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Cannot install any updates on clean Windows 8.1
I made a clean install of Windows 8.1 on a computer. I'm trying to check for updates. The update check takes very long and finally the Windows Update section tells me that no updates are available and ...
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How to fix Windows 8.1 Update Hanging
My Windows 8.1 laptop has not been updated for a long time. I am trying to run Windows Update > Check for updates but it keeps showing the Checking for updates... progress bar forever (more than 3 ...
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Windows Update doesn't work on Window 8.1
I bought new laptop and first thing I wanted to do was upgrading it to Windows 10 but whenever I use Windows Update -> Check updates it's just stuck on checking updates (5 dots are flying in and out ...
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Windows update problems after fresh Windows 8.1 install
I did a fresh install of Windows and right off the bat, Windows update would hang when I had it search for updates. It would show searching for updates and then hang on that screen. I let it go for ...
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Windows 8.1 update not showing
I have Windows 8 Pro activated with kms.
when I open windows store, it doesn't show "win8.1 available".
clicking on ms-windows-store:WindowsUpgrade just brings me to windows store main screen
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Windows 8.1 Keeps Turning Off Automatic Updates
My OS keeps turning off automatic Windows updates without even logging off or restarting the computer.
Action center icon in the task bar warns me about choosing an option for Windows update as if I ...
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Windows update not working in VirtualBox [closed]
I am trying to run Windows Update on a fresh VM using VirtualBox, but the Windows Update keeps hanging on "Checking for updates..."
Host OS: macOS
Guest OS: Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro
Happy ...
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How can I find out what went wrong with a failed Windows update?
This has happened multiple times now - when I shut off my Aspire 7741G-6426 laptop (running Windows 7 and 8.1) at night, it does Updates and then shuts down.
When I fire it up the next morning, I get ...
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After the latest Win8.1x64 Updates, my system got stuck restarting or shutting down..
When I installed the last Windows update, all seemed fine except it got stuck doing the restart. I waited about 5 minutes then used the power button.
Startup was normal.
But then when I told it ...
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Can't connect to Windows Update
I couldn't connect to Windows Update nor install .NET so I've done a clean install of Windows 8.1 from Microsoft's iso.
The same problem occurs : the loading bar is never beginning ! No error message....
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Flickering black screen after kb2919355 (Windows 8.1 Update 1) - no OS access - no safe mode - can't system restore
I can't believe I'm going through this again. I recently updated my windows 8.1 with kb2919355 and my PC doesn't boot anymore. I'm getting a black flickering logon screen where it's impossible to ...
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Why does Disk Cleanup take so much time and cpu?
Just a curiosity question. Disk Cleanup has been spending 100% of one of my cores for quite a while and still going. Seems to be spending a lot of time especially on Windows Update Cleanup.
Can't ...
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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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How can I stop Bing Bar from showing up in Windows Update
How can I stop the Bing Bar from continuing to show up in Windows Update. I have selected "Hide update" on it many times, but it eventually comes back. I do not have the Bing Bar installed on my ...
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Force Windows Update to update all components?
I'm running Windows 8 and 8.1 on two computers. They have the base operating system, Office and Visual Studio installed. There are no third party apps or Windows Store apps (installed by me).
I have ...
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