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So ive had this problem for a long time now.. Windows update will not install and my firewall will not turn on (grayed out). I did a scan in the CMD and it says there is missing or corrupted files. I tried to do a ton of fixes on it an nothing is working. Also my firewall says "update your firewall settings but when i try to click on the use recommended setting its shoots me another error code (0x8007045b). I have a feeling that those 2 problems are connected can anyone help me?
Note: Ive also tried these in the powershell but that didnt work either.
net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver
Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old
net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver
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Hi King_iiii,
Please open the following folder:
C:\windows\system32\config\
Copy the file named "COMPONENTS" to the desktop.
Zip the file.
Share it on OneDrive and post the download link here.
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HI King_iiii, This is Ramesh.
From the admin Command Prompt, please run the following commands:
reg load HKLM\COMPONENTS c:\windows\system32\config\components reg load HKLM\DRIVERS c:\windows\system32\config\driversOne of them might throw an error code. Post the error code or the screenshot here so that we can troubleshoot it.
Once we fix the updates issue, we'll address the Firewall error.
Hey thanks for getting back to me so i tried the Cmd lines
1st line: "Error: The configuration registry database is corrupt".
2nd line: "The operation completed successfully".
HI King_iiii, This is Ramesh.
From the admin Command Prompt, please run the following commands:
reg load HKLM\COMPONENTS c:\windows\system32\config\components
reg load HKLM\DRIVERS c:\windows\system32\config\drivers
One of them might throw an error code. Post the error code or the screenshot here so that we can troubleshoot it.
Once we fix the updates issue, we'll address the Firewall error.