Windows 10: Failed Forced v.1903 Update...

The automatic forced update to v.1903 on my system failed during the night a couple of days ago. The v.1903 update took 11.5 hours to download/install and another hour to do the update. Then another hour to download and install two additional updates. No errors listed in update history, but the desktop, Firefox, and Windows Live Mail were completely trashed ( there were other apps possibly affected). All mail folders and all bookmarks were lost as well as the setups for each app. Restoring v.1809 from the windows.old folder. The restore to V.1809 went well and restored Firefox, Windows Live Mail, and the desktop to what they were before the v.1903 update. Update and Security panel now shows that there were two installs of v.1903 with the first failing with error code 0x802400d and the second automatically restarting and completing successfully. That hadn't been displayed before for some reason. The Update History panel shows three feature updates: the second 1903, the first failed 1903 and the old 1809 with the correct date (May 15, 2019). The About System panel shows v.1809 bld 17163.678 being installed. WU has done two autoupdate checks since the v.1903 debacle and states the system is up to date. Of course, the "Download and Install" link is now gone from the WU panel.

My questions concern WU doing an unrequested 1903 update someday, or will it think 1903 is installed and I will eventually have to download an ISO to update to v.1903? Or worse, will WU download and try to install CUs for 1903 on an 1809 system?

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Win10 v.1903

I tried to update from v.1809 to v.1903. The installation would get to about 50% and the computer would shut down. When I started it manually after several minutes, I got the message, "Undoing changes made to your computer."

I made an effort to start the computer with all services and apps not running, using msconfig settings - to no effect.

Any suggestions??? TIA

 

Windows 10 fails to update


When you finish testing the Avast suggestion, make sure that you restart your machine.

Then if the issue persists, please return to the trouble shooting list in post# 89

I think there are three steps that remain; the WU troubleshooter, reset WU components, and manual WU reset.

 

Hyper-V machine freezes on start after 1903 update

Since updating OS to version 1903, my Hyper-V machines freeze at start for about 20 seconds, then re-open login page, then it boots fine and all is good.

I've updated graphics drivers, gone through several Windows-based scans, i.e. sfc /scannow, etc.

I've also tried...

Stopped/restarted Container service

Disabling/re-enabling Hyper-V

Any suggestions?

My build:

i7-8700

32GB RAM

Win 10 Pro 1903