Windows 10: In Windows 10, my Windows update keeps on failing on install 0x80070246. I've tried a lot...

Hi all,For a month now, Windows update has been unable to install any updates. I've tried the troubleshooter, clean reboot, restarting services, cleaning up windows update using windows repair tooling and .bat files, however the issue seems to persist.Updates end up downloading, however it takes minutes to start log shows handler issues, but it gives an error after install is started.I've checked the WindowsUpdate logs, but cannot make sense of it. The failed notification first one relates to the following:2023-10-31 21:11:35.0656077 15936 8104 WIL *FAILED* [80070246] file =

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Windows Updates failed to instal

I just did step one and they have just all installed.... thank you so much.... it was quite frustrating having that update window pop up every 5 minutes and failing to instal every time

Thanks mate

 

Windows Update keeps failing!

Hi all,
for some reason i can't update my win7 anymore... it downloads and instals perfectly but then when i reboot and its configuring updates @ startup it says fail to configure microsoft windows update bla bla bla.... i've tried the following solutions which don't work.

1. selecting and installing updates 1 by 1.
2. I downloaded some kb update that is supposed to prepare the machine for win7 sp1.
3. downloaded microsoft fix it.
4. tried to install win7 sp1 directly... no go, same error as with the other updates...
5. installed and updated win software (.net, windows installer, vcredist)

i had this same issue a couple of months ago. but that was related to .net not properly configured, that is not the case with this..
Sure i can disable windows update. but then again this topic is useless if i want that solution *Stick Out Tongue

 

Windows Update keeps failing!

Yea, that was going to be my next suggestion, if "Safe mode" did not work... I didn't want to scare him just yet.. *Toast :toast: There is a new feature in Windows 8 that will let you go back to a fresh install with just a few clicks. It should help a lot non pro's to start over fresh. *Toast :toast: But this is no help to him.. *Toast :toast: