Recent content by desertdad

A Tale of two desktops I'm looking for some advice. I want to do a clean install on a Dell XPS8700 and I would like to end up with a fresh Win8.1 system. The two systems [both Dell Win8.1 XPS 8700, 64 bit, both from Dell directly in the last two years]. The problem: one system [MyDesktop] is in...

Got it! Funny how little things like that are like a rock in your shoe. Thanks.

Unchecked the option to hide empty removable drives, cold start, did not fix the problem. Did not download the registry fixes. Checked the registry manually, entry already set to 0 Thanks for trying.

Win8.1/64, Dell XPS 8700, optical drive letters don't show up in the Explorer navigation pane (This PC) unless media in the drives (2). Drive letters do show up in the details pane even with no media. MS Fixit says problems found and fixed. Didn't fix the problem. Explorer++ shows drive letters...

I might be in trouble Doing the repair on another machine...Secure boot, Norton, firewall disabled... picked up some updates...didn't ask for license as expected...accepted the terms...keeping everything...successful started into checking for compatibility [Making sure you're ready to install...

ESD or ISO Assumptions are a killer...The ISO I will be using is really an .ISO file instead of the MCT downloaded ESD file. That file has a Sources\install.esd. After decrypting the ESD file I ended up with a real .ISO filetype containing a Sources\Install.iso. Whenever people talk about...

Setup for the repair questions I am about to do a repair on my wife's XPS 8700, Win8.1, 64 bit. I will use a current Win8.1/64 ISO on a second internal HD. I think I have a set of recovery tools prepared. I plan on disabling Norton until this is complete. I have two kinds of questions, all...

Thank You I was able to fix the problem with the help of your Image Health script. After all my thrashing around, the problem turned out to be a outstanding rollup dated Dec 2014 and marked Optional which I had not installed :o The rollup being marked Optional was not installed when I was doing...

Well, WU is not really working again. WU tried to install a single update [the only one presented at the time] and ended up looping for very long time on 'downloading' and ended up simply freezing. I put the Task Scheduler task back to 'Ready'. I knew that was too good to be true. I'm off...

WU working again FWIW, I just disabled only the BannedAppsList task in a Dell XPS 8700 Win8.1. I had been having problems with WU since late December. I had 62 Important updates backed up and WU wouldn't even check for updates any more. I had just finished cleaning up the Component Store except...

IH Option 2 good There is a god...IH Option 2 just completed successfully. Component Store repairs worked. Having WU working made all the difference in the world. I have been wrestling with this since late December. :cool: Separate question...will your ESD2Win script convert a MS 8.1 ISO...

Windows Update running ok I do not have the Win10 upgrade disabled on my wife's machine, but I do on mine. KB3035583 is installed and shows up in the list of installed upgrades. There is a GWX folder in the \Sys32 folder. Now that you reminded me to check, I'll block the download and auto...

Canon printer driver Thanks for figuring out the payload missing. I'm a little surprised that a Canon printer driver pkg is missing since I never get drivers using WU. I go to the vendor sites. I don't even have a Canon printer. The fundamental problem I have is that I can't make sure all WU...

Can't find source Ran Image Health Option 1. Interesting problem...When I try to upload the details file nothing happens. I mean nothing happens. The Choose File button just stares at me. I'm going to take the details file to my own machine and post from there.:(

can't find source Tried Image Health Option 3 with Dell CD in D: DISM quickly went to 20% and eventually failed. Couldn't find source. I followed the IH execution with a native DISM execution, same syntax, same result. I checked the DISM.log. Checked DISM log [extracted error messages]. Not...