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Tom - isn't that reference in CBS to the registry entry in the COMPONENTS hive?
The errors themselves are from the SOFTWARE hive but I'm not sure how it's all cross linked between COMPONENTS and SOFTWARE\...\Component Based Servicing. I suspected it might be an incorrect reference in the COMPONENTS hive and loaded the hive prior to running a SystemLook scan, but it didn't find anything:
Windows Update Error Code 490 & 80070490
Awesome, here are the contents below. By the way, how does this stuff get messed up? Is it from a virus or something?
Attachment 260295
CanonicalData\Deployments\microsoft-w..-deployment_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_02a11b071426b4be
CanonicalData\Deployments\microsoft-w..anguagepack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_d7bc77f81fb842c2
are the two places where the string Microsoft-Windows-IE-Troubleshooters-Package appear in the COMPONENTS hive?
(the p!CBS_.... value)
(Note - that's an SP1 clean install updated. - similar results should appear for RTM?)
So is there any hope for me? Do I have a virus that is preventing the fix?
One of the reasons I ask is last week my computer spammed a bunch of people on my yahoo email account.
Hi Eric,
Sorry for the delay. I thought I had replied to this.
I've checked everywhere I can think of and still can't find where this error is being generated from. None of my searches have come back with anything out of the ordinary so I'm really starting to run short of ideas. Unless Noel has anything further to add then I'm afraid the only way forward is to do a repair install:
Repair Install
Tom
Thanks guys I appreciate your help. I will just do a repair install as you suggest, but I am stuck on step 3:
It says:How do I figure out which step is needed?3. Do either step 4, 5, or 6 below depending if your retail Windows 7 installation ISO/DVD/USB has SP1 or not, and if your currently installed Windows 7 has SP1 installed or not.
Also, I never recieved any installation software with my computer. It just told me to create a recovery disc. But it sounds like they provide the files to download, correct?
Always best to do the repair with the latest SP level - so either 4 or 5.
Yep - Win7 is the only OS for which this is true (luckily)!
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