PLEASE HELP
*I have a summary of the problem below, but I wanted to give some background in case anyone wanted more information*
I'm usually really stubborn about asking for help online, and I mostly look to other threads for advice on PC issues. However, I've poured hours of my life into fixing this issue and scoured the internet for anyone who has had the same problem, but I'm at my wit's end, and it seems no one has solved or had my exact problem (that I've seen anyway). Also, I'm not great with general PC knowledge, but I'm going to give as much info as possible.
Bakground: About 3 years ago I bought a computer off of a friend who was upgrading his gaming desktop to a new one. He wiped the hard drive and installed a pirated copy of Windows 7 ultimate, most likely from TPB (not sure exactly from where).
**PC SPECS**
*OS:* Windows 7 x64
*Processor:* AMD FX9tm)-8150 Eight- Core Processor 3.60GHz
*Video Card:* AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
**THE ISSUE**
After about a year of use, I started having the usual "your pc is ingenuine" notifications when trying to use windows update, and although I was able to make windows genuine temporarily for short periods of time, it always came back to being ingenuine. I would use the usual command prompt tricks to get it to be genuine, but it never lasted and i kept missing windows updates that never installed.
This really wasn't that much of a problem as it was a mild inconvenience, since I was able to do most of what I wanted to do minus the occasional notification about windows being ingenuine. The only time this caused a problem for me was when Dolphin Emulator (something I used frequently for Anthers Ladder) released an update that halted my ability to use the program. When I try to open Dolphin, I get this error message.
The dolphin FAQ recommended that I install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.23026 to combat the issue. However, when I try to install it on the PC i get this message. Here are the log files.
I've read online that the problem is that windows is ingenuine and can't update, but don't know where to begin with fixing the issue. If there are any past threads about the issue, could someone post a link? And if not, how would I go about fixing the problem? I've looked up endless amounts of threads about the issue but none of the solutions I found online have done anything to help.
**TL;DR** Bought PC from friend with Cracked Windows 7 Ultimate. Can't download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.023026 because of an unspecified error. Most likely because of Windows 7 being ingenuine and not being able to install updates. (Logs)
*I have a summary of the problem below, but I wanted to give some background in case anyone wanted more information*
I'm usually really stubborn about asking for help online, and I mostly look to other threads for advice on PC issues. However, I've poured hours of my life into fixing this issue and scoured the internet for anyone who has had the same problem, but I'm at my wit's end, and it seems no one has solved or had my exact problem (that I've seen anyway). Also, I'm not great with general PC knowledge, but I'm going to give as much info as possible.
Bakground: About 3 years ago I bought a computer off of a friend who was upgrading his gaming desktop to a new one. He wiped the hard drive and installed a pirated copy of Windows 7 ultimate, most likely from TPB (not sure exactly from where).
**PC SPECS**
*OS:* Windows 7 x64
*Processor:* AMD FX9tm)-8150 Eight- Core Processor 3.60GHz
*Video Card:* AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
**THE ISSUE**
After about a year of use, I started having the usual "your pc is ingenuine" notifications when trying to use windows update, and although I was able to make windows genuine temporarily for short periods of time, it always came back to being ingenuine. I would use the usual command prompt tricks to get it to be genuine, but it never lasted and i kept missing windows updates that never installed.
This really wasn't that much of a problem as it was a mild inconvenience, since I was able to do most of what I wanted to do minus the occasional notification about windows being ingenuine. The only time this caused a problem for me was when Dolphin Emulator (something I used frequently for Anthers Ladder) released an update that halted my ability to use the program. When I try to open Dolphin, I get this error message.
The dolphin FAQ recommended that I install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.23026 to combat the issue. However, when I try to install it on the PC i get this message. Here are the log files.
I've read online that the problem is that windows is ingenuine and can't update, but don't know where to begin with fixing the issue. If there are any past threads about the issue, could someone post a link? And if not, how would I go about fixing the problem? I've looked up endless amounts of threads about the issue but none of the solutions I found online have done anything to help.
**TL;DR** Bought PC from friend with Cracked Windows 7 Ultimate. Can't download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.023026 because of an unspecified error. Most likely because of Windows 7 being ingenuine and not being able to install updates. (Logs)