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rpr-nospam
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Jul 22, 2023
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Windows Server 2012 won't install KB5028232

On a MS Windows Server 2012 Standard the Windows Update offered https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/july-11-2023-kb5028232-monthly-rollup-6bb225ac-13bd-4260-8f11-1c28fa6b0ea0 for installation this month. After server restart I see that the installation was not successful (the update is still offered) and the following was logged in the Event Log:

Package KB5028232 failed to be changed to the Installed state. Status: 0x800f0920

I downloaded the update manually from https://catalog.update.microsoft.com and installed but got the same result.

Any suggestions how to solve this?

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    rpr-nospam
    Jul 23, 2023

    The page, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/common-windows-update-errors#0x800f0920, says for error 0x800F0920:

    A servicing operation is taking a long time to complete. The servicing stack watchdog timer expires and assumes the system has stopped responding. Extending the timeout will mitigate the issue. ...

     

    In https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/windows-update-hangs-updates-uninstalled I found instructions on extending the time-out period used by the TrustedInstaller (Windows Modules Installer) service while installing updates:
    In Registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TrustedInstaller changed BlockTimeIncrement value from 900 (seconds) to 9000 (seconds) and restarted the server.

     

    After that the installation of KB5028232 finished successfully.

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      rpr-nospam
      Copper Contributor

      The page, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/common-windows-update-errors#0x800f0920, says for error 0x800F0920:

      A servicing operation is taking a long time to complete. The servicing stack watchdog timer expires and assumes the system has stopped responding. Extending the timeout will mitigate the issue. ...

       

      In https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/windows-update-hangs-updates-uninstalled I found instructions on extending the time-out period used by the TrustedInstaller (Windows Modules Installer) service while installing updates:
      In Registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TrustedInstaller changed BlockTimeIncrement value from 900 (seconds) to 9000 (seconds) and restarted the server.

       

      After that the installation of KB5028232 finished successfully.

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