Tried many things, still error 800736B3

[Drip50291]

There was a success in the elevated cmd but when merging the reg entries it gives the warning, I click yes, and that message about not being able to access the reg comes up. The second command comes up and says ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.

 

[NoelDP]

Ouch.
That means that there is a problem with the permissions on the Keys.

Please run the REG LOAD command again, then ....

Please open Regedit

Navigate to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components
key
right-click on the COMPONENTS key and select Permissions.
Click on the Advanced button,

There should be 4 entries
Users - Read - MACHINE\COMPONENTS - This key and subkeys
Administrators - Full Control - MACHINE\COMPONENTS - This key and subkeys
CREATOR OWNER - Special - MACHINE\COMPONENTS - Subkeys only
SYSTEM - FULL CONTROL - MACHINE\COMPONENTS - This key and subkeys

If they are all correct, put a tick in the 'Replace all child object....' box, and click Apply - wait for it to complete, and click OK

If they are not correct, post back with details, for instructions on how to modify them - do NOT attempt to do it yourself unless you are confident that you know how!.

 

[Drip50291]

Oh no! lol I got to the Components folder navigating through the reg and I cant get in!

 

[NoelDP]

That possibly figures.

please attempt the following...


Please run the REG LOAD command again, then ....

Please open Regedit

Navigate to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS
key
right-click on the COMPONENTS key and select Permissions.
Click on the Advanced button,

There should be 4 entries
Users - Read - <not inherited> - This key and subkeys
Administrators - Full Control - <not inherited>- This key and subkeys
CREATOR OWNER - Special - <not inherited> - Subkeys only
SYSTEM - FULL CONTROL - <not inherited> - This key and subkeys

If they are all correct, put a tick in the 'Replace all child object....' box, and click Apply - wait for it to complete, and click OK

 

[Drip50291]

Once I seleted Advance theres no entries. I'm guessing its not supposed to look like this..

 

[NoelDP]

First let's check that there's nothing simple wrong.
Please open an Elevated COmman Prompt window, and run the following command...

ICACLS C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS

close the window

open Regedit

Navigate to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components
key
right-click on the COMPONENTS key and select Permissions.
Click on the Advanced button,
Then the Owner tab.
Who is listed as Owner??

Does 'Adminstrators (Blah\Blah)' appear in the 'Change owner to' box?

 

[Drip50291]

Ran that command and still cant see anything listed under Permissions. Heres the message I get when I click on Permissions for the COMPONENT folder in the reg: After this message I get an Access Denied message.

 

[Drip50291]

Is there a way to transfere a registry from a working windows machine and replace the one I have here?

 

[Drip50291]

Ok, I got the permissions figured out. Just changed the owner and I'm not get access denied. I merged the test2kmy entry successfully but the next command:REG UNLOAD HKLM\COMPONENTS is getting an access denied now.

 

[NoelDP]

I haven't forgotten you - but I have severely limited access to the internet at present.

Well doe for solving the permissions problem.
It's not unusual for the hive to refuse to unload - just leave the machine alone for 10 minutes, and then reboot.
This should allow it time to do any house-cleaning it needs to do, before forcing the unload. If it needs to do any more, it will do so after the reboot, and unload itself.

 

[Drip50291]

No problem. The CheckSUR is the system readiness tool right?

 

[Drip50291]

New Log file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61025087/CBS.log

 

[Drip50291]

Ran the scan and it said Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation..

 

[NoelDP]

CheckSUR is the System Update Readiness Tool - KB 974821 - which you downloaded, and produces the CheckSUR.log files.
There's been a new release of the tool this week - please download the new one, run it, and upload the new log.


Please download and save the CheckSUR tool from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821
(you'll need to look in the details for Windows 7, downloading from the Microsoft Download Center)

Run it - The tool can take anywhere from 5 mins to a couple of hours to run (or 'Install') depending on how much it has to do, and may exit silently - it may appear to freeze for most of that time, but be patient.
The result is logged in the C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CheckSUR.log file - and an archive …\checksur.persist.log file

Then zip the CheckSUR.log and upload it to your SkyDrive Public folder so I can take a look - post a link in your reply.

 

[Drip50291]

Heres the CheckSUR after the May 2013 ran. It's only 3k though...

 

[NoelDP]

You have significant registry corruption

Checking Package Watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Package Missing 0x80070002 Microsoft-Windows-FailoverCluster-Core-WOW64-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Package Missing 0x80070002 Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Package Missing 0x80070002 Microsoft-Windows-ServerCore-WOW64-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.0 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
Checking Component Watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Component Missing 0x80070002 amd64_microsoft-windows-msvcrt_31bf3856ad364e35_0.0.0.0_none_514dc7519f6dcb19 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Component Missing 0x80070002 x86_microsoft-windows-msvcrt_31bf3856ad364e35_0.0.0.0_none_f52f2bcde71059e3 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Component Missing 0x80070002 x86_microsoft-windows-msvcrt_31bf3856ad364e35_0.0.0.0_none_f52f2bcde71059e3 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
(f) CBS Watchlist Component Missing 0x80070002 x86_microsoft-windows-msvcrt_31bf3856ad364e35_0.0.0.0_none_f52f2bcde71059e3 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0 Package registry presence failed, possibly an orphaned package on package watchlist
Checking Packages
(f) CBS Registry Error 0x00000002 Package_6_for_KB2654428~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64v~6.1.1.0 Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\ Failed to open store sub key
[B](f) CBS Registry Error 0x80070103 Package_for_KB2562937~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0  failed to get owner for package.
(f) CSI Unable to Query Store Version 0x00000002[/B]

I have no idea how fixable this will be - but I'm willing to try it if you are

Please zip the COMPONENTS file ( C:\Windows\System32\config\COMPONENTS - no extension) to your desktop, then upload it to your SkyDrive, Dropbox, or other favoured fileshare site, and post a link.