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| anyone ever heard of this error with windows update. this just started on my computer and cant figure out why or how. i cannot search for updates all of a sudden.
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AMD Hooligan
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| | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931712 If that does not work try the steps below. 1. Click the Start icon and in the search field type "winsxs".
2. Double click this folder and scroll down to the file "pending.xml".
3. Right click it and select "Properties".
4. Under the "Security" tab, select "Advanced"
5. Highlight your User Account name from the list and click "Edit..."
6. Repeat 5.
7. Check the box marked "Full control". Then "OK" (x4).
8. You can now delete the file "pending.xml". Make a back up copy if
you wish and paste it somewhere else just in case!
9. Restart your PC (on boot up it should no longer say "Configuring
Updates..." any more).
10. Download the 'Windows Update Installer'
(http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/...).
Once downloaded, you may want to move it from your download folder to
somewhere else. Such as where the Windows Update File (wuapp.exe)
was to start with (C:\Windows\System32). Double click it
to install.
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I want you all to cry into a small tupperware container and send it to me. I will keep them all in a nice big box labeled "people who cry about Windows" it's a very large box filling up fast. Once it's full me and Bill Gates will make Sorrowful Beer with it and enjoy it's bittersweet taste. |
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| I tried both of these solutions was unable to solve the problem. When i tried the microsoft support solution to delete a registry key, i get and error that the system could not find the key
the other solution was to delete the pending.xml file. well i cannot seem to gain permission to delete the file. follow the steps and cannot check the box for full control. kinda makes me mad that i dont have permission to do something to my computer. if im not the adminstrator, (and i should be becuase it's my computer and im the only account on it) than who is? |
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| i turned off UAC and now i can check full control. it's telling me that access is denied and i do not have permission to change settings for the folder. am i not the administrator of this computer. do i have to log in a certain way. like "su" in linux.
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AMD Hooligan
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| Sorry, if your not the admin. i won't be able to tell you how to get around that. Get whoever is the admin. to run through the fixes.
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I want you all to cry into a small tupperware container and send it to me. I will keep them all in a nice big box labeled "people who cry about Windows" it's a very large box filling up fast. Once it's full me and Bill Gates will make Sorrowful Beer with it and enjoy it's bittersweet taste. |
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| | i am the admin. it's my laptop. i am the only user of this computer. yet for some reason i dont have permission to delete a file. |
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| Can someone help me? I've tried both those solutions and I can't find the file pending.xml. When I try the link to download the update, I still get an error with the same code. When i tried the microsoft support solution to delete a registry key, i get and error that the system could not find the key too! What should I do?
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| This is a common misconception carried over from XP. Under XP, when you installed it, or created a single user account, you were automatically the Administrator. Under Vista, this is no longer true. When you create the account, Vista actually creates two accounts -- one for you, and one for the REAL Admin -- not you. When you login after that, you're logging into a general user account, NOT the REAL Admin account. You can go ahead and turn off UAC, but you're still logging into the general user account.
To login as the REAL Admin account, you have to unhide it first. You do that by opening Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Local Users and Groups --> Users --> Administrator.
On the Administrator Properties page, uncheck the "Account is disabled" box. Then, logout and back in. You will now see an icon for Administrator. Select that, and you can login as the REAL Admin.
You will still NOT be able to manipulate some files and folders, though, because Vista has embraced the UNIX concept of soft links; that is, what used to be real folders and files (especially in the Documents and Settings folders in XP), are now really LINKS to the real folders and files -- and Vista won't let you mess with the links.
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| | I've tried both solutions, but I seem to be hitting the same roadblocks as the other person. My problem is that when I go through those steps, there is no file called "pending.xml" I have "pending.GRL" is that the same? This is really frustrating... |
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