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Hi Brink,
Please Note: Sorry if this post is long winded, but I have made extensive detailed notes on EVERYTHING I have done to date, so I'm just providing the main jist.
I have used the information on this site many times to help resolve windows issues, most of the time with great success, so I'm hoping the same will happen this time.
My problem is I cannot get the damned Reset Batch file to work correctly.
A little info on the issue:
Computer was working ok for some time, then got flaky, ended up repeated crashing, freezing, etc. Turns out the motherboard was on it's last legs. So, since replacing the motherboard, all has been working fine. As can be gathered by my Nic, I can run various different OS's on the system for some time without issues.
So this is where the issue stands: Wipe drive and use OEM System Recovery Media to install Windows Vista Home Premium (No SP pack), run & install updates perfectly fine, until 2 days ago. System had a spaz attack while attempting to download the next load of Updates (I have it set to alert me, but I choose what & when to download, if any), I think it's the battery that caused that issue, as the status light for the battery don't always light up, or display the right colour. Any how, when I restarted the system, after leaving it charge for a while, there was a list of about 40 updates that all failed to install. I tried again, and success for all bar 1, KB972145. That update still refuses to install via Windows Update, 0% downloaded after 30 mins, then shows fail. I manually downloaded the update, install it with Right click/Admin priv, install takes time but completes to 100%, however once installation completed, WU says update failed, again. After multiple attempts, I've given up with trying to install that update, as the next update to install is Vista SP1, if it's needed, SP1 should resolve it.
The crux of the issue, is now I have well over 40 failed errors in the WU History list.
I have tried to use your Option 3 file, without success:
"Failed to reset windows update due to appidsvc failing to stop".
I've tried that Option 3 Batch File multiple times, same response, both from Explorer/Right click/Run as Admin, and from an elevated CP Box. I've read every post in all 27 pages of this thread, and nothing has worked. I noted a message somewhere suggested trying "net stop appidsvc" in an elevated CP Box, I tried that, twice, both times it returned an error saying that "appidsvc" is not installed on my system.
Does that mean because I don't seem to have it on my system, I can't get the fix to work? What does 'appidsvc' actually do?
Without much else to go on, I changed "goto loop3" to "goto loop4", and deleted (how to message out a line so it don't process it?) the "net start appidsvc" from the end section. Saved, and ran in elevated CP Box.
It worked a treat, everything seemed to go through correctly, just before dissapearing, it said I'd need to reboot to get the fix to finish working, which I did.
I can honestly say it worked, all the fails have gone, but so has everything else, WU says I don't have any Updates installed, and never checked, clicking on 'View update history' shows a completely blank page. I know for a fact the OEM Installer adds a good 30+ updates in the install routine.
I know I can run a system restore to some point yesterday (just checked to be sure I got some restore points). If I do a restore, I'll get the old list back, and the ruddy fails.
So, what do I need to do to resolve this issue.