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martinp-f
Copper Contributor
Jul 25, 2020

Windows updates causing issues

Why do I dread tuesdays and yet another update causing issues? This week the updates failed to download, I tried driver updates( all up to Date); SFC (failed) and DISM cleanup(failed). Eventually I ...
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KapilArya
MVP
Jul 26, 2020

Hello martinp-f,

 

Microsoft do not recommend to disable updates because they're essential for your system.

 

In case if updates are failing, you can run Windows Update troubleshooter from Settings app > Update & security > Troubleshoot to fix related issues.

 

If that doesn't work, try this:

 

Open administrative Command Prompt and type following commands one-by-one followed by Enter key.

 

net stop wuauserv

net stop cryptSvc

net stop bits

net stop msiserver

Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

net start wuauserv

net start cryptSvc

net start bits

net start msiserver

 

If issue still persists, try installing updates manually using Update Catalog:

 

https://www.kapilarya.com/manually-download-and-install-windows-updates-in-windows-10

 

Let us know if this helps!

 

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP. 

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