various problems with system restore, sfc, dism

[phaolo]

Hi, this morning I discovered that System Restore stopped working correctly, because, after choosing a point, I got the error 0x80070005
(see the image).
 
I'm on Windows 7 Pro x64 (not planning to update to 8\10).

No active antivirus at the moment.
I've tried various solutions online, but noone worked.
Selecting a 20 days old point didn't work either.
 
How can I fix this?
 
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I've also encountered other problems not related to the first error, but discovered due to that:

- SFC /scannow couldn't repair some files like: themeservice.dll, themeui.dll, uxtheme.dll

- DISM doesn't have the usual /restorehealth parameter (only /scanhealth).. why??
 
- the "System Protection" tab is missing in "Safe mode" (bug or feature?).
 
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Do you have any suggestion?
Should I try a repair at this point? (NO refresh)

Edited March 10, 2016 by phaolo

[phaolo]

Oh well, I solved at least the first problem.
I used System Restore from the Repair mode and it worked

No idea about that SR error or the other issues though..

Any comment?

[phaolo]

Sigh.. this forum has become quite empty since some months

Anyway:

- after various tries, SFC managed at least to repair themeservice.dll and uxtheme.dll.

- DISM /restorehealth seems to exist only on Win 8+ versions.

- no SR tab in "Safe mode" is probably a security feature.

[Tripredacus]

The error would indicate a file was locked or being used by another process that System Restore wanted to use. I guess we'll never know what was using it.