I'm on a Dell XPS laptop (Windows 10 version 1909)
- When I try to check for updates, the progress indicator never stops working - it won't even finish checking.
- When running the Windows Update troubleshooter, the initial progress indicator (looking for pending restarts) never goes away.
- Stopping the Windows Update service leaves it stuck in the stopping state even after rebooting (I have tried various means of rebooting but am not sure if I have found one that actually forces the power all the way off given #2).
- Using taskkill to force the service to stop makes the service stop, but then we're back to square 1.
- Tried manually downloading the latest SSU and the latest cumulative update KB files. Running either of those gets stuck on the first step "searching for updates om this computer."
- Windows update history indicates latest install attempt of KB4550945 failed with code 0x80070020 (So that's the KB I tried to download manually).
How can I get past this?