Windows 10: 1703 - 1709 update fails, "could not configure on computer's hardware"

181gb free on a 255gb ssd so definitely not that *Smile Wasn't even aware I was secure booting, I'll look into that thanks *Smile

Thanks, I've tried with every single USB item disconnected so can't be that. All drivers are installed and up to date, the only one that isn't is the SATA driver as I'm using the default one due to the performance supposedly being better.

 

Disabled secure boot, fast boot, set to clean boot, removed all anti-virus/malware and VPN apps, disabled internet, tried everything, nothing works for my PC for whatever reason, guess I have no choice but to clean install *Sad

 

A clean install may be your best option at this point. *Sad

 

Yeah and at the end of the day I'm a firm believer that a clean install every now and then is good for the soul system *Wink

 

Registered so I could post a fix here (short of reimaging). Issue appears to be caused by IISAdmin service. Workaround is to open Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off and disable Internet Information Services (and everything within it) before upgrading.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Fo...cingdeployment


God forbid Microsoft would test the update on installations that run a web server before pushing it to the entire world. *Rolleyes

 

Welcome to TenForums @IRC 129, and thanks for the info.

As it happens, I have IIS turned off so I can run Wampserver instead - perhaps that's why I've not seen this problem?

 

I've no idea if that would have worked for me but thanks for posting anyway, maybe it will help someone in the future.

Nothing worked so I ended up doing a clean install only keeping my personal files, was the only option that would ever complete, now in 1709 and on the tedious task of installing everything again and returning to their previous state!

I'll click solved as for me I guess it is.

 

Interesting, but this has always been turned off by default for me.

Thank you for posting though. *Smile

 

I just wanted to thank @IRC 129 for the solution that has evaded me for over a week. I had been trying to update my Surface Pro i7 (new model) from 1703 to 1709 and got the dreaded hardware fail error, despite disconnecting everything and trying several times.

I went into Windows Features and turned off 'IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility' and tried again. This time it worked.

What a bizarre compatibility issue, not helped by the error message generated!