Re: "Element not found" error , Windows update for sp2

"jenak3769" <> wrote in message
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> I have contacted MS over this and all they can advise is to try a
> factory restore. Which I think is B.S. Anyone know the binary root cmd
> for this problem where Vista update even after running the readiness
> tool and all other suggestions, that windows update does not recognize
> the "element".. this was a problem in windows server 2004 and it was
> simple to fix with a cmd prompt system root, command which recognized
> the OS built into the chip.. I really do not want to do a factory
> restore over "one update" especially when all other updates are going in
> fine. Anyone else going through this nightmare..
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Delete c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log (a persistent copy is stored in
cbs.persist.log)

Run SFC /SCANNOW

If it saids something like some components could not be repaired, then...

findstr /c:"verify" "c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log"

and post the text output.