Windows 7: Windows Update Error Code 490 & 80070490

I'd been in the pub - and needed time to sober up.
... and I misread the errors as originating in the components hive
I was drafting my more proper response when you posted

Noeldd, do you know what I should do now? Any ideas?

It's Tom's thread now
Do you have UAC enabled (the default), or disabled? - it needs to be enabled for everything to work as expected.

Sorry for the delay! I thought that I had posted this but it was sat in a tab in the background waiting for me to post.

Change Administrators (Eric-PC\Administrators) to Full Control please. Then download and run the attached fix, ericwoo.reg, delete the one you have already downloaded as I have updated it.

When you have merged that file, do the same with ericwoov2.reg

Thanks, I have seen the error in my script. I thought regedit parsed the file linearly but now it looks like it doesn't.

Haha, no worries. I'm just glad I don't have to play with the registry hive!

Yes, it appears to be enabled. I figured I would ask you since I don't think he's been on.

I posted whilst you were typing so I just want to make sure you've seen my instructions

ha, I realized that. Thanks for updating me on this, but the new ericwoo.reg still is having the same error message popping up. Any ideas? Or should I just skip it?

Hi Eric,

I have realised the error in my ways. regedit only likes ANSI encoded registry scripts and will return that error when submitting a unicode script, which I did in ericwoo.reg, but not in ericwoov2.reg. The problem here is that I have to use unicode as some of the characters are unicode characters:

This will take a little more work to fix so I will have a think and get back to you tomorrow - it's just gone past 4am here and I've got to be in a lecture at 9!

Tom

Okay, I just converted that file to ANSI and it worked. Is that okay?

Now I have to run through the rest of your steps and get back to you . Thanks for all your help so far.

Unfortunately - no.
You may have removed an entry, but it will not be the entry that actually needed to be removed.
Please run the following command and post the output -


Here are some instructions to make life easier
1) To open an Elevated Command Prompt Window (the ECP window), click on Start, All Programs, Accessories – then right-click on Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator. Accept the UAC prompt.
2) To run the commands easier, highlight the block of commands, and right-click on the highlight – select Copy. In the CP Window, click on the black/white icon at top left – select Paste. The commands will run but may not complete the last command, so hit the Enter Key once.
3) To copy the results... click on the Black/White icon in the top left, and select Edit... 'Select All', and hit the Enter key - then use Ctrl+V or r-click+Paste to paste it into your response. (in a Code Box please)