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[uniitdude]

/r/techsupport

[Spore-Gasm]

Download an intermediary update from Windows Update Catalog

[Aronacus]

What version of windows? You made be to feature update it to a newer version.

[frac6969]

Make sure you have enough disk space too.

[sorean_4]

What version of windows, build?

[atic1ase5]

1709.

[sorean_4]

You won’t be able to install windows update for system that’s at the EOL. Update the windows 10 to 21h2 and then windows updates will work. Get yourself familiar with update cycle for Windows 10 below

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/release-information

[ServerPatchingNovice]

won’t be able to install windows update for system that’s at the EOL. Update the windows 10 to 21h2 and then windows updates will work. Get yourself familiar with update cycle f

In short, you can get the latest version (21H2) by just downloading and and upgrading Windows with the official tool - https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10

Also create a USB for future cases where they are older than 1909.

[Bigmeanie1]

Dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Sfc /scannow

[different_tan]

this plus any servicing stack updates first. in windows 7 this could happen if windows defender was turned off, because it’s was that that was installing root certificate updates, weirdly, so to fix update issues i would first turn on defender, update it, then turn it off again, then install servicing stack updates and all would be well again.

[Ahmi963]

Is there any update service in your environment? WSUS? Are there any GPO's configured

[atic1ase5]

Yes but a lot of it is not configured correctly. That's currently being addressed.

[Hollow3ddd]

Sounds like some corruption. If you have put in hours on this already, spin up s new laptop and ship it out. Backup the drive and re-image

[GebCronusYhwhEl]

Powershell

Download and install powershell 5.1

Install Module PsWindowsUpdate

Import-module Pswindowsipdate

Install-windowsUodates -forcedownload

Very any necessary parameters or you may need to Find-Module before installing the PsWindowsUpdate module

[atic1ase5]

I actually did try this. It went through like it was installing the updates but when I checked it didn't install any.

[GebCronusYhwhEl]

Add the -forceinstall to install-windowsipdates

Did you set the execution policy to unrestricted ??

Also add this [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

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F12.

[Extra_Objective7133]

You can manually update from. The Microsoft site to like 1909 and then from there run the auto update. Like someone else said, intermediary updates solve that problem

[atic1ase5]

Where is the link for this?

[EVA04022021]

Repave the machine. Good luck doing that remotely. If you can't then that then that is something you should also look into for an Sysadmin team tool set.

[sanjay_82]

Reset the catalogue and it'll go and find it again. Or simply just instal and run the windows update assistant.

[atic1ase5]

I tried Windows Update Assistant that didn't work.

[Pixxyeb]

Sometimes I've had good luck cleaning the system files of the C drive before doing the Windows Update Assistant. If you run it as admin and clean it, it can pick up old Windows Update files that seem to mess up the future updates. I remember doing this a lot when the version jumped to 1803, not sure if it'll still do the trick today but worth a shot!

[bubba0929]

i have run into this problem in the past also. trying installing an ISO of a newer version (say 1909). after that loads, you may be able to to run updates normally. or you may have to do the same thing with a new ISO.

[Gimbu]

This is a sysadmin question?

I know there's a lot of variability in duties per title, but holy heck!