erget

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Hello,

I'm having a problem with Windows Update. It's managed to install a few updates, bust most of the updates that it automatically finds fail to install (many important ones too - security updates, etc.). A bit frustrating. For the past couple of days, it tries to install the same two updates every time I turn off the computer. The process takes about 40 minutes. Then it shuts off without an error message. Afterwards, when I turn the computer on again, it doesn't say anything but there are once more two updates that need to be installed - the same ones. It's been quite frustrating. For now, I've got the updates turned off, so it won't try to install them any more, but that's only a workaround and no solution.

I think the problem might be connected with some other installations problems. I've tried to download the updates and install them manually, but it didn't work either; first it said that my virus scanner was interfering (I disconnected from the Internet, deactivated the virus scanner, and tried it again, which got a little bit further but not all the way). At the end I got a kind of dubious error message, which I sadly haven't written down, but it was similar to the ones that I got when I tried to install Microsoft Office and also was unable to get the installation to run through to the end. In both instances, the installation was almost done, after which I got a message that there was a problem with some assembly components, and then it undid the changes. This normally took more than an hour - 30 minutes for the installation to get to the point where it started over, an hour to get it to cancel itself. Haven't found a solution there, and that sucks, because I really need it. I've got a lot of files saved in OneNote format that I can't use and need for work.

The Office error messages led me to a couple of forums where it had worked out because people had updated their .NET framework. I can't do that because .NET is part of the OS framework in Windows 7, apparently. Then I read that some other people had just used Windows Update to update their OS, and then it worked. That's what led me to the discovery that my updates weren't working. I believe that that's got something to do with the problem. Funny thing is, I've installed some software, but there's the problem with Windows - I can't install it at all. Not sure what to do here. Can anybody please help? I need these files to work!

Windows Update lets me look at the update history. I've found that I get the error code 643 for the two updates that have repeated over the past two days again and again. For the other ones it's a little different; they tried to install once and didn't work. For those, I get following code: 80080005. Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Daniel
 

Was this an upgrade or a "clean" install?

If it was an upgrade.............

Most all of us agree that an upgrade is not the route to take. It leaves useless files on your system and can cause conflicts.

Save all you Documents, Pictures, contacts, videos, music, etc to a flash drive,

Be aware, you will need to re-install your 3rd party applications.

There is i poll going on now and "clean" install is winning by a mile,.
 

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Okay, this is probably a really dumb question, but I'm not sure if it was an upgrade or a clean install.

I saved all of my files to a flash drive and booted from the Windows 7 boot disk, installing Windows 7 on my computer in the same process that I would have used if I was installing Windows on a Linux system, etc. Is that a clean install? I did format one of my drives, but only one of them.

The reason I ask is because I've noticed an upgrade function in Windows 7. But I didn't use that - I did a complete new installation.
 

OK, you did it correctly.

Trying going o Start> Run an type eventvwr, Expand the Windows logs and look for entries with red flags. Post back with the Event ID

Also go to Start > Run, and type cmd. Now type sfc /scannow.

Go to Msconfig and uncheck ail entries except for your anti-virus software,

Try a search for KB976749 and you'll be directed to a page to download the update, See if this fails and if there is any error messages.
 

eventvwr shows me the following events with red flags:
0
1
20 (quite a few)
37
41
81
82
85
512
1000
1001
1002
1101
4621
7001
7023 (about 50 pages of them)
7030
7043
8194
10000
10005
10006
10007
10010
10024
11500
11704
11935

When I did sfc /scannow (as administrator) it gave me the following message:
"Der Windows-Ressourcenschutz konnten den Reparaturdienst nicht starten."
Translated: "Windows Resource Protection couldn't start the repair service."

Turned off all the services in Msconfig except for my anti-virus software. I'm a little bit confused about KB976749 - that's not one of the updates that I've been having trouble with or have even attempted to download. Are you sure I should be trying to install that one? I trid KB974431, a "Windows 7 Update" that had failed a couple times before, after restarting the cmoputer. Got the error message that the update wasn't appropriate for my computer.
 

Sorry, guess I didn't explain that well. 7023 was the event ID. The description is as follows:

"Der Dienst "Windows Modules Installer" wurde mit folgendem Fehler beendet:
Nicht genügend Systemressourcen, um den angeforderten Dienst auszuführen."
Translated: "The service "Windows Modules Installer" ended with the following error:
Not enough system resources to perform the requested service."
 

I am getting the same error 643 on my computer when trying to install .Netframework 4 ...its angering me to no end that google search is not giving me enough solutions to my problem. I have a really good antivirus program so, I KNOW FOR A FACT their are NO BUGS on my computer.
 

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