Endless Corrupt Files and Troubleshooting.

Anonymous
2015-06-03T14:16:05+00:00

Yesterday my SFC /Scannow command, run from Powershell Admin found corrupt files it was unable to fix.  I expected The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth command to take care of it.  Instead it reported "error 0x800f0906" and said it lacked the files to repair the problem. 

I looked up error 0x800f0906 in a Dism command.  It suggested a repair that started and stopped services, a

net stop wuauserv

cd %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution

ren Download Download.old

net start wuauserv

net stop bits

net start bits

net stop cryptsvc

cd %systemroot%\system32

ren catroot2 catroot2old

net start cryptsvc

It also suggested Windows Update was malfunctioning and that I should fix it from The Troubleshooting screen.  I did, and SFC /Scannow came up clean and Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth reported error code 0x800f081f instead.

I then used The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup and The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase Commands.  I then used The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Command and it reported "No component store corruption detected."  I thought I was in the clear, but  Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth keeps reporting it found and repaired files and The Troubleshooter keeps reporting it's fixed problems in Windows Update.  Probably not the biggest deal in the Windows world but a little unsettling.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T00:25:33+00:00

    My computer crashed [again] three days ago, and I thought it was the end of the world when no Windows Re-Install Media worked at all.  Then The great people at Microsoft Telephone Technical Support (1-800-936-5700) told me about The Windows Installation Media Creation Tool!...So far, my computer still finds constant corrupt files...

    So are you running Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 now?

    What do the great people at Microsoft Telephone Technical Support have to say about the corruption?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T02:20:25+00:00

    The great thing about Windows Installation media Creation Tool is that it installs either with either Product Code!  I hadn't thought of asking them about the corruption.  I will if I run out of leads here.  Thanks for the suggestion!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T14:35:41+00:00

    My computer's problems are as follows, and they all started at the same time:

    1.The Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth find problems every time and repairs them.

    1. The sfc /SCANNOW function, run from Win 8/8.1 Recovery Features, Command Prompt:X, finds problems every time and repairs them.
    2. Windows Update Troubleshooter finds problems every time and repairs them.
    3. Win 8/8.1 Recovery Feature Repair Startup stops instantly whrn used and reports it cannot fix Startup.
    4. File History doesn't read the memory stick I backed up my files to, but does read other memory sticks.   
    5. Startup has been a little slower than before these problems.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-06-24T15:40:50+00:00

    Four Kaspersky scans after re-install didn't find anything again.

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