Windows 10: Windows 10 update stops at 84% after running for 12+ hours, requiring a hard shutdown to...

For the second time in the past couple of months, when I have been forced to install Windows updates, it stops at 84% and never completes. I let it run over night for 12+ hours, because it says "Updates in progress, do not turn off your computer".


After 12 hours, I realized that the update is stuck so I do a hard shut down.


Then I do a restart and get a message that says "Undoing changes to your computer". After about 15 minutes I see the login screen and I am able to eventually log in and get my computer back.


Since Windows 10 will not allow me to completely stop updates, how can I prevent this from happening again?


I also opened a forum question about this back in May 2020 when this first happened but I never got a single reply -

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-c1e6-4429-b100-bb2cac02f6a9?tm=1590865309676


It is obvious to me that there is a serious problem with the latest Windows update and I really need help with this please.

:)

 

Windows 10 updates frozen at 84% completed for many hours

After not using my computer for several months updates were to be done. I started them. I have Windows 10. It was to take a while. Said not to turn off computer. I left it to finish over night when it was 84% complete. Notw it is staying at 84% many
hours later. I cannot work while it is updating. Nothing on the keyboard works. Suggestions?

 

Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.