Windows 10: How to get it off of 'Getting things ready - 0%'?‍♂️

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Update stuck at getting things ready 0% and consuming a lot of data.

I am currently on 1909 and recently windows 2004 update appeared on the windows update section( maybe 2 days ago) . I tried downloading it, but every time I tried to download it, the update got stuck at "getting things ready" 0%, it didn't even move a bit,
just 0%. I checked my connection and I came to know that the laptop consuming the data so fast and a total of 1.2gb was shared with the laptop. I wasn't doing anything else on the laptop but it was consuming the data. Then I tried solving it on cmd and the
commands that I used are

1.net stop wuauserv

2.net stop bits

And then I removed files from c/windows/SoftwareDistribution

Then I started the wuauserv and bits but nothing really helped. This time around, it consumed additional 1.5 gb but still stuck at getting things ready at0%.

 

Stuck on - Getting a few things ready


Figured I would chime in here too in case anyone else has this issue. Disabling anti-virus did not work for me. What I did was use an optimization utility to delete all my junk files and bad registry entries. I used http://download.cnet.com/Wise-Care-3...-75744630.html and basically stepped through all the different utilities and tools it offers in the free version. Restarted the computer, disabled anti-virus for good measure, and it flew right by the "Getting a Few Things Ready" step.

I've noticed a lot of issues are related to files generated by windows, or by the utility. I think the cleanup utility probably just wiped out whatever junk file was clogging up the process.

 

Status getting things ready stuck at 70%

Status getting things ready stuck at 70%