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Win 8.1 repeats updates
Win 8.1 keeps reinstalling 26 of the same updates then says unable to
complete uninstalling it all again. Any ideas as to why or what to do? Regards, Rene |
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Win 8.1 repeats updates
On 6/17/2015 4:38 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:20:21 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: Win 8.1 keeps reinstalling 26 of the same updates then says unable to complete uninstalling it all again. Any ideas as to why or what to do? Regards, Rene https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-issues/en-us KenW Thanks Ken, will run this tool on Monday when I again have access to his system. Regards,Rene |
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 6/17/2015 4:38 PM, Ken1943 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:20:21 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: Win 8.1 keeps reinstalling 26 of the same updates then says unable to complete uninstalling it all again. Any ideas as to why or what to do? Regards, Rene https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-issues/en-us KenW Thanks Ken, will run this tool on Monday when I again have access to his system. Regards,Rene Sometimes, it's one update, that prevents the rest of the updates from completely, so they all end up backing out. In addition to using troubleshooter-type applications, you can install the updates downloaded separately from Microsoft. I've done that a few times, to solve the first "failed" entry. You have to look through the update history carefully, to understand what remains to be done. (A "failed" can be followed by the same number that succeeded, and then it doesn't need to be fixed as it is already working.) You can also Google the KB number, to see if there is a known problem. Paul |
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On 6/17/2015 9:29 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 6/17/2015 4:38 PM, Ken1943 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:20:21 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: Win 8.1 keeps reinstalling 26 of the same updates then says unable to complete uninstalling it all again. Any ideas as to why or what to do? Regards, Rene https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-issues/en-us KenW Thanks Ken, will run this tool on Monday when I again have access to his system. Regards,Rene Sometimes, it's one update, that prevents the rest of the updates from completely, so they all end up backing out. In addition to using troubleshooter-type applications, you can install the updates downloaded separately from Microsoft. I've done that a few times, to solve the first "failed" entry. You have to look through the update history carefully, to understand what remains to be done. (A "failed" can be followed by the same number that succeeded, and then it doesn't need to be fixed as it is already working.) You can also Google the KB number, to see if there is a known problem. Paul Thanks for the reply Paul, I seem to have 3 options to try on Monday. 1. Run the diagnostics repair program. Link supplied by Ken. 2. Go back about 90 updates in history where I recall seeing about 6 "failed" updates and manually reinstalling the bad ones. 3. Leaving the updater set to "Never Update" until The end of July and Installing Windows 10, which he wants anyway and this should negate the problem. I will report results next week. Regards, Rene |
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Win 8.1 repeats updates
Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 6/17/2015 9:29 PM, Paul wrote: Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 6/17/2015 4:38 PM, Ken1943 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:20:21 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: Win 8.1 keeps reinstalling 26 of the same updates then says unable to complete uninstalling it all again. Any ideas as to why or what to do? Regards, Rene https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-issues/en-us KenW Thanks Ken, will run this tool on Monday when I again have access to his system. Regards,Rene Sometimes, it's one update, that prevents the rest of the updates from completely, so they all end up backing out. In addition to using troubleshooter-type applications, you can install the updates downloaded separately from Microsoft. I've done that a few times, to solve the first "failed" entry. You have to look through the update history carefully, to understand what remains to be done. (A "failed" can be followed by the same number that succeeded, and then it doesn't need to be fixed as it is already working.) You can also Google the KB number, to see if there is a known problem. Paul Thanks for the reply Paul, I seem to have 3 options to try on Monday. 1. Run the diagnostics repair program. Link supplied by Ken. 2. Go back about 90 updates in history where I recall seeing about 6 "failed" updates and manually reinstalling the bad ones. 3. Leaving the updater set to "Never Update" until The end of July and Installing Windows 10, which he wants anyway and this should negate the problem. I will report results next week. Regards, Rene You can be sure that Microsoft is not going to let you get away with (3). There will be at least one platform update that needs to be installed before the upgrade to Win10 can happen. If your WU is broken now (all new updates "fail" or "pending"), you can be sure the Upgrade will be blocked. In my opinion, this would be "because its free", rather than anything else. If you bought boxed software on August first, that might do an upgrade install for you. I assume the W10 installation will actually be delivered via Windows Update, rather than through some other subsystem. And don't forget, a "fail" can be followed by a "succeeded", which can cancel it out. And updates can be recurring as well, so it is perfectly valid to "succeed" when receiving MSRT every month. I find this makes it hard to read the log and make sense of it. But I've had to do just that a few times now. I've never had to reset everything to "escape". When you look at the list, you're looking for a "fail" with no "succeed" to cancel it out. And one of the updates is then likely to block up the plumbing. Paul |
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Win 8.1 repeats updates
On 6/18/2015 9:33 AM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:21:41 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 6/17/2015 9:29 PM, Paul wrote: Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 6/17/2015 4:38 PM, Ken1943 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:20:21 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: Win 8.1 keeps reinstalling 26 of the same updates then says unable to complete uninstalling it all again. Any ideas as to why or what to do? Regards, Rene https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-issues/en-us KenW Thanks Ken, will run this tool on Monday when I again have access to his system. Regards,Rene Sometimes, it's one update, that prevents the rest of the updates from completely, so they all end up backing out. In addition to using troubleshooter-type applications, you can install the updates downloaded separately from Microsoft. I've done that a few times, to solve the first "failed" entry. You have to look through the update history carefully, to understand what remains to be done. (A "failed" can be followed by the same number that succeeded, and then it doesn't need to be fixed as it is already working.) You can also Google the KB number, to see if there is a known problem. Paul Thanks for the reply Paul, I seem to have 3 options to try on Monday. 1. Run the diagnostics repair program. Link supplied by Ken. 2. Go back about 90 updates in history where I recall seeing about 6 "failed" updates and manually reinstalling the bad ones. 3. Leaving the updater set to "Never Update" until The end of July and Installing Windows 10, which he wants anyway and this should negate the problem. I will report results next week. Regards, Rene You may miss needed updates for Win 10 if you wait till it comes out. KenW Here I am back and I can't believe my eyes, The Win 10 icon appeared in the notification area on its own Sunday morning!!! Update is still set to Never and there are still 27 updates pending installation, So I ran the diagnostic program and it showed fixes on 2 registry errors and one other which I didn't catch. reinstalled them again for the fifth time and now everything seems to be quite on the Western front :-)) I registered him for the Win10 upgrade and verification shows "Good To Go". I may Never understand some of the things that Windows Does. Thanks for your Help all Regards, Rene |
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Win 8.1 repeats updates
On 6/22/2015 4:24 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I may Never understand some of the things that Windows Does. That is why I let Windows upgrade when it wants to. I am a user with a basic understanding of computers, the OS, and LAN systems. I am not competent to determine what upgrades to allow and what not to allow. You never know the side effects from an upgrade, and its inter dependencies with other system. By letting all upgrades install, I hope things remain on an even useable keel. If the system does mess up Microsoft usually issues another upgrade with in a couple of days. I would rather use my computer for what I bought it for doing research and writing research papers, that digging into the Register to determine what is there, and changing it to see what happens. |
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