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Windows Update fails in loop

Windows updates download or s, install and then fail repeatedly.

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What you are seeing

Windows updates download or s, install and then fail repeatedly.

Likely causes
  1. Corrupt Windows Update components
  2. Insufficient disk space
  3. Proxy or filtering
First checks
  1. Remove code of error
  2. Check the disk space
  3. Repair the image
Recommended actions
  1. Repair Windows Components
  2. Free from space
  3. Correcting the proxy or policies
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Windows updates download or s, install and then fail repeatedly.

Important: relevez toujours le message d’erreur exact et l’heure du problème avant de modifier la configuration. Les actions proposées doivent être adaptées à votre environnement.

Causes probables

  • Corrupt Windows Update components
  • Insufficient disk space
  • Proxy or filtering
  • Damaged Windows Image
  • Incompatibility or blocked update

Diagnostic étape par étape

  1. 1

    Remove code of error

    Note the exact code in Windows Update.

  2. 2

    Check the disk space

    Make sure the system volume has sufficient margin.

  3. 3

    Repair the image

    Run DISM and SFC.

  4. 4

    Control Network/proxy

    Check the, access to the update services.

Commands utiles

DISM /Online / cleanup-Image /Re Store-2005
sfc /scannow

Solutions possibles

  • Repair Windows Components
  • Free from space
  • Correcting the proxy or policies
  • Process the specific error code rather than repeat the installations
Quand escalader ?

Escalad if the failure is a whole fleet after deployment, update or political.

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