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Turning off a windows service and then turning it back on works as a reboot for that particular service. All the cached files of the service will be automatically removed when you turn off the service and regenerated when you turn it back on. In easy words, Restarting the update service might resolve this problem. As mentioned above, There is a built-in troubleshooter provided in Windows You can use the troubleshooter to let the system automatically detect the flaws in the Windows update process and repair it.

Sometimes, the update related errors can occur due to some problem with your network configuration. If that is the case, Resetting the network settings can definitely help to resolve the problem. To reset network settings, follow these steps:. The DISM tool is a deployment image service and management tool. To repair windows update problem by using DISM command, follow these steps:.

In order to ensure the security of your system, you need to turn on the Windows Defender firewall to connect to the Microsoft server. If the above methods are invalid, you can check whether the Windows Defender firewall is turned on or not. Missing drivers can also cause errors when upgrading the operating system. You can check if some drivers are missing and then reinstall. If the above methods are not working, and if you are updating the Windows 10 semi-annual update, then you can download the Windows 10 update ISO image from official Windows website and install it manually offline.

Maybe after upgrading to the new version of Windows 10, the problem will be solved automatically. It a software provided by Microsoft for such instances. Nothing else on your computer can be accessed while you are getting this stuck screen. No where in this remedy article does it say to power down your computer against the warning on the stuck screen so you can restart and then access all the nice remedies shown in this article.

Your email address will not be published. I could not get to wuauserv service to stop on my pc. So i tried a cleanboot and did not start the windows update service.

When I continued to try and delete the qmgr files , I could not as they "were being used by another process" even though wuauserv is not running, see following text from my command prompt window:.

After trying everything above in vain, looks like the problem is that you have to log in to your Live account from Internet Explorer when I did this, it finally started to actually get somewhere. I had to set up local accounts which don't seem to work for updates for a business since Win8 is not really biz friendly IMHO.

Received a secondhand Hard Drive on Saturday morning after deciding to purchase one after numerous problems trying to reinstall Win 7 on the previous one. Just couldn't get windows updates to work on it after trying to upgrade to Windows 10 which screwed my Laptop and main pc up. I have had the same problem today on my Laptop, firstly checking updates went on and on and on, then after i cancelled it it stated i had updates to go in when i tried it again.

I clicked to install the updates and now as i type this, i have updates running into my system. Fingers and Toes crossed that i don't have anymore problems otherwise it will get a taste of the mighty Hammer. I am using Windows 7 64 bit. I have even left the computer on overnight but it still fails to update. This thread is locked.

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In order to provide you with a quick resolution, please reply to these questions: 1. Method 3: I would suggest you to follow steps from the article mentioned below and check: Error: Failure configuring Windows updates.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Shenan Stanley.

Manually update One of them at a time with reboots in-between. If you find one that gets stuck, reboot and note that one and don't try it again until you are done. Then - if any are left - come back here and list the updates left over.

In reply to Shenan Stanley's post on February 9, Thankyou for your reply, Even if I pick ust one update at a time. In reply to GodofHellfire's post on February 9, Even if you KNOW you have done a part - do it again, as given. I usually stop the Windows Update service, then delete the everything in the SoftwareDistribution folder. Not the folder itself however.

Then restart the service. Restarting the service will create a 'fresh' SoftwareDistribution folder. Updates almost always start working for me then. Everything in the folder, or in the downloads folder? I've read both, and am kinda gunshy about deleting files from on a production server haha. But if that is the proper step to take, that'll be my next step tonight after hours.

I just wanted to verify with a place I trusted first spiceworks vs. Alright, thank you for the quick response!