Windows 11 installation royally messed up 😔

dacrone · May 11, 2024

Also, enable the built in admin acct via Cmd:

Code:

 net user Administrator /active:yes

And try to modify the driver from that account and let us know if it still says access denied

antspants · May 11, 2024

Re the drivers. Have you tried totally stripping all vid drivers, unplug the internet so it cant offer any and try the Nvidia installer again?

dacrone · May 11, 2024

antspants said:
Re the drivers. Have you tried totally stripping all vid drivers, unplug the internet so it ant offer any and try the Nvidia installer again?

Yeah ^ do that too. Uninstall it from device manager and check the delete this driver box during the process

antspants · May 11, 2024

Or this interesting method

Upgrading Your GPU? Here's How to Totally Uninstall Old Nvidia, AMD or Intel Graphics Drivers

If you're installing a new graphics card, remove the old drivers.

www.tomshardware.com

glasskuter · May 11, 2024

Have you tried the stuff here, Fix Error 0x80040154 for Microsoft Store or Windows Update on Windows 11/10

Milincho · May 11, 2024

dacrone said:
Have you tried the Fix11 app from TheWindowsClub site? I’ve had WU issues that this has repaired when others wouldn’t. Just an extra option, if you haven’t tried it.

Also, your dism repair.. did you boot from installation media and do it offline or did you run the online repair from inside windows?

Yep. Tried FixWin 11.1 several times, but no luck. I guess because most of its fixes depend on DISM and it keeps showing the same error:

I run DISM from inside Windows. Would it be any different running it from an installation usb drive?

dacrone · May 11, 2024

Repairing unbootable win10 with DISM offline - Windows 10 Help Forums

I am trying to repair a win10 BSOD/unbootable situation. I searched around and found a potentially similar post from years ago here- https://www.tenforums.com/performanc...vironment.html Much like the original poster of that thread, I'm quite new to havin

www.tenforums.com

Try dism this way but with Win 11 install usb

Milincho · May 11, 2024

dacrone said:
Repairing unbootable win10 with DISM offline - Windows 10 Help Forums

I am trying to repair a win10 BSOD/unbootable situation. I searched around and found a potentially similar post from years ago here- https://www.tenforums.com/performanc...vironment.html Much like the original poster of that thread, I'm quite new to havin

www.tenforums.com

Try dism this way but with Win 11 install usb

Just tried it and from the install usb, following the instructions from the @FreeBooter video (

)
and both SFC and DISM work ok:

BUT once I go back to Windows everything is exactly the same: SFC and DISM do not work:

and Windows Update shows errors and can't download or install anything:

antspants · May 11, 2024

Code:

DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

via the install USB?

antspants · May 11, 2024

I use this

Windows 10 / 11 post WU installation cleanup script

Hey, folks, Thanks to a lot of wonderful folks here, we've made mention in a previous Insider topic about cleanup steps that can be run after Windows Update performs a major version install. Though these have been mentioned before by many, many people, it was this post by @IanMosley that...

www.elevenforum.com

Milincho · May 11, 2024

dacrone said:
Yeah ^ do that too. Uninstall it from device manager and check the delete this driver box during the process

antspants said:
Or this interesting method

Upgrading Your GPU? Here's How to Totally Uninstall Old Nvidia, AMD or Intel Graphics Drivers

If you're installing a new graphics card, remove the old drivers.

www.tomshardware.com

Yep. tried DDU both from normal Windows and Safe Mode. Cleaning everything. Several times. And still same crap. I don't think the problem is in the drivers or the Device Manager, but in something in the Windows Registry.

glasskuter said:
Have you tried the stuff here, Fix Error 0x80040154 for Microsoft Store or Windows Update on Windows 11/10

Tried all that, but nothing worked.

Milincho · May 11, 2024

antspants said:
Code:

DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

via the install USB?

Yes, with the correct source and target added, as specified in the @FreeBooter video:

antspants · May 11, 2024

What is that message about the scratch directory? I am not sure if I have ever seen that before. Is it a standard message before DISM starts?

antspants · May 11, 2024

What is the condition of your drive?

Milincho · May 11, 2024

antspants said:
I use this

Windows 10 / 11 post WU installation cleanup script

Hey, folks, Thanks to a lot of wonderful folks here, we've made mention in a previous Insider topic about cleanup steps that can be run after Windows Update performs a major version install. Though these have been mentioned before by many, many people, it was this post by @IanMosley that...

www.elevenforum.com

Just tried it, but exact same errors:

dacrone · May 11, 2024

dacrone said:
Also, enable the built in admin acct via Cmd:

Code:

net user Administrator /active:yes

And try to modify the driver from that account and let us know if it still says access denied

and you did this ^ and then once on that account, Uninstall it from device manager and check the delete this driver box during the process?

antspants · May 11, 2024

That “Class Not Registerd and the error above. Seen that a few times in here

"Class is not registered" , error 0x80040154

Hey. I cant run sfc and dism cause i taking the error "Class is not registered , error 0x80040154" , "Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service.". Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service. Any suggestion except reinstall (repair or clean) ? Thanks.

www.elevenforum.com

Milincho · May 11, 2024

antspants said:
What is that message about the scratch directory? I am not sure if I have ever seen that before. Is it a standard message before DISM starts?

I guess because I was running the windows install from a usb pendrive that doesn't have a lot of free space.
Anyway, I rerun it immediately after, adding the /scratchdir option, so it didn't show any warning this time, and the result was the same "100%" "The operation completed successfully":

antspants said:
What is the condition of your drive?

It's a Kingston 250GB NVMe and I don't think that is the problem. As I said, I already tried doing a clean Windows 11 installation and everything works ok... but if I do that I face a week of pain reinstalling a crap ton of programs, apps, tools, licenses, settings, etc. that just thinking about it gives me a headache...

BamaInArk · May 11, 2024

I'm kinda curious if there is actually some hardware issue going on. Since you have reloaded from scratch fairly recently something caused the system to become borked very bad. This is much deeper than a video driver installation issue. Some RAM incompatibility issue? How about a failing OS drive? Some interoperability on the motherboard itself? CPU, memory controller, drive interface, etc?

antspants · May 11, 2024

I am not very well versed with drives. I do understand though from reading, that bad sectors can also happen on SSD/NVMe drives. I would assume, a reinstall would of moved files around as it is a fresh install. Wondering if there are specific sections of the NVMe that files that are needed to operate properly, may be compromised.

again, you have tried pretty much everything so far so just being random here.