DISM - Fixing Component Store Corruption in Windows 8

JohnBurns · Feb 6, 2014

Brink said:
Hello John,

Usually if DISM fails, you'll need to either refresh, reset, or reinstall Window.

Since you are not having any problems, then there's really no need to do so unless you just really wanted to.

Thanks for reply - guess I need reassuring - will ignore it - appreciate you responding.

Brink · Feb 6, 2014

You're welcome.

MilesAhead · Mar 13, 2014

Hmmm, doesn't seem very smooth. I tried with CheckHealth. That was fine. Came back in a few seconds with no problems found. So I tried ScanHealth. After a couple of minutes it indicated 20% done. That was it. No further update. I let it run about 10 more minutes. Showed CPU Memory and Disk about 50% busy. Windows Module Installer was using most of the CPU doing something. But nothing happens. So I killed it. Seems like I should just leave it alone.

David Bailey · Mar 13, 2014

MilesAhead said:
Hmmm, doesn't seem very smooth. I tried with CheckHealth. That was fine. Came back in a few seconds with no problems found. So I tried ScanHealth. After a couple of minutes it indicated 20% done. That was it. No further update. I let it run about 10 more minutes. Showed CPU Memory and Disk about 50% busy. Windows Module Installer was using most of the CPU doing something. But nothing happens. So I killed it. Seems like I should just leave it alone.

Dism hangs on 20% for a LONG time but it will finish.
Maybe half an hour to an hour, depending on the amount of corruption it finds.

EDIT> You can leave it run in the background & do other things in the meantime.

MilesAhead · Mar 13, 2014

It's difficult to leave jobs running for that amount of time. Too often I have to pack up the Laptop and leave on short notice.

But I doubt my system is hosed this early on. Ignorance may be bliss in this case.

ChiefMMII · Mar 14, 2014

New Question - Recurring Component Store Corruption

Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
Intel (R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz 2.67GHz
6 GB Ram
64 bit Operating System, x64 based processor
2 Hard drives with 500 as primary
WDC WD10EAVS-00M480
WDC WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0
NVIDIA GeFrorce GTX 760 - up to date software in all respects
Kaspersky Pure 3.0 3.0.13.0.2.558 - up to date in all respects
Driver Reviver -to make sure all drivers are current - checked weekly
All Windows Updates are installed and up to date with the exception of BING which I hide and do not install on purpose, and an optional update dealing with the Marvell Raid controller dated 3 -7-2013 which I don't want to update because I don't use RAID with my hard drives.

This is an 2009 Alienware Area-51 x58 desktop which originally came with Windows Vista Home Premium. The Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard and DDR3 133 MHZ memory are about the only original hardware that the system came with. The hard drives, video card, DVD Burner, Hauppage Dual tuner TV card, and OS are all additions/replacements/upgrades over the last 4-ish years.
When I first installed Windows 8.0 Pro within a month of its release I remember after install having a problem installing one of the Windows Updates . . . I don't remember the exact K#, I remember researching it at the time and it seemed quite a few people were having problems of a similar sort with updates that wouldn't install correctly. Anyway . . . I have been trying to troubleshoot and fix this issue since approximately that same time. Not sure if mentioning that fact will even help you.

Every time I reboot the system . . . if I run DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth I get the response "The restore operation completed successfully. The component store corruption was repaired." "The operation completed successfully". If I then run SFC /Scannow the result is "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations". If it is possible please review the copy and pasted info from CBS Log file zipped and tell me if you see any obvious signs that would explain why this recurring corruption occurs.

Thank You,

ChiefMMII

Brink · Mar 14, 2014

Hello ChiefMMII, and welcome to Eight Forums.

The "The restore operation completed successfully. The component store corruption was repaired." "The operation completed successfully". message is just a generic message. You will see it every time you run the command below, and doesn't mean that you have any corruption.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

If you like, use the command below to check and see if you have any corruption or not instead.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Hope this helps,

Shawn

ChiefMMII · Mar 14, 2014

I'm feeling quite ignorant (in Webster's dictionary definition) right about now . . . I did not know that the response I was getting using "/RestoreHealth" was a default response and not an actual problem response. I did run, as you suggested, /CheckHealth and in fact as you probably suspected received the response "No component store corruption detected".

Thank you for your prompt and accurate response. I'll chalk that up as a good thing . . . I learned something new today, LOL.

ChiefMMII

Brink · Mar 14, 2014

You're most welcome ChiefMMII. Don't worry about it. It's a new feature that everyone is getting used to.

piyush · Mar 30, 2014

Hi
The DISM thing showed no error anywhere.

But Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth gives error:

Repair-WindowsImage : DismInitialize failed. Error code = 0xc0040009
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified:

) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand

Any idea anyone?
thx
piyush

Brink · Mar 30, 2014

piyush said:
Hi
The DISM thing showed no error anywhere.

But Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth gives error:

Repair-WindowsImage : DismInitialize failed. Error code = 0xc0040009
At line:1 char:1
+ Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Repair-WindowsImage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RepairWindowsImageCommand

Any idea anyone?
thx
piyush

Hello Piyush, and welcome to Eight Forums.

I don't see anything for that error number. You might see if you may be able to successfully run it after restarting the PC.

ChiefMMII · Mar 30, 2014

I don't mean to cloud the issue but I looked up that error code just to see what came up in google. It "appears" to reference a SCSI time out error experienced on a server. I doubt seriously your using your laptop as a server so something seems a bit weird with that error code showing up.

piyush · Apr 2, 2014

Brink said:
Hello Piyush, and welcome to Eight Forums.

I don't see anything for that error number. You might see if you may be able to successfully run it after restarting the PC.

Hi
Thanks a lot for your reply. Unfortunately the store still didn't work.. multiple restarts done. Worse to know that the disease of my pc is new to the world :'-(

Brink · Apr 2, 2014

Piyush,

In that case, see if going through the troubleshooting steps in the tutorial below may be able to fix the Store for you.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/21051-apps-tiles-not-working-responding-fix-windows-8-a.html

saxamo · Apr 11, 2014

The update to windows 8.1 has cause the issue with dism not working. Everything was kosher before hand.. Now the only issue I get in my event log is:

Windows Store failed to sync machine licenses. Result code 0x80070490

Further research has gotten me to dism, etc.. sfc scannow runs fine.. even the windows troubleshooter finds errors and then corrects what it can.. I can assure you this did not happen before the update

To resolve the issue, follow the steps that are appropriate for your operating system. [h=5]

Method 1: Run the System Update Readiness tool (Checksur.exe)[/h] [h=4]

Windows 8[/h] To run the System Update Readiness Tool, follow these steps:

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)
Type command promptin the search box.
In the list of results, swipe down on or right-click Command Prompt, and then tap or click Run as administrator.
In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type the following commands exactly as they appear. Press the Enter key after each command:
- DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
- DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
To close the Administrator: Command prompt window, type Exit, and then press Enter.
Run Windows Update again.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9830262

that link above will run the troubleshooter..

end result after everything is this message and reinstalling windows and doing everything again will not fix the problem. I already tried.. Something in the windows update has caused an issue and tracking it down is going to be fun.

Updates still work, the store still works.. any NEW ideas?

Brink · Apr 11, 2014

Hello Saxamo,

Was that an update from 8.1 to 8.1 Update, or ??

This still works fine for me in Windows 8.1 Update.

For the Store sync issue, you might see if this below may help, and possible with the DISM issue as well.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/21024-app-sync-license-windows-8-a.html

Hope this helps for now,

Shawn

ered · Apr 18, 2014

@ ALL, Hi,

I have done sfc scannow with error. I have done DSM with errors and here is a dism.log . I have also done PShell with errors and here is a screen shot with errors.

I don't know what to do now !! This is a freshly install windows 8.1 and trying to get it ready for win.8.1.1 update.

Thank you.

View attachment dism18APR1235.txt

Jaxx89 · Apr 24, 2014

Code 80073712

Hi there @Brink
Firstly I apologise for making this my first post.
Thank you very much for this thread.
I have been getting Error Code 80073712 when trying to install these 2 updates KB2936068 and KB2919355

Here is the info that might be required.
System Specs

Windows FixIt result

DISM results

DLL File version

CBS and DISM logs

As I read there seems to be a problem with the Microsoft servers and lots of users are having the same problem.
Even the standalone installer is not working.
I really don't want to refresh or reset my OS.
What should I do?
Thank you.

Brink · Apr 24, 2014

Hello Jax, and welcome to Eight Forums.

You might try running the DISM commands again during an off peak time to see if it may be successful then if it's an issue with Microsoft servers.

Error Code 0x80073712 occurs in Windows Update or Microsoft Update

If it just won't run for you, you could also try doing a repair install to hopefully avoid a refresh or reset.

Hope this helps for now,

Shawn

Jaxx89 · Apr 24, 2014

Thanks a lot.
Appreciate your quick response.
Just one question.
I had installed Windows 8 originally and then updated it to 8.1 using Windows update, so which disk should I be using?
Thanks once again.

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