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    Win11 update fails every time, why? Install error - 0x80242016


    Hello all. I am on the Windows Insider program and for the last few weeks Windows will not update, the process gets stuck at 38% and then reverts to the previous version. A few days later windows asks me to update again, and again it fails... error - 0x80242016What can I do?Thanks, Mark.

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