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
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Windows 7 Stuck at “Checking for Updates” Screen and Consumes High CPU
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
How to Auto Shutdown after Installing Updates in Windows 10
On patch Tuesdays, you’ll see a bunch of updates such as Adobe Flash Player Security Update, Servicing Stack update, and/or the Cumulative Update showing up in the queue when you open Windows Update settings page. For Asian countries, the updates arrive at night or late night.
Installing a Feature Update or Cumulative Update always requires a restart. Once done, you then have to shut down the device manually if you don’t prefer leaving the computer in sleep or hibernation mode overnight. This means your sleep schedule gets delayed as you’ll have to be awake until the Cumulative Update is fully downloaded and installed.
You may be wondering how to automatically shut down your Windows 10 computer after the updates are installed.Read more
Error 0x80070422 in Windows Update and Store
When you open Settings and check for updates on your Windows 10 or 11 computer, the error 0x80070422 appears. Here is the entire 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: (0x80070422)
Error 0x80070424 in Windows Update and Microsoft Store
When you attempt to check for updates from the settings page in Windows 10, the error 0x80070424 may appear. Also, the Windows Update service may be missing from the list when you open the services console. Error encountered There were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later. If you keep seeing this and … Read more
Fix Error 0x80d06802 Installing a Windows Update
When you try to install an update via the Windows Update channel in your Windows 10 computer, error 0x80d06802 may appear. Here is the full error message verbatim:
There were problems installing some 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: Error 0x80d06802.
This post tells you how to fix error 0x80d06802 during Windows Update installation.Read more
Fix Error 0x800F081F-0x20003 Installing Windows Update in Windows 10
When installing a Feature Update (especially v1809 which is the October 2018 update) on your Windows 10 computer, error 0x800F081F – 0x20003 may appear if you’ve enabled Developer Mode in Settings.Read more
[Fix] Windows Update Error 0x8024a223 in Windows 10
When you attempt to scan for updates or when installing an update, the Windows Update page may throw the error 0x8024a223. Here is the full error message verbatim:
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: (0x8024a223)
This article tells you how to fix Windows Update error 0x8024a223.Read more
[Fix] Windows Update 0x80070BC2 Error in Windows 10
When you attempt to install updates via the Windows Update channel, error 0x80070BC2 may occur and the update repeatedly fails to install. The Windows Update page may show “Awaiting restart”. And after restarting, the Windows Update installation history page shows the following error under that particular update(s):
Last failed install attempt on [date] – 0x80070BC2
And the Windows Event log records this error, referencing the KB number:
Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070BC2
For example:
Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070BC2: 2018-01 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB4056892).
Cannot Boot into Windows after installing KB4100347 Intel CPU Update
Intel recently announced that they have completed their validations and started to release microcode for recent CPU platforms related to Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715 [“Branch Target Injection”]). The Windows Update KB4100347 includes microcode updates from Intel.
Right after installing the update KB4100347 via Windows Update channel or the Microsoft Update Catalog, many users faced a problem where the system became unbootable, especially Xeon workstations. Although not necessary, some users wiped their drive, formatted it and installed Windows 10 from scratch to come out of this problem.
But there is no need to clean install Windows 10. This post explains how to make your Windows 10 computer bootable again by undoing/uninstalling KB4100347 offline via Windows Recovery Environment.Read more
