Hey all,
I was given a friend's laptop to try and repair - running Win7 Home 64-bit. Trying to update it to the latest Windows Updates as it hasn't been done since Dec. 2015 successfully. Ever since the, it fails. Windows Updates fail because of the error code (forget it now, will update with it later) that states the Windows Update icon is hidden, but it;s not hidden and not even LISTED in the 'Customize System Tray Icons' menu...
Checkdisk asks to run on startup, but fails due to a certain update being installed, but doesn't list the update, and I can't run SFC /scannow as it mentions there is a system repair that requires a reboot every time.......but no number of reboots ever seems to fix it to let me run scannow?
Cheers for any help and thanks!
I was given a friend's laptop to try and repair - running Win7 Home 64-bit. Trying to update it to the latest Windows Updates as it hasn't been done since Dec. 2015 successfully. Ever since the, it fails. Windows Updates fail because of the error code (forget it now, will update with it later) that states the Windows Update icon is hidden, but it;s not hidden and not even LISTED in the 'Customize System Tray Icons' menu...
Checkdisk asks to run on startup, but fails due to a certain update being installed, but doesn't list the update, and I can't run SFC /scannow as it mentions there is a system repair that requires a reboot every time.......but no number of reboots ever seems to fix it to let me run scannow?
Cheers for any help and thanks!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bitIntel Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz6gb DDR2 RAM - 2gb OCZ, 4gb GSkill - both in ...ASUS Radeon HD7850 2gb
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz
- Motherboard
- Asus P5K SE/EPU
- Memory
- 6gb DDR2 RAM - 2gb OCZ, 4gb GSkill - both in dual channel
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS Radeon HD7850 2gb
- Sound Card
- On-board Realtek AC'97 Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- NEC AccuSync LCD71V LCD Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital 160gb SATA (Master), Western Digital 320gb SATA (Secondary)
- PSU
- 500w Coolmax
- Case
- iCute 0302-SL-BAL-B
- Cooling
- top 80mm Exhaust, back 80mm Exhaust, side 80mm Intake
- Keyboard
- 22-year old Compaq RT101 w/ superbright modded blue LEDs
- Mouse
- Logitech MX510 (blue)
- Internet Speed
- Eastlink Cable @ 20 Mbps
- Antivirus
- Avast Antivirus Free
- Browser
- Mozilla Firefox
- Other Info
- I also have an MSI Wind U100 netbook running Linux Mint 17 MATE - 1.6ghz Intel Atom, 2gb RAM, 160gb Hard Drive, 128mb Intel Mobile On-board Video, Realtek AC'97 On-board Audio, 9-cell Battery, 1.0G BIOS
