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Assistance with Error C0000034 applying update operation xxx of xxxxx

toxsickcity

Hi

 

I have a windows 8 laptop on its way to me from a client with the error C0000034 applying update operation xxx of xxxxx

 

The customer has mentioned that she moved the mouse to wake the laptop and saw this message on the screen. Seems like a botched windows update.. 

 

Regarding the laptop, it's running windows 8.0

The laptop must be on windows 8 due to an accounting package which doesn't work on 8.1 or W10! So I am really wanting to fix rather then rebuild the OS

 

This is what I have attempted so far.

 

I have tried over the phone to get then to run startup repair which doesn't help.

 

I also tried running them through the common command prompt fix (running notepad to find that .XML file and edit) which that .XML file did not exist in the winSxS folder.

 

I have tried running into safe mode which shows the same error C0000034

 

There are no system restore points to recover to either.

 

Anyways,

 

Trying to research this as much as I can before the laptop arrives. So I can actually try to fix this. Rather then reinstalling from scratch.

 

Thanks

Shaun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Renaming the windows update folder (software distribution)

Would be wise?

Few Systems,

Lenovo Flex 14, Ryzen 3500U, 20GB Ram, 1TB Samsung Evo, 512 GB MicroSD

 

METABOX APLHA-X 17.3" Gaming Laptop, i7 8750H, 24GB DDR4 2400MHz, GTX1060 6GB, 2TB Seagate HDD, 512GB SSD Intel 660p, 17.3" Screen

 

2X COOL CRAZY A$$ WALL COMPUTERS DIY.      Link to my website / pictures of my Wall PC's

 

1st Wall PC, Ryzen 3900X, Gigabyte Gaming 5 X370 32GB Corsair Dom 3200Mhz, 256GB SM951 Samsung SSD, 7x 5TB HDD's, Zotac AMP Extreme GTX 1070, EVGA P2 850Watt PSU

 

2nd Wall PC, i7 8700K @ 4.8GHz, Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z370 16GB Viper 3733Mhz DDR4, 256 Samsung PRO SSD, SM951 Samsung SSD, 1x 4TB HDD, Zotac AMP Extreme GTX 1080ti, EVGA P2 750Watt PSU

 

Media Centre PC's AMD R5 1600, 8GB, just a tv system ITX Based

 

Workstation, Portable disk cloner DIY Construction with screen in chassis. Ryzen 2200G 8GB DDR4

 

Blender RENDERBOX, Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, 32GB DDR4 2933 HyperX, 4X 1070 GTX, Seasonic 1000Watt Psu

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I think you'll find it's in use and can't be renamed, you could disable the windows update processes/services, and then do that (thus effectively forcing the creation of a new update folder) which could work.

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