I'm trying to install updates on a Windows 10 Pro 1709 PC using standalone updaters downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
I'm trying to install on a Windows 10 Pro 1709 system, build 16299.15.
The error message displayed by the Standalone Updater is "The update is not applicable to your computer".
I've worked through Microsoft's troubleshooting guidance, which is the basis for most of the SEO-bait articles which Google finds on this subject:
- When I started, there were no updates of any kind installed on the machine. So the updates are definitely not superseded by existing patches!
- The updates are likewise definitely not installed
- I have downloaded the correct architecture (x64)
- I have downloaded patches for the correct Windows major version (1709)
- When it comes to prerequisites, some of the failed updates are Servicing Stack updates. The MS update catalog says Servicing Stack updates don't have prerequisites. Since the other updates were failing, I tried installing the Servicing Stack updates in order anyway. More info on the results of that below.
- I have rebooted the computer many times.
- I have tried using
dism.exe /restorehealth
- I have run
sfc /scannow
integrity check, which reported that there were no integrity problems.
I was able to successfully install the following Servicing Stack updates, which went smoothly:
- 2019-02 KB4485448
- 2019-05 KB4500641
- 2019-07 KB4509093
However, the two later Servicing Stack updates claim they are "not applicable":
- 2019-09 KB4512575
- 2019-10 KB4521860
After installing the Servicing Stack updates up to 2019-07, I thought I'd try installing the 2019-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 KB4507465
, since that should work with the Servicing Stack from the same month. That also claims to be "not applicable".
I've also tried the 2019-10 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 KB4520006
, which is "not applicable". And the 2019-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows 10 1709 for x64 (KB4519564)
, and the 2019-06 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64 (KB4502562)
, which both also claim to be "not applicable".
So the machine won't accept any of the recent updates that I've tried to install. What else can I do to diagnose the cause of the failed updates?