System resources, such as file data, registry data, and even in-memory data, can develop inconsistencies during the lifetime of the operating system. These inconsistencies may be caused by various hardware failures or by software issues. In some cases, these inconsistencies can affect the Windows Servicing Store, and they can cause a Windows update to fail. When the update fails, it blocks the user from installing updates and service packs.
System Update Readiness Tool
System Update Readiness Tool or CheckSUR addresses this issue. These updates contain the Check for System Update Readiness (CheckSUR) tool. The CheckSUR tool will scan for inconsistencies on your computer and fix them as it’s being installed. Please note that the scan may take up to 15 minutes or longer to run on certain computers. Even if the progress bar seems to stop, the scan continues to run, so do not cancel the process.
How to run Microsoft CheckSUR
Windows 8 users may follow these steps. Press Win+C or swipe and choose Search. Type CMD in the search box and hit ‘Enter’. Then, right-click Command Prompt, and choose the ‘Run as administrator’ option.
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
When done, type Exit and press Enter.Run Windows Update again.
Users of Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 may follow the download links mentioned here and download the package for your operating system and then run it.
What the tool does is that, it verifies the integrity of the files that are located in the following folders and replace the incorrect data, if found:
- %SYSTEMROOT%\Servicing\Packages
- %SYSTEMROOT%\WinSxS\Manifests
It also verifies the registry data that is located under the following registry subkeys, and resets them to default values if required:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Components
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Schema
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
The following are the installation errors, CheckSUR can potentially address:
- 0×80070002 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
- 0x8007000D ERROR_INVALID_DATA
- 0x8007370D ERROR_SXS_IDENTITY_PARSE_ERROR
- 0x8007370B ERROR_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
- 0x8007371B ERROR_SXS_TRANSACTION_CLOSURE_INCOMPLETE
- 0×80070490 ERROR_NOT_FOUND
- 0x8007370A ERROR_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
- 0×80070057 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
- 0x800B0100 TRUST_E_NOSIGNATURE
- 0x800F081F CBS_E_SOURCE_MISSING
- 0×80073712 ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT
- 0x800736CC ERROR_SXS_FILE_HASH_MISMATCH
- 0x800705B9 ERROR_XML_PARSE_ERROR
- 0×80070246 ERROR_ILLEGAL_CHARACTER
- 0×80092003 CRYPT_E_FILE_ERROR
- 0x800B0101 CERT_E_EXPIRED
These errors are typically listed in the %systemroot%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log file or in the CBS.persist.log file.
The System Update Readiness Tool supports Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008.
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