Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Windows Ten Update Service Hangs - Wont Update

Timestamp:

01/27/21 10:33:16 (3 years ago)

Author:

Paul Kulda

Comment:

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Windows Ten Update Service Hangs - Wont Update

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+= Windows Ten Update Service Hangs - Wont Update =
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+{{{
+Restart Windows update service:
+1. Press Windows key and R key together to open Run dialog.
+2. Then type services.msc in the box and click OK to continue.
+3. In the Services window, scroll down to find Windows Update Service.
+4. Right-click it, select Properties, change its Startup type to Automatic, and change its Service status to Running.
+5. Then click Apply and OK to save the changes.
+6. After that, reboot your computer and run Windows Update again to check whether the error is sill occuring and if its please perform other solutions below.
+
+Fix Corrupted Windows Update Database:
+1. Type Command Prompt in the search box of Windows and choose the best-matched one.
+2. Then right-click to choose Run as administrator.
+3. In the Command Line window, type the following commands and hit Enter after each command.
+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 wuauservnet start cryptSvc
+net start bits
+net start msiserver
+4. Then wait for the process to be finished and close the command line window.
+5. Once all above processes are finished, reboot your computer and run Windows Update again to check whether you can install Windows updates successfully
+and check whether the error that we could not complete the install because an update service was shutting down is fixed.
+
+also please include runnning the DISM and System File Checker tools just to make sure if there are corrupted Windows Files needed to repair.
+Steps:
+1. Run Command Prompt as administrator.
+2. Type the command DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth and hit Enter to continue. It may take several minutes for the command operation to be completed.
+3. After that, input the command sfc /scannow and hit Enter to continue. It may also take several minutes to complete the scanning process.
+After finishing, exit the command line window. 
+}}}