Fresh Windows 10 Activation/Update Issue

Hello,

I just did a fresh installation of Windows 10 Pro, because of issues with Windows Update not being able to update the system.
I tried everything I could find on google but finally gave in and figured a fresh install would solve the problem.
Now after the fresh install my windows is unable to activate (0x800705B4) and Windows Update is not working (just keeps searching).

I'm seeing the same errors as I did before the fresh install in the Event Viewer which is an error with DistributedCOM:

The server {E60687F7-01A1-40AA-86AC-DB1CBF673334} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.

The error in Event Viewer is outputted every 2 minutes exactly, I'm assuming this is Windows Update trying to find updates.

I've also tried running SFC and DISM, and I bypassed my router in case that's causing the connection issues between me and Microsoft.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm seriously starting to lose faith in Microsoft.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Marabon.

When you did the fresh install where did you obtain your media and did you create an ISO or USB. If USB did you let the Media Creator create it?

I'm just asking, please don't shoot messenger, are you sure you had Pro before the fresh install?

Have you seen the Activation Trouble Shooting tutorial?

Use Activation Troubleshooter in Windows 10


Ken

Myself I would do the clean install and I would make it the extra clean version, that is I would delete all the existing partitions on my boot drive and let windows lay them down as it wants. Of course I don't know what is in your partitions so backups are in order.

The forum Clean install tutorial is very useful.

Clean Install Windows 10

Yes I would use the MCT to create the USB key. It formats it correctly, FAT32, and does all the work.

I think it's due to non-functioning component(s) Windows uses to communicate with MS servers (activation is a subset of that and will work if communication is restored)

Problem is .. I assume Error 0x80080005 (of unknown description - probably why the message "Something happened" was invented)

This may help... Windows Update Error 0x80080005 | Live Support for Microsoft Products

Note:

Difficulty

Very Hard

Hmmm you don't say! LOL

...anyway maybe worth a try.

Marabon said:

I've reinstalled once again and after some troubleshooting I figured out it was an old faulty drive (not the main drive) that somehow was interfering with windows being able to update properly.
I'm not entirely sure how that disk could be messing with, from what I could see, only windows update/activation and not other areas in Windows.
As far as I can tell things seem to be working.
Thank you both for your replies.

Thanx for the report back :)

Interesting solution to a vague problem... but an option for future such issues - marking the thread as solved will help with that

Thanks for sharing.