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• Please go to this link and download Universal Extractor.
  http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Universal-Extractor-Download-56951.html
  
• Once Downloaded, install it.
• Once installed, Universal Extractor will add entries to your context menus.
• Find the hotfix you downloaded from MS and right click on it.
• Click this entry on the context menu:
  
  • UniExtract to SubDir
• This will extract all the files in the Hotfix installer to a subdirectory named the same as the hotfix.
• Open this Folder which Universal Extractor created (you'll find that folder in the same directory as the hotfix) and then copy secedit.exe to C:\windows\System32.

• Click Start
• Click Run
• In the box type:
• cmd
• Then press enter.
• Copy this command:
  
  

  secedit /configure /areas FILESTORE /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose

  
  
• Then right click in the command window and click paste.
• Press enter.
• It will take a few minutes to reset all the Folder and file permissions to their defaults.

• Double click on My Computer.
• Then right click on the C: Drive icon.
• Click on Properties,
• Report what it reports as Used space and then also what it lists as Free Space. If there isn't enough free space on the drive, that Paging File error can pop up.

• Click Start
• Click Run
• copy this into the box:
  

  C:\WINDOWS\System32\msiexec.exe /regserver

• Click enter

• Open Notepad (not wordpad) by click start
• Click Run
• Type notepad into the box and click enter
• Notepad will open
• Copy and Paste everything from the Code box into Notepad (not wordpad):
  
  

  
  
  cacls C: >Checkdb.txt
  
  
  
  Dir /a /s %windir%\security\*.inf >>checkdb.txt
  
  Dir /a /s %windir%\security\*.log >>checkdb.txt
  
  Dir /a  %windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb  >>checkdb.txt
  
  echo.>>checkdb.txt
  
  esentutl /g  %windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb   >>checkdb.txt 2<&1
  
  
  
  Dir /a %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf>>checkdb.txt
  
  
  
  Start Notepad checkdb.txt 
  
  

  
  
• Go to File > Save As
• Save File name as Checkdb.bat
• Change Save as Type to All Files and save the file to your desktop.
• Close Notepad
• Double-click Checkdb.bat on your Desktop
• Post back with the text that will open in notepad (checkdb.txt ).

• Try Resolution 1 and see if it helps.
• If not, try resolution #2 to see if it helps.

Resolution Suggestion One:

# To resolve this error, clear the Microsoft Internet Explorer cache. To do this, follow these steps:

Start Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
Click the General tab.
In the Temporary Internet files section, click Delete Cookies.
In the Delete Cookies box, click OK.
Click Delete Files.
Click to select the Delete all offline content check box in the Delete Files dialog box, and then click OK.
In the History section, click Clear History.
Click Yes, and then click OK.

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Resolution Suggestion Two:

# Delete the datastore and allow it to rebuild itself:

First stop the Automatic Update Service:

Click Start
Choose Run
In the Run box, type services.msc
Click OK
Right-click the Automatic Updates Service
Click Stop

After Stopping the Service please rename the folder c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

Open Windows Explorer
Navigate to the Windows folder
Click on the + next to the Windows folder
Navigate to SoftwareDistribution folder
Right Click on the SoftwareDistribution folder
Select rename from the Menu
Rename the folder to SoftwareDistribution.old and click Enter

Now restart the Automatic Update Service

Click Start
Choose Run
In the Run box, type services.msc
Click OK
Right-click the Automatic Updates Service
Click Start

Starting the service will take a moment...

• Answer to to mu question
• checkdb.txt

• Click Start
• Click Run
• In the box type:
• cmd
• Then press enter.
• Copy this command:
  
  

  secedit.exe /analyze /db  %Windir%\new.db /cfg %Windir%\inf\defltwk.inf /log %Windir%\security\logs\permsanalyze.log

  
  
• Then right click in the command window and click paste.
• Press enter.

• Click Start
• Click Run
• In the box type:
• cmd
• Then press enter.
• Copy this command:
  
  

  secedit.exe /configure /areas FILESTORE USER_RIGHTS REGKEYS /db %Windir%\new.db /cfg %Windir%\inf\defltwk.inf /log   %Windir%\security\logs\permsrepair.log

  
  
• Then right click in the command window and click paste.
• Press enter.

• Click Start
• Click Run
• In the box type:
• cmd
• Then press enter.
• Copy this command:
  
  

  cacls C: >perms.txt && start notepad perms.txt 

  
  
• Then right click in the command window and click paste.
• Press enter.

• Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
• Copy the content of the following codebox into the main textfield (make sure there is no empty spaces after CryptSvc):
  

  :filefind 
  
  *msiexec*

  
  
• Click the Look button to start the scan.
• When finished, a notepad window will open with the results of the scan. Please post this log in your next reply.

• SystemLook.txt
• checkdb.txt

• Double-click SystemLook.exe to run it.
• Copy the content of the following codebox into the main textfield:
  

  :filefind
  
  *esent.dll*
  
   

  
  
• Click the Look button to start the scan.
• When finished, a notepad window will open with the results of the scan. Please post this log in your next reply.

• Click Start
• Click Run
• In the box type:
• cmd
• Then press enter.
• Copy this command:
  
  

  regsvr32 scecli.dll

  
  
• Then right click in the command window and click paste.
• Press enter.
• Wait a little for the Msgbox to pop up and if it is a failure message, then please copy that message.
  

• Answer to My question
• SystemLook.txt
• A description of how your computer is behaving

• Download Win32kDiag from any of the following locations and save it to your Desktop.
  • Download Win32kDiag (Win32kDiag.exe) - #1
  • Download Win32kDiag (Win32kDiag.exe) - #2
  • Download Win32kDiag (Win32kDiag.exe) - #3
• Double-click Win32kDiag.exe to run Win32kDiag and let it finish.
• When it states "Finished! Press any key to exit...", press any key on your keyboard to close the program.
• Double-click on the Win32kDiag.txt file that is located on your Desktop and post the entire contents of that log as a reply to this topic.