Windows Update has stopped working...
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FreeBooter
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Please let us know the error message displayed when trying to enable Windows Update service.
Head to Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot and click Additional troubleshooters to see the full list of tools. Under Get up and running, select Windows Update > Run the troubleshooter to launch the appropriate one.
Head to Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot and click Additional troubleshooters to see the full list of tools. Under Get up and running, select Windows Update > Run the troubleshooter to launch the appropriate one.
britechguy
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And, if FreeBooter's suggestion does not result in a solution, then I'd try the following (and neither costs you anything but a bit of time as neither is in any way "destructive" of anything):
1. Using DISM (Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management) and SFC (System File Checker) to Repair Windows 8 & 10
2. Doing a Windows 10 Repair Install or Feature Update Using the Windows 10 ISO file
1. Using DISM (Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management) and SFC (System File Checker) to Repair Windows 8 & 10
2. Doing a Windows 10 Repair Install or Feature Update Using the Windows 10 ISO file
FreeBooter
Member
Please let us know the error message displayed when trying to enable Windows Update service.
britechguy
Well-known member
Then just do the repair install using the Windows 10 ISO file or, more likely, as the version has almost certainly changed since your last update in 2020, the Feature Update using the ISO file.
You've got significant system corruption, and that's the easiest way to fix it.
You've got significant system corruption, and that's the easiest way to fix it.
britechguy
Well-known member
I say the following not intending to be snarky in any way, but to clarify my way of thinking: I don't care about the DISM log.
When DISM itself is failing that indicates a Windows 10 instance that's "in trouble" in way more ways than I'm willing to try to play "whack a mole" for. The Repair Install (if the ISO version is the same as the running Windows 10 instance) or Feature Update (if the ISO is for a newer version) gets you as clean a slate as is possible, replacing nearly all of Windows while retaining your installed programs and your data.
That's the way I'd go, period.
britechguy
Well-known member
Please report back afterward.
If you still have an issue with Windows Update, or the Feature Update from ISO failed, then this topic then really needs to be moved to the Windows Update forum for more intensive "under the hood" analysis. I don't expect that will be necessary, but only you can tell us if the Feature Update completed successfully and whether when you manually check for Windows Updates you get them or a clean result telling you you're up to date.
If you still have an issue with Windows Update, or the Feature Update from ISO failed, then this topic then really needs to be moved to the Windows Update forum for more intensive "under the hood" analysis. I don't expect that will be necessary, but only you can tell us if the Feature Update completed successfully and whether when you manually check for Windows Updates you get them or a clean result telling you you're up to date.
FreeBooter
Member
Please open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into the Start Menu search box, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.
Please post a screenshot of the Command Prompt.
Code:
sc start wuauservPlease post a screenshot of the Command Prompt.
FreeBooter
Member
Please execute bellow commands one at a time and post a screenshot of the Command Prompt.
Code:
sc config wuauserv start= demand
sc start wuauserv
FreeBooter
Member
Please execute bellow commands and post a screenshot of the Command Prompt.
Code:
Reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "3" /f
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