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Blue screen after Windows 8.1 update
I have a problem where every few days Windows 8.1 tries to update and it starts the update, gets to 30% and then restarts as normal. However after restart I get a blue screen of death, and the ...
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Windows 8 - 4 updates keep failing and looping, how do I resolve them?
I have Windows 8.1 on an Asus Transformer laptop. Every some time my computer does a force-update. The last group of updates failed. Now, the cycle goes like this:
Every once in a while the computer ...
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Uninstall apparently hidden Windows Updates
I need to uninstall some Flash updates which left me unable to debug the Flex application I'm working on.
I went to the updates history in Windows Update and got the KB numbers of those updates, but ...
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Windows Update fails with code 80244019
I just found that Windows Update is failing and hasn't installed any updates for a little more than a month.
It says:
Windows could not search for new updates
There was a problem searching for ...
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Updates through WSUS fails on Windows 8.1 with error 0x80070643
I have wsus on windows server 2008 and i have two machines with windows 8.1 where updates fail with error 0x80070643.
There are exactly 8 updates that fail:
KB3080457
KB3081397
KB3081398
KB3081399
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Windows update KB3013769, KB3013816 failing on Windows 8.1
I have two optional updates to install on my laptop, a lenovo Thinkpad X201. All mandatory updates have already been applied. It has failed repeatedly, despite me doing several reboots.
If I click ...
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Windows 10 update does not resume downloading
I am trying to update my windows 8.1 to windows 10.
I am updating through Control panel -> Windows Update.
At one point of time updated downloaded 40% of data and I turned off my machine but when next ...
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Windows 8.1 failing to install updates and unable to install Windows 10 (not sure if related)
My computer is currently running Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center, and for several months has been failing to install a number of important Windows updates, shown in the screenshot below. After ...
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80246008 error when trying to download windows 10
Windows 10 decided to start downloading, except Windows Update spent about 2 hours saying 0% complete on the download. I then got a code 80246008 error, how do I fix this? Also the page suggested ...
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Windows update: Download percentage not shown anymore
I am working on Windows 8.1. Some time ago, I reserved the update for Windows 10. However, in the meantime, I have changed my mind and want to take some time before switching.
I disabled the Windows ...
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How to set Windows Update to download, install updates then shut down?
For a Windows 8.1 VM that is used only sporadically, I want to have the ability to select updates to install, then instruct the system to install those updates and once done shut down.
Windows Update ...
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How to Disable Windows 10 update permanently? [duplicate]
How to permanently disable all notifications and updates to Windows 10?
Currently when I open Windows Update panel the first main update is Upgrade to Windows 10 system.
Other updates are not ...
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Windows 10 download won't start
I'm on geniuine Windows 8.1.
I've been trying to get this to work forever now. According to the installer, it's downloading but when I click "View progress" it opens Windows Update which says "...
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Stuck on preparing for installation windows 10
My Windows 10 update is getting stuck for me today at this point
It’s unclear if this is due to demand today, or thanks to other bugs. The list of problems related to Windows 10 getting stuck ...
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Windows Update stuck at 0KB 0% even after clean bo
my Windows Update progress is stuck at 0KB and 0%. I have tried everything I have found on the internet to fix it. I've tried stopping wuauserv bits and cryptsvc, deleting my SoftwareDistribution ...
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