ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution sdold123
At this point I get an "Access denied" error message, although I'm using the command window as admin.
KB2887595 update problem, "Failure configuring Windows updates-undoing changes".
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Hi,
When I try to apply KB2887595 after the restart I get this message: "Failure configuring Windows updates-undoing changes".How to resolve it?
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2013-11-22T01:42:58+00:00 Win+X -> Command prompt (Admin) -> Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
if result not equal 100% then run
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
then check system files with command
sfc /scannow
and then try step by step this commands
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution sdold123
ren %systemroot%\System32\catroot2 cr2old123
net start cryptsvc
net start bits
net start wuauserv
after all go to WU and check updates manually.
Somehow, between enabling Hyper-V and doing the above steps, the update finally installed. (yay!) Note: It took some time for the final step to complete when it was checking for updates. I guess it was rebuilding the Software Distribution folder.
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Anonymous
2013-11-21T18:55:20+00:00 Win+X -> Command prompt (Admin) -> Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
There is no Dism folder on my computer.
Dism is not a folder, it's a command ;-)
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Anonymous
2013-11-21T12:33:13+00:00 Win+X -> Command prompt (Admin) -> Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
There is no Dism folder on my computer.
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Anonymous
2013-11-21T11:47:08+00:00 Win+X -> Command prompt (Admin) -> Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
if result not equal 100% then run
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
then check system files with command
sfc /scannow
and then try step by step this commands
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution sdold123
ren %systemroot%\System32\catroot2 cr2old123
net start cryptsvc
net start bits
net start wuauserv
after all go to WU and check updates manually.