CBS.log excerpt

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2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Startup processing thread terminated normally
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: SOFTWARE, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: SYSTEM, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: SECURITY, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/System32/config/SECURITY' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\System32\config\SECURITY'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: SAM, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/System32/config/SAM' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\System32\config\SAM'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: COMPONENTS, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/System32/config/COMPONENTS' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: DEFAULT, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/System32/config/DEFAULT' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\System32\config\DEFAULT'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: ntuser.dat, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Users/default/ntuser.dat' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Users\default\ntuser.dat'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Loading offline registry hive: schema.dat, into registry key '{bf1a281b-ad7b-4476-ac95-f47682990ce7}GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4/Windows/system32/smi/store/Machine/schema.dat' from path '\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4\Windows\system32\smi\store\Machine\schema.dat'.
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Offline image is: read-only
2014-03-25 17:53:49, Info                  CBS    Disabling manifest caching, because the image is not writeable

Is this a problem - Disabling manifest caching, because the image is not writeable
If so, how do I fix it?

Thanks

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2014-03-26 05:16:12, Info                  CBS    Session: 30361837_764339791 initialized by client WinMgmt.
2014-03-26 05:16:13, Info                  CBS    Warning: Unrecognized packageExtended attribute.
2014-03-26 05:16:13, Info                  CBS    Expecting attribute name [HRESULT = 0x800f080d - CBS_E_MANIFEST_INVALID_ITEM]
2014-03-26 05:16:13, Info                  CBS    Failed to get next element [HRESULT = 0x800f080d - CBS_E_MANIFEST_INVALID_ITEM]

This appears to me to be saying that my PC lacks the SP1. SP1 is installed.
Am I correct in my assumption about SP1. If so, how do I fix it.

Thanks

#1 - not a problem :)
#2 - a common finding in the CBS log, it arises when the SoftwareDistribution folder doesn't have the downloaded files in it that may be expected either because the update was installed from an offline installer, or because the files have been deleted. Not a problem.

If you do a Search in the CBS.log for ', error' it'll pull all the lines with real errors, and you can track back a few lines to see the source (Notepad++ is highly recommended for this usage!)

Thank you, Noel, for directing me into the correct direction. This is an example of your , error search.

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2014-03-26 06:12:05, Info                  CBS    EvaluateApplicability, package: Microsoft-Windows-EmbeddedSDP-wrapper~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514, Package applicability: Absent.
2014-03-26 06:12:05, Info                  CBS    Appl: Partial install Status testing, package: Package_for_KB976933~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7601.17514, partially installed (true/false), 0
2014-03-26 06:12:05, Info                  CBS    Failed to find package from aggreated XML string, package: Package_for_KB976933~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~fr-FR~6.1.7601.17514 [HRESULT = 0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND]
2014-03-26 06:12:05, Info                  CBS    Failed to find package from deployment update [HRESULT = 0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND]
2014-03-26 06:12:05, Error                 CBS    Failed to check whether package is partially installed, package: Windows7SP1-KB976933~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.17514 [HRESULT = 0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND]
2014-03-26 06:12:05, Info                  CBS    Failed to evaluate external applicability for package update: 976933-0_neutral_PACKAGE [HRESULT = 0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND]
2014-03-26 06:12:05, Error                 CBS    Failed to call external evaluate applicability on package: Package_for_KB976932~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.17514, Update: 976933-0_neutral_PACKAGE [HRESULT = 0x80070490 - ERROR_NOT_FOUND]

How do I follow up on this to get it fixed?

This one is a fairly common error - and I'm not sure that I understand it enough to fix it reliably.
Generally, I think it's not one to worry about - although if there are system problems of some kind it would have to be addressed at some point.

I'll have a hunt through the data I already have from you and see if I can work out what's happened - but a new copy of the COMPONENTS hive would be useful as well, in case it's cause by something that got removed in th epast couple of days.

It should be down to a much more manageable size now - maybe 10MB compressed?

https://jumpshare.com/v/bzPjpt8IvOgi...N51y6nDmCXqP3e

The compressed size is like 52M.
Are we going to have to whittle this file down to size too?

There is NO WAY I'm going to mess with this file unless I have to!
(have you ever tried to read a registry file - even a reasonably small one?)

Like all hives, it's simply a rather large database - so all I'm going to be looking for is a relatively small area with an identifiable error.... if I can see the Sequioa through the grass

Noel - you wanted me to upload it. Like my Professors always told me, be careful what you ask for. :)

Your prof was a few hundred years late :)

Old Chinese proverb - "be careful what you wish for - you may just get it!"

Cautional corollary, and Chinese curse - " May you live in interesting times!"

NoelDP said:

Old Chinese proverb - "be careful what you wish for - you may just get it!"

Who do you think taught it to them?

What no solution yet? You been taking a nap?