Windows 10: Unwanted and failed updates in Windows 10

Dear All,

In my Windows update history, I can see a large number of entries of installation failed updates. This is for both windows and Office. It appears windows keeps downloading the upgrades again and again. Wasting a lot of data.

I don't have many office components installed. Like: Access, and One note. It keeps downloading updates for them as well, and later it appears as installation failed.

Is there a way to change this behavior? What should I do?

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Windows update does not download

Original title: Carol

'I already have a new computer with windows 10 already on it.

Question: How do I get rid of the unwanted update that failed to download automatically? Just keeps saying retry. Never downloads nor does it go away.

 

updates not downloading for over a week.

Thanks for your feedback.

This is just posted for information purposes.

New Microsoft tool will hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates

New Microsoft tool will hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates

 

For starters try this.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...troubleshooter

 

Happens all the time and not tied to particular Windows version. My MS Office 2013 gets updates for not installed components. It was happening even on W7. MS Office keeps some parts of installation source even when they are not installed for compatibility's sake with other parts. Shared DLLs, manifests etc. and they get updated too.

 

Can I hide the non-required updates so that they do not get downloaded again and again? Probably Win 10 do not allow this.

 

There are some settings built in:

 

If I un-select "Give me updates for other Microsoft products.........", will it stop updating Office? I am fine with not updating Office regularly.

 

Yes it should.

 

Great. Will try that. I have seen that page while moving around Windows update settings.