win 7 64 will not update

[tuffluck]

it says "windows could not check for updates automatically (important)" and when i click on the action center icon, i get this 8007370B error code. when i google it, absolutely nothing helpful comes up. some microsoft help site suggested this tool below, but it does absolutely nothing. do i have to reinstall windows? i really don't want to do this. how bad would it be and/or how long could i go without updating windows before it becomes pretty unsafe from a security perspective? i have my own active anti-virus.

System Update Readiness Tool that fixes Windows Update problems is available for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008

 

[Skylais]

You could go awhile honestly if you know what to avoid and whats clean. Here try this though, original link:http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...heck-updates-automatically-5.html#post1786779

This may have just fixed it, from the techguy forums:

Go into Windows Services, and stop the Windows Update Service (don't disable it, just stop it).

Control Panel (classic View) Admin Tools>computer management>Services.

Once it opens, scroll down to "Windows Update" double click it and hit the stop button in the window that opens, when it stops, click OK and then close the services window.

Now navigate to this location and delete the folder "SoftwareDistribution"

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

Restart the PC and see if WUP works now.

 

[AddRAM]

Try a system restore.

 

[koolkat77]

Also try resetting windows updates:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91738-windows-update-reset.html

 

[Bumpkin]

Give this Microsoft Fix It a try, it will only take a few minutes to try. Who knows, it might work!

Fix the problem with Microsoft Windows Update that is not working

 

[karlsnooks]

tuffluck,

Help us to help you by:
Update your SevenForums System Specs
User CP (located on the top menu bar) |
Your Profile | Edit System Spec (left-hand column)

To gather info, use Speccy (my favorite) or SIW or System Info

In the System Manufacturer Block, enter:
Manufacturer and Model and
ADD the word laptop, desktop, netbook or tablet.
For example:
Toshiba Satellite L305D notebook.

Provide full windows version info, for example:
MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

Use the “Other Info” block for Optical Reader,
Mouse, touchpad, wifi adapter, speakers, monitor, etc

Scroll down and click on SAVE CHANGES.

You will find that in Speccy, you can select info from the display
using your mouse/touchpad and then paste that info into your specs.

SIW is a marvelous program, but the free version does not offer
this capability.
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Have you ever "activated" your Win 7?

 

[tuffluck]

Also try resetting windows updates:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91738-windows-update-reset.html

i did this at the time of this posting, and it worked. but now it has stopped working.

i built my own computer and had faulty RAM/Mobo. I RMA'd those parts, and when the Mobo came back is when i posted this. well, since then the mobo has crashed once again, and i RMA'd it again. when it came back, my windows 7 again will not let me update and none of the listed suggestions have worked.

does anyone know what else to try?

tuffluck,

Help us to help you by:
Update your SevenForums System Specs
User CP (located on the top menu bar) |
Your Profile | Edit System Spec (left-hand column)

To gather info, use Speccy (my favorite) or SIW or System Info

In the System Manufacturer Block, enter:
Manufacturer and Model and
ADD the word laptop, desktop, netbook or tablet.
For example:
Toshiba Satellite L305D notebook.

Provide full windows version info, for example:
MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

Use the “Other Info” block for Optical Reader,
Mouse, touchpad, wifi adapter, speakers, monitor, etc

Scroll down and click on SAVE CHANGES.

You will find that in Speccy, you can select info from the display
using your mouse/touchpad and then paste that info into your specs.

SIW is a marvelous program, but the free version does not offer
this capability.
=====================================
=====================================

Have you ever "activated" your Win 7?

updated. remember this is a home built computer too. i have activated windows 7, and it does have SP1.

 

[koolkat77]

Run the System File Checker that scans the of all protected Windows 7 system files and replaces incorrect corrupted, changed/modified, or damaged versions with the correct versions if possible:

• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Run these tools and delete anything they find.

• Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller

ESET online scanner:

• Free Online Virus Scanner | ESET

 

[tuffluck]

Run the System File Checker that scans the of all protected Windows 7 system files and replaces incorrect corrupted, changed/modified, or damaged versions with the correct versions if possible:

• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Run these tools and delete anything they find.

• Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller

ESET online scanner:

• Free Online Virus Scanner | ESET

for SFC /Scannow: "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation."

no threats found on TDSS.

no virus found on ESET.

 

[tuffluck]

i even tried just now to do a repair install and it will not work. it says i need to download the latest windows updates in order to do a repair install. how $*&#$@ dumb is that???

so does this mean i need to do a fresh reinstall? i've scoured the internet and everything i've tried has come up short.

 

[tuffluck]

i used this and it seemed to work great. wish i had done that from the start.

VulnerabilityAssessment.co.uk

 

[tuffluck]

actually i wound up downloading "windows updates downloader" instead. you can download all updates in recent history and select the ones you want to install based on posting date. i just grabbed all (like 7 of them) that have posted in the last month before i started having this problem (again). no one is responding so i guess no one cares, but if anyone does a search in the future this will be helpful i hope.

 

[F5ing]

tuffluck, will a sfc /scannow work now, after your fix?

 

[tom982]

no one is responding so i guess no one cares, but if anyone does a search in the future this will be helpful i hope.

We're all volunteers here and have lives outside of this forums so please be patient if you don't get an immediate reply.

Thanks for posting your solution, I'm sure others experiencing this problem will really appreciate your efforts

Tom

 

[tuffluck]

tuffluck, will a sfc /scannow work now, after your fix?

it did...until i realized i was on my work computer and not my home computer, lol.

but no, it still came back with the same windows resource error. what does that mean?

 

[tuffluck]

no one is responding so i guess no one cares, but if anyone does a search in the future this will be helpful i hope.

We're all volunteers here and have lives outside of this forums so please be patient if you don't get an immediate reply.

Thanks for posting your solution, I'm sure others experiencing this problem will really appreciate your efforts

Tom

sure, but i guess it really is not a solution, just a workaround. honestly i find it really annoying that there is no actual solution from microsoft. even a repair installation won't work. that's very annoying. why would windows updates not work anyway? especially if the copy of windows is legit and activated.

 

[tom982]

There are all sorts of things that can cause Windows Update to return errors. Here's a couple of common ones:

• Interference from AV (be it firewall, or file protection)
• Hard disk faults (can cause registry corruptions - example)
• Bugs in Windows Update (there are far too many 80B0100 errors around for it to be normal, so we think that there is a bug somewhere)
• Registry cleaners (caused 2500+ errors in this thread

There are lots of other causes, those are just a few that came to mind. MS is potentially responsible for one of the above, if our suspicious are correct, but the rest are third party software.


Tom

 

[tuffluck]

There are all sorts of things that can cause Windows Update to return errors. Here's a couple of common ones:

• Interference from AV (be it firewall, or file protection)
• Hard disk faults (can cause registry corruptions - example)
• Bugs in Windows Update (there are far too many 80B0100 errors around for it to be normal, so we think that there is a bug somewhere)
• Registry cleaners (caused 2500+ errors in this thread

There are lots of other causes, those are just a few that came to mind. MS is potentially responsible for one of the above, if our suspicious are correct, but the rest are third party software.


Tom

i use avast, but i have not ever used a registry cleaner on this computer. i guess it could be a hard drive, but nothing became problematic until after i got my RMA motherboard back. even though i didn't change the hardware at all, windows somehow probably got buggy and thought the chipset got reset. a fresh reinstall is just such a pain, especially because only the OS in on the SDD and everything else is on an HDD. i guess if that windows updater tool works, for now that will be enough for me.

 

[Layback Bear]

After changing the motherboard you may need to reactivate your system with Microsoft. Sometimes even changing the motherboard with the same kind you will have to reactivate.

 

[tom982]

There are all sorts of things that can cause Windows Update to return errors. Here's a couple of common ones:

• Interference from AV (be it firewall, or file protection)
• Hard disk faults (can cause registry corruptions - example)
• Bugs in Windows Update (there are far too many 80B0100 errors around for it to be normal, so we think that there is a bug somewhere)
• Registry cleaners (caused 2500+ errors in this thread

There are lots of other causes, those are just a few that came to mind. MS is potentially responsible for one of the above, if our suspicious are correct, but the rest are third party software.


Tom

i use avast, but i have not ever used a registry cleaner on this computer. i guess it could be a hard drive, but nothing became problematic until after i got my RMA motherboard back. even though i didn't change the hardware at all, windows somehow probably got buggy and thought the chipset got reset. a fresh reinstall is just such a pain, especially because only the OS in on the SDD and everything else is on an HDD. i guess if that windows updater tool works, for now that will be enough for me.

Could you copy and paste the contents of this log file for me please:

C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CheckSUR.persist.log

Tom