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Thanks so much, Dark Rider!! I'm still very nervous about trying to do this, but it's impossible not to have a fully functional box for any longer. :)

Hi Dark Rider, I was wondering what you'd heard from HP on this issue. I've been waiting to attempt to make my Win 8 HPdv7 a dual-boot Win7/8 box b/c Win8 has been such a nightmare in terms of updates breaking things, loss of functionality, etc. Have you made any headway? Thanks so much!

So sorry to hear about this hassle, Asweet13. Unfortunately, the only thing that worked for me after fighting with the same issue for 2wks was to refresh the system. A major drag. I myself have had so may endless problems with 8 that while I do like the new system, I am moving my brand new, Win8...

Tried the above, but still getting "access denied" when I try to open the file. I also have had issues with my Canon Pixma, which had been running fine, but since last week, doesn't work. Haven't had a chance to start on that issue yet. Doesn't matter much anyhow if none of my apps will run...

I have an HP ENVY dt7 running Windows 8, purchased Nov 2012. Have already had to do 1 refresh. As of yesterday, it's again back where it was before the last refresh (IE, Firefox, Outlook won't run). Found your SFC tutorial and ran it. Came back w/unrepaired errors 3x in a row When I tried...

Hi all, I've been doing the various KB 2667602 over the past week or so. During the process, my Canon printer got messed up & my .PST was partially corrupted (what else is new), but I hadn't gotten around to dealing with either, or running SCANPST.EXE yet. Last night I did the most recent...

Elbmek, I agree! If only it were the case. :)

I hear you, elbmek. I will say this, though. While it's still a nightmare, refreshing put a light at the end of the tunnel. Before it, I was losing more & more functionality each day, as things broke & could not be updated. Since I did the refresh, another update broke it. BUT I learned an...

Found it - thanks so much! One last question, if you don't mind. I see where it says "show hidden updates" in win update, but don't see how to actually hide an update. Sorry for being such a newbie!

Whoops! I just saw how to uninstall the update. However - are you ready? When I search the "installed updates" page under Program & Features, KB 2770816 doesn't show up EVEN though it's clearly listed as "Successful" "Installed" under Update History in win update. Aaarrgghhh. BTW, Outlook has...

Hi guys, So I posted above that the "refresh" had brought my box back. It did. For 22 glorious hours everything worked. Then I did 14 more windows updates yesterday, and attempted 3 HP updates (I have a new HP box). All 3 HP failed (I know one was a BIOS update). However, they had come back as...

Hi all, Well after finally getting win update working fully by refreshing my win8 on my new HP box, I did more windows updates yesterday. Since then, I've lost the ability to install new apps, control panel crashes from Programs & Features, Devices & Printers, and other various places. All web...

Dinosaurus, Thank you SO much. You are the 2nd person who has mentioned just sucking it up and dealing with the "refresh" issue, so I finally did it. Yes, it was a hassle. Yes, it took over 50 updates. But most importantly (fingers & toes crossed) it DOES seem to have resolved the issue. I...

Thnx Terry - will soldier on!

I too have a 3wk old Win8 box and am running into problem after problem, all to do with updates. Initially, I had activated the trial Norton that came pre-loaded. That seemed to be the culprit at first. Just killed Windows Update and one or two other things. Managed to get rid of it and bring...

Hi all, I've posted before regarding the issues I'm suddenly having with iTunes, having downloaded & installed v11. So far, I've not found any solutions under Win8, but did come across a few postings regarding similar issues on XP & Vistavfor earlier versions of iTunes. Ironically I had no...

Hi! I am having similar problems with the MS Solitaire Collection. When I got my new Win8 box, it wouldn't load. I futzed around with it a bit and managed to get it to work by not using the Xbox tile and creating my own tile. Didn't play for a week, then tried again tonight and it's dead in the...

I've had something similar to Kentlang. I installed Office 2010 on my new win8 box and all was fine for a couple of days. Then Excel started crashing as soon as I touched the open app. Meanwhile, I was having all kinds of Windows Update/Defender issues. Just solved those, and now NONE of the...

I think I may have solved the issue, after a lot of breath holding, one BSOD, and a bunch of re-starts. Sounds nuts but I think it had something to do with Norton Internet Security (pre-installed trial on the box). Now both Windows Update & Windows Defender are finally successfully running &...

Hi all I had the same situation as KrewBlues. I also installed the Norton Trial instead of Windows Defender. Today I realized maybe Norton was causing a bunch of issues I've been having. I tried to uninstall Norton. I was prompted to turn on Defender as the uninstall was running. I (stupidly)...