Solved Why won't Windows 10 update?

riider October 26, 2017 at 16:24:55

See response #3: https://www.tenforums.com/windows-u...

Brian W October 26, 2017 at 18:58:27

riider, I tried your suggestion and ran the DISM command. It said it was successfully completed; I then rebooted. When I tried to do the update, l was not successful; At "Preparing to install updates 60%", it stopped. Would using tweaking.com help? Thank you. Brian W

Razor2.3 October 26, 2017 at 19:51:57

Try the Windows Update Troubleshooter. If that doesn't work, save the following as a batch file, right-click, and choose Run as administrator. It should solve the common cases, assuming Windows Update is still healthy enough to help DISM do its thing. (Warning: You'll reboot once it's done.) net stop wuauserv net stop bits rd /s /q "%windir%\SoftwareDistribution" REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\WUPS2.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\WUPS.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\WUAUENG.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\WUAPI.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\WUCLTUX.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\WUWEBV.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\JSCRIPT.DLL" /S REGSVR32 "%windir%\System32\MSXML3.DLL" /S dism /online /cleanup-image /restoreHealth sfc /scannow shutdown /r /t 60 /f How To Ask Questions The Smart Way message edited by Razor2.3

Fingers October 26, 2017 at 21:19:29

"Would using tweaking.com help?" I have used Tweaking.com to repair Windows Update. First run Malwarebytes to make sure that you are clean of malware. If it finds more than a minimum, stop and post the log for review. Make sure you run all recommended prescans and do it all in Safe Mode. http://www.tweaking.com/content/pag... You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

Brian W October 27, 2017 at 08:09:37

Fingers, I wanted to shut off screen saver before I ran tweaking.com. After clicking display in the control panel I got "The page failed to load." I then ran sfc /scannow and got "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations." Thank you. Brian W

Brian W October 27, 2017 at 16:52:30

Razor2.3, I tried Windows Update Troubleshooter but that did not work. I then tried the batch file and that did not work either. I currently have Windows 10-1703 and the update was to Windows 10-1709. Thank you for your assistance. Brian W

Brian W October 27, 2017 at 16:54:15

Fingers, I tried tweaking.com but that did not work. I currently have Windows 10-1703 and the update was for Windows 10-1709. Thank you. Brian W

Razor2.3 October 27, 2017 at 19:53:27

Well, at this point, the easiest thing to do would be to just use the Win10 media creation tool, and use that to fix things. You can find it at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sof... How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

Fingers October 27, 2017 at 20:47:38

"I wanted to shut off screen saver before I ran tweaking.com. After clicking display in the control panel I got "The page failed to load." I then ran sfc /scannow and got "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."" If you rebooted into safe mode then there is no screen saver in safe mode. Safe Mode is recommended because there are many less processes and therefore less to interfere with the repair. If you did not try in Safe Mode then you can try it again. remember to follow all tabs and all prescan steps. http://www.tweaking.com/content/pag... If it failed in safe mode then try suggestion in #8 above. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

Brian W October 27, 2017 at 21:11:24

Razor2.3 Thank you for your suggestion. Does using the media creation tool and then the install delete all of my applications? Thank you. Brian W

Brian W October 27, 2017 at 21:14:13

Fingers, I tried tweaking.com in safe mode but it did not correct the problem as the Windows update still does not work correctly. Thank you for your assistance. Brian W

Razor2.3 October 27, 2017 at 21:43:05

It has that option, but it'll tell you what it's going to do before you reach the point of no return. How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

Fingers October 28, 2017 at 19:45:51

I do not know W10 as well but there has been a repair option on the install on previous versions of Windows that does not destroy files and certain settings. Always back up to an external drive just in case though. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

Brian W October 31, 2017 at 18:10:33

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Fingers, This is very strange. I was going to use the media creation tool but first I wanted to try update one more time. That screen said ready to install which I did and I now have Windows 10-1709. Curious, I did some reading and read that Microsoft was staggering the downloads. Thank you for your assistance. Brian W