The Windows Update service (wuauserv) enables the detection, download, and installation of updates for Windows and other programs. If this service is disabled, users of this computer will not be able to use Windows Update or its automatic updating feature, and programs will not be able to use the Windows Update Agent (WUA) API.Read more
Windows Update may throw the error 0x80240023 on some systems when you click on the Check for Updates button. Here is the complete error message:
There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x80240023)
The code 0x80240023 (“WU_E_EULAS_DECLINED”) means the license terms for all updates were declined. It usually occurs on computers with Office 2003 or Office 2007 suite or one of its components installed. Windows Update encounters the error 0x80240023 when installing the Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In.Read more
When you attempt to install Windows Updates, you may see this error message:
There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x8024a105)
For some users, a full reboot (restart without Fast Startup) has resolved the issue. If not, the general troubleshooting methods below ought to fix the Windows Update error 0x8024a105.Read more
On some systems, the error 0XC19001E1 may occur when installing a Windows 10 feature update — e.g., when upgrading from version 1903 to 2004, 2004 to 20H1, etc. The 0XC19001e1 error is one of the vaguest error messages of all the Windows Update errors.
Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903 - 0xc19001e1
The Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient event log channel may have the following entry logged:
Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient Date: Event ID: 20 Task: Windows Update Agent Level: Error Opcode: Installation Keyword: Installation, Failure User: S-1-5-18 User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: Server Description: Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0xC19001E1: Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903.
If you run setup using the Windows 10 Update Assistant or the Media Creation Tool, you may see the following error message:
This PC can't be upgraded to Windows 10. Your PC has hardware that isn't ready for this version of Windows 10. No action is needed. Windows Update will offer this version of Windows 10 automatically once the issue has been resolved.
Let’s see how to fix the error 0XC19001E1 when updating Windows 10.
When upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, or updating Windows 10, you might encounter the error We couldn’t update system reserved partition, or error 0xc1900104, or error code 0x800f0922.
This happens if the System Reserved Partition (SRP) is full. The System Reserve Partition is a small partition on your hard drive that stores boot information for Windows. Some third-party anti-virus and security apps write to the SRP, and can fill it up.
According to Microsoft, to upgrade your device, you’ll need to free up 15MB of space on the SRP using the appropriate method below. And then try the upgrade again. If you’re updating Windows 10, you need to free up 13MB.Read more
When installing an update, especially a Cumulative Update or .NET Framework package in your Windows 10 or 11 computer, the update installation may fail with an error code 0x800F0922 (“CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED“) or 0xc1900104 or the error message “Something didn’t go as planned”.Read more
Your Windows 10 computer may show the error 0x80070005 when installing a feature update — e.g., when upgrading from version 1809 to 1903. The exact error message verbatim is below:
There were problems installing some updates, but we’ll try again later. Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903 – Error 0x80070005
You may have installed the latest Windows 10 Cumulative Update via Windows Update or by downloading the .msu package via MU Catalog. After some days, Windows Update may offer you the same update, download, and install it again. You may be wondering why does Windows 10 offer the same update twice.Read more
Your Windows 7 computer may hang or get stuck when checking for updates, and consume high CPU time, thus bringing the system to a halt. This happens even though you have the Windows 7 SP1 installed.
This post tells you how to fix the problem.Read more
