Code 80092004 with updates KB4493132 and KB4512506 (and other issues)

Ladyhawk said:

Your first link doesn't work. Could you please re-post?

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sevenforums doesn't like the parenthesis so you'll have to cut and paste what is between the dashes below

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First of all, I ran memtest and everything checked out OK, but restoring an image from the day my computer crashed didn't work because the problem apparently pre-dates the crash...ugh.

I'm back to square one, but in some ways, that's good maybe? I haven't done anything destructive to try to fix the problem. I'm just going to do a sfc /scannow (which probably won't accomplish anything) and run the system update readiness program and try again

Perhaps someone could help me pinpoint the dates this corruption could have happened? Right now, Windows is telling me it has never updated, but based on the updates that will not install--for example, KB4512506 is a monthly rollup update--maybe you can help me figure out the last similar update I installed? I'll attach a very short list of updates that either succeeded or failed.

Doing a clean installation right now is simply out of the question. I'm not even sure I want to restore an old image. The problem is I need a working Windows 7 computer, but I also need to build a new Windows 10 computer. I used to keep up with hardware news, but I haven't bothered in many years, so I'm worried about building a new system. I'm also worried about losing certain programs that won't run on a Windows 10 system.

I could really use some help here. I've been working on this for what seems like forever. I had planned to keep this machine for Win 7 and then build a new PC for Win 10. But it isn't looking good.

Is there a way to do an in-place reinstallation of Windows? Using repair options from the Win 7 disc have failed.

OK, I think the update error was a Microsoft issue and not an issue with my PC. The zap it got on the 8th made me worried about my hardware and corruption of windows, but the hardware tests fine. I still think there may be other issues with my Windows installation, but these two updates finally installed after I went back in time to an image created on the 8th and started troubleshooting again. Somehow, this time the correct version of KB4490628 allowed my system to download and install these two updates. I needed the SHA-2 "stuff." I knew I needed those two files the first time I tried to fix it, but before I downloaded them, I also installed a Windows file I shouldn't have. It probably kept the fix from working.

Now I need to make a restore point and finish updating Windows.

Thanks to everyone!