Is it better to have a bootable USB or DVD?
If I attempt the clean install as you have suggested, (I have only scanned the page you have referenced) it seems to indicate that at some point I will need a product key which I don't have. However, not only do I not have gpedit.msc, the rest of it did not work anyway.
(This sounds a little random, but a lot of the suggestions have come from relatively trustworthy site such as this one.)Īfter I posted the fist one here, I did find a page that initially seemed to answer my question directly windows update error 0x80080005 But these do include simple switches in the settings to changing stuff in the registry and deleting whole update folders. I've tried so many things, both this time and at a previous installation-problem time, that I cannot remember what I have done. Other Info: Macrium (Licensed), Password Safe, Office 365, Wise Disk Cleaner, Crystal Disk Info Synology NAS DS918+ 10TB, Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 Tri-Band Samsung 860 EVO 1TB (Primary Data Drive),Īntivirus: Malwarebytes Premium, SuperAntiSpyware Pro (Licensed)
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I have considered a full 'factory reset', except that I have misplaced the reinstallation memory stick that the shop gave me to 'very carefully look after'. Has anyone got any ideas, and what further information should I provide? I have tried various ideas from around the web, but to no avail. This has been going on for some time, and obviously other people are able to download stuff from the Store. All I get there is a message stating: 'Try Again Later. Whether it's related I'm not sure, but for around about the same time that I started getting this current problem of not being able to update, I started getting the problem of not being able to download anything through the Windows Store.
If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x80080005)'. When I click on the 'Retry' button (which may well have been labelled differently to start with) all I get (eventually) is the message: 'There were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later. Let's get you back on track so Windows can run more securely. The Windows update screen in settings states that : 'Your device is at risk because it's out of date and missing important security and quality updates. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to update anything further. However, they seem to have generally been resolved one way or another. I have had my computer for over a year and there have always been issues with it installing updates. (Newbee here, so I apologise if I don't give all appropriate information to start with.)