windows 8 update probs

[kirisute]

Doh....have you run ccleaner recently?

Final thing to do is open charm bar from start screen: choose pc settings, then general.in there is an option to refresh your windows install without effecting your files. Click that and let it do its thing...this will essentially restore windows files to freh defauls hopefully allowing updates again.

[chesters1]

Cheers will play with that but it means installing everything again?

[kirisute]

Nope, there are two options..one will just refresh windows files, one will format and reinstall.

Be sure to choose the first one! Lol!

[chesters1]

"there was a problem refreshing your pc"

bugger ,its running fine except for niggly things like updates and office not installing etc

[kirisute]

All points towards some corruption in the windows files or security permissions. It's certainly odd.

[chesters1]

running sfc at the moment
i dont understand why i have to use administrator options when i am the administrator!!
taking a long time the verification is 100% ten minutes ago

Edited August 30, 2013 by chesters1

[kirisute]

It's a fail safe. Designed to halt rogue virus activity on an admin account the system still keeps ring 2 files under lock and key unless you specifically request admin access

[chesters1]

Sfc did little and nothings changed unfortunately ,is there any other way of fixing it other than a reinstall at 1.2 mbs on a good day it takes an age just to update windows nevermind install everything else

 

i still think its a .net problem as i keep getting this page ,trying to do what it says is impossible as when i try to go to the group policy dooda it says access denied !

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734782

Edited August 31, 2013 by chesters1

[kirisute]

trying running gpedit.msc from an elevated command prompt: (i watched that one go straight over your head that time..ill explain! )

right click bottom left of the desktop where you would normally go fro Start screen.

choose Command Prompt (admin)

in new windows type "gpedit.msc" without the quotes.

then do what the website suggests

 

you can also remove .NET features under the add remove programs section:

control panel>programs and features>turn windows features on or off> then unclickthe two boxes next to the .Net framework..this will remove them.

restart and try your updates...if they work then simply go back and add the .Net stuff back in later...it is required to run certain metro apps

[chesters1]

Unticking the boxes results in an error something about corruption ,can .net be removed physically enough so windows reinstalls it?

I will try the command promp dooda now

All gpedit does is open local computer policy ,whats next?

Edited September 2, 2013 by chesters1