Windows 10: Windows Update Settings Stuck Loading

Hey,


I was opened Windows Update settings in the Update and Security section, and I am stuck on the loading screen below. No idea what to do.

:)

 

geforce experience takes an age to load..

Well that's why I asked. Mine is on SSD and takes 11 seconds. Your list of games will not appear if it has not checkd for updated suggested settings for awhile until it checks.

When it says it is refreshing the game list, it is checking, because NVIDIA periodically updates suggested settings. Plus it will look for those for new games you have installed.

So, the less it is run, the slower it will be.

 

Windows update in Windows settings stuck loading, unusable

EDIT:

I FOUND A SOLUTION! I made a step-by-step tutorial near the bottom of this post.

Hello! In my windows settings, the update section is stuck in a permanent loading loop [image]. I'm an advanced user and am very
familiar with Windows. I'd never ask for your help before I researched the problem, I wouldn't be here unless I tried fixed the problem diligently.

I've tried the following, all unsuccessful:

• Windows Update Troubleshooter
  • [OUTPUT: "Troubleshooting couldn't identify the problem"]
• Reset windows update history
  • [I Stopped wuauserv & AeLookupSvc, deleted %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log, started wuaserv & AeLookupSvc]
• Reset the Windows Settings App
  • [Ran 2 cmds in PowerShell, 1 of them returned errors --
    pastebin of cmds + their outputs]
• sfc /scannow
  • [OUTPUT: "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations")]
• DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /Scanhealth
  • [OUTPUT: "No component store corruption detected.
    The operation completed successfully"]
• chkdsk C: /scan /perf
  • [OUTPUT: "Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems"]

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HOW I SOLVED THE PROBLEM

I'm not sure exactly which one of these steps fixed the issue, but one of them did for me.

FIRST: Install FixWin for Windows 10.

WARNING: USE THIS TOOL AT YOUR OWN RISK!

• Create a restore point before
  using the tool
• Download FixWin for Windows 10
• Extract the zip to a folder and run the program as administrator

SECOND: Once FixWin is open:

• Go to the "System Tools" category on the left-hand side
• Once in the "System Tools" category, find "Reset Windows Security Settings to Defaults", then to the right of that option, click the "Fix" button

THIRD: Go to the "Additional Fixes" tab in the FixWin application.

• Under the "Quick Fixes" tab at the top, click on the button that says "Reset Group Policy Settings"
• Under the "Quick Fixes" tab at the top, click on the button that says "Reset WMI Repository"
• Under the "Quick Fixes" tab at the top, click on the button that says "Reset Settings App"
• Under the "Quick Fixes" tab at the top, click on the button that says "Reset Software Distribution Folder"
• Under the "Quick Fixes" tab at the top, click on the button that says "Reset catroot2 Folder"
• Under the "Quick Fixes" tab at the top, click on the button that says "Reset Windows Update History"

AFTER COMPLETING ALL THE ABOVE, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER!

IF MY SOLUTION DOESN'T WORK:

Here are some articles and other things you can do.

• If you need to update but can't, you can update manually Microsoft Update Assistant, click
  here to download it.
• Try the solutions in
  this article (credit to nigelyardley for
  suggesting this!)
• Take a look at
  this article which gives a tutorial on how to fix the Windows Update service in the registry.
• Check out this lengthy article that has a giant list
  of fixes to all kinds of Windows 10 update problems.

[*]
If all else fails, at the beginning of this post there's a list of solutions I tried, they didn't work for me but they might work for you.

 

Win10: windows update stuck at never ending loop ?

When in win10:

• Update&security -> Windows update -> Finding update... .... .... ....

Planning to download the latest Win10.ISO (vers.1803) and manually update:
- Then wait that my ordered new SSD arrives and clone the old HDD to it.