Recently, I discovered that Windows 7 Pro SP1 on one of my computers claimed it had not been activated (it had been many years ago). Unfortunately, it refused to accept the correct and fully legal and paid for key that it had been originally activated with. I resolved this problem by uninstalling Windows Update KB971033, rebooting, then running the online activation procedure again, which activated Windows correctly.
However, after this had been accomplished and I then installed a handful of October 2017 Windows Updates successfully, all of a sudden Windows Update wanted me to install very old updates from 2014 & 2015 that had been installed at the time! Then when I chose "View update history", I saw that with 2 exceptions, it showed no other updates at all other than those installed this month! The same was true when I chose "See Installed Updates"!!
That must be why it wanted to install all those old updates again: It thought no updates prior to October 2017 had ever been installed (again, with just 2 exceptions).
What's gone wrong, and how do I fix it? Note that after yet another random BSOD an hour or so ago (I've given up trying to research and correct these because they appear truly random, different from previous BSODs, and are apparently totally unrelated to anything I was doing), the system forced a Disk Check and found and repaired quite a few NTFS structure errors, which might well have something to do with this.
One repair option would be to perform a System Restore, or alternatively, restore the system entirely from a backup. Which would you recommend?
However, after this had been accomplished and I then installed a handful of October 2017 Windows Updates successfully, all of a sudden Windows Update wanted me to install very old updates from 2014 & 2015 that had been installed at the time! Then when I chose "View update history", I saw that with 2 exceptions, it showed no other updates at all other than those installed this month! The same was true when I chose "See Installed Updates"!!
That must be why it wanted to install all those old updates again: It thought no updates prior to October 2017 had ever been installed (again, with just 2 exceptions).
What's gone wrong, and how do I fix it? Note that after yet another random BSOD an hour or so ago (I've given up trying to research and correct these because they appear truly random, different from previous BSODs, and are apparently totally unrelated to anything I was doing), the system forced a Disk Check and found and repaired quite a few NTFS structure errors, which might well have something to do with this.
One repair option would be to perform a System Restore, or alternatively, restore the system entirely from a backup. Which would you recommend?
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home-built
- OS
- Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS Z97-A/USB 3.1 Gen 2
- Memory
- 16GB G.SKILL TridentX 2666 (PC3 21300) RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA nVidia GTX-750
- Sound Card
- LogiLink USB 2.0 7.1 Channel Sound Box
- Monitor(s) Displays
- DELL U2713HM, ViewSonic 22, HDTV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- System is on 2x RAID 0 Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SATA-III SSD
System has several other SATA III disks as well
- PSU
- Corsair RM750x
- Case
- CoolerMaster Storm Scout 2
- Cooling
- CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO
- Keyboard
- Apple Slim, Bluetooth slim
- Mouse
- Logitech Trackball Marble & Logitech Wireless Trackball
- Internet Speed
- 100 Gbps
- Antivirus
- Avira AntiVirus Pro
- Browser
- Waterfox, Opera, Basilisk
