go download and run this app as administrator http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html Go to the repairs section and click on open repairs, unselect all the options and just select "Repair Windows Updates" and "Repair Windows 8/10 App Store (Completely Reset App Store)", Click on start repairs and wait patiently (It took about 30 minutes on my PC to finish the repairs).
Hope this helps solve your problem.
My real problem is stopping!
Could you pop a link down to the forum post? It would be helpful to get all the info from various reports : ). I don't want to ask questions that may have already been answered too!
I've been working a lot with windows 10 installs/upgrades recently and found that running tweaking.com's 'Windows All-In-One Repair' fixes a wide range of operating system issues. You can get the portable version here.
Basically, run the Repair_Windows.exe as admin, select the 'repairs' tab along the top, click open repairs then just hit Start on the next screen. I appreciate that you have done a fresh install of 10 but from what i've seen over the past few weeks, the OS doesn't deploy in a very stable state!
Edit: Just added some more tips...
I fixed it, with help from this Prasoon Varshney answer fixed my problem.
What you have to do is download this, yes the site may look a bit dodgy but its safe, you then need to go through the options along the top, some you dont have to do.Then once you have done that you then boot into safe mode, I did mine without networking as I couldnt get networking safe mode to work, I then unticked all the options on the repair tab and ticked the first one then the one to do with the store, I clicked the one that resets everything (I think it is the second) then I ticked the one below which is to do with the store. I let it do its thing and finally it was done, it took about 1 and a half hours and then it went to the configuring windows update and then when it restarted my store started to work, so I hope this works for everyone else, thanks for the help every one and I hope you get your problem fixed.
That's no problem. It does get a little more technical now, but if you're willing to try a few more things:
In safe mode:
Open a file explorer window, click Tools/Folder Options (you may need to tap the Alt key if you don't see the Tools menu).
Click on the View tab
- Show hidden files, folders and drives, uncheck "hide protected operating system files
Navigate to c:\windows\system32\grouppolicy
Delete the contents of grouppolicy (don't worry, this will regenerate if needed)
Navigate to c:\windows\system32\grouppolicyusers
Delete the contents, and start/shutdown/reboot
If that doesn't help:
- Go back into safe mode, open the device manager (per instructions above) and right-click/uninstall the video adapter. Reboot. (the video driver can always be reinstalled later...so no worries here)
These above steps are two different approaches (first one is based on the forum thread, second is a hunch on my part that may or may not be related). There's one more thing we can try after this which involves using an All-in-one repair tool. If the above doesn't help, download the following and let me know when you're ready! http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
If you're still having issues try Tweaking.com's Windows Repair tool, it fixed every issue I had, except for the ms-windows-store not being installed. Just make sure that "Reset File Permissions" is checked/enabled on the repair list.
Try running this tool to fix common problems.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Additionally, you may want to check if the hard drive is failing with this tool.
Eventviewer (Custom Views/Administrative Events for just the errors)
Autoruns (Rule out Appinits, Tasks, and other various culprits) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
Tweaking Windows Repair (Great one stop shop to help address specific errors seen in the Event Viewer) http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
That log file is a mile long and may be confusing. If you decide to open it, you can do so by running command prompt as administrator and typing:
notepad C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
The latest information would be at the bottom.
Regardless, you can try another system restore to an even earlier time. You will never get back the files you deleted BUT you may be able to recover your OS.
I would try the 'Tweaking.com all in one repair tool' and if that fails, just reload the OS. You have already deleted most of the stuff anyways.
You can install fresh to your SSD and load your other drive as a secondary to copy data.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
See if you can try the Windows Updates Repair found in this Tweaking repair tool: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Manual method: - Stop the Windows Updates service - Delete c:\windows\softwaredistribution - Start the Windows Updates service (it'll automatically recreate).
If that doesn't work, I'd suspect a possible WMI issue which has a more involved approach. Start with the above (either the Tweaking tool or manual method) and let us know how it goes!
Run this tool to knock out common issues.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Invest in a UPS to protect your computer from power failures.
Do other computers or devices experience this slow down?
Check that your computer is not infected.
Use malwarebytes & adwcleaner
Then run this tool to fix common windows problems.
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html
Additionally, I suggest you drop AVG and use Avira.
I have one more program for you to try before suggesting a refresh. Go ahead and download tweaking. Make sure to do a registry backup and a system restore point before continuing to the repairs in step 5. Hit the select all button and let it do it's thing. It will prompt you to restart your computer when the repairs are completed.