Windows 7 Updates Failing Error 800736B3

[robqx4]

Hello,

My Windows 7 x64 Home Premium updates are failing with error code 800736B3

I've tried the "Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 x64" and they still fail.

I've tried SFC /SCANNOW and they still fail.

Please Help!!

Thank You!

Rob S.

 

[goombawaho]

Take a look at this article (below). It gets a little complex and in my experience a reload is often at the end of many hairs being pulled out and utter failure. The only other thing I would do first is to try to only install one update at a time and see if any of them will work. If successful, reboot and try another until the are all installed or you reach one that fails. Do that first, then:
Link

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.

 

[robqx4]

Thanks goombawaho,

I have tried installing one update at a time and they all fail.
I will take a look at the link you provided and see if I can make heads or tails from it.

Rob S.

 

[DSummZZZ]

It depends on what update it is too. As in, which KB number.
I had this issue once and it turned out that I needed to reinstall Office, not the entire OS.


-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.dave-summers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[goombawaho]

I hate to be a pessimist but it's often appropriate. See what you can do.

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.

 

[dilettante]

Microsoft pushed a bad update (several actually) in August, but they recommend you manually remove at least one of them.

See

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-reissues-flawed-windows-security-update-7000033049/

However since we have no context at all here all we can do is spout random advice.

 

[goombawaho]

That's not likely the reason for the updates failing. Those "bad" updates never failed to install, they just caused a problem after successful installation in some instances. Not for me.

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.