Windows 10: Windows 10 Updates fails to install even after multiple attempts.

I'm also having issues with KB3074683. I was fiddling for over an hour in order to get it working (involved removing SoftwareDistribution, DISM checks/rechecks, etc.). I've given up by now & will give it a try tomorrow, perhaps they'll release a 'proper' version of it.

 

Yet another failure.. I Downloaded the Windows Pro ISO file from Microsoft using their Download too and made a USB and clean installed the thing, And yet the same issue prevails

Fails again, Security update is failing while the normal updates like

gets past the line without any issues. Not sure what is going on.!
*Mad*Mad

 

I managed to resolve the issue with KB3074683.
See this thread for details:
Latest KB3074665 update fails to install - Microsoft Community (yes, even though this discuss installation problems of another update)

 

Could you please explain the steps which you did to resolve the issue with the update? The link seems to include too much data to process, Explain how you managed to get it working and perhaps that can mark the issue as solved. *Smile

 

The issue _should_ only affect users with Nvidia drivers (which Windows 10 will gladly install for you). However, the driver installation adds a new user profile with a broken profile link, which KB3074683 doesn't "like that much" since the profile path cannot be found.
So basically, all you have to do is to remove the "false" user profile key from the registry.

Quoting Aaron44128:

 

These are the updates I'm currently having trouble with. I already tried getting help from Microsoft themselves but they suck and it's already been a couple of days since these updates were rolled out. I've already tried a couple of fixes namely Windows update diagnostic, Mr. Fix (but it doesn't support Windows 10), and a few registry cleaners (but they don't support Windows 10 too). I've tried searching for help online but nobody else seems to have the problem but us or they're just too dumb to notice. At this point, I'm not thinking of another clean install. It takes too long and I have a lot of paperwork to finish.

 

You can download 79 and 83 from Wzor - I'll have to upload 78 for you though - a bit later.

 

I don't have an Nvidia device and i could see only 4 profiles in the registry

Faulty profiles may not be the issue and the sfc /scannow returned successfully without finding out any integrity violation.

and I also downloaded the package

and tried to install that offline too, but that also fails every time, Av on Av off nothing seems to get this issue resolved, really worried about this update since until this gets past i can't install any other updates either. The hide tool, might be useful but still an update is an update.. *Sad

 

I had the same problem, in the end I did Win10 to Win10 upgrade with the MediaCreation tool. It's pretty painless process as it kept all my settings and programs. DISM and SFC didn't find any problems and I didn't seem to have any ghost accounts either.

 

OK, so all I need to do is : remove the "false" user profile key from the registry. So please, tell me, which registry hives do I search and for what, or please direct me to the specific placements in the hives and I could then, hopefully, blow away any user grouping that isn't supposed to be in the group!

edit: After reading through a mess more at various sites, I came upon this: https://superuser.com/questions/9483...d95501c234ad3c
and the salient point is to get your registry editor (regedit for us po folk), drive on over to:

and start looking at each entry under the profileimagepath key for a user that does not belong by comparing that entry against what you have under USERS in whatever you use for Windows Explorer. I went this route, deleted the entire group under ProfileList that contained a profileimagepath that I believed wrong (did not now exist) - each entry of mine that I inspected, to help you locate that which I am referring to, started with

where the litttle x's stand for numbers ranging from the single digit to hyphenated monsters and to my honest absolute surprise (things don't usually go this good for me - I was anticipating a complete re-install of Windows...) 683 installed without a problem!!!

edit 2- btw, though I thought I had an nvidea driver, mine shows as an intel(R) HD Graphics driver...

 

I too also have Intel HD graphics so I wonder if its something related to that driver that's stopping the updates from installing. I still have yet to be able to get any of the new updates to install with .240

 

Mine is also and Intel HD graphics. There seems to be a new link in the case now. And the profile list as i have listed about does not contain any invalid user information.

 

I am having the same problem as well with a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro.

I do not have an Nvidia or Intel card, I have two ATI video cards.
There are no erroneous profiles in my ProfileList.

I have tried doing a fresh install of Windows 10 and it has not helped.

This is pretty aweful.

 

I'm downloading 32 bit version of Win10 Pro now, and gonna do a clean install. (again for the 4th time!) *Sick This update is driving me crazy! *cry

 

I'm just like you Shadow.I'v hidden the update untill know what to do. I'v erased Kaspersky, eradsed Superuser profile, erased Nvidia drivers, erased my patiente.So I'll sit back and wait untill something comes around.But...i know myself and it will drive me CRAZY untill i find out what to do.

Need a solution!!!

P.s SIMIA a Tenforuns user said that this particularly update was installing on the wrong driver (?) and he fixed it(!).Gow can we fix something like that? Ideas?