Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. For days now it endlessly displays the "Preparing to install" progress status without actually doing something Moreover, I don't seem to be able to abort this process. When I click the [Cancel installation] button, I get an error message telling me that I need administrative privileges in order to cancel the installation. But Windows 8 doesn't provide an option to run Control Panel applets like Windows Update with administrative privileges!
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Same problem here during a scheduled outage, whew and thakns for the tip!! Keith Dec 23, at UTC. Joe88 Oct 27, at UTC. This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. Go back to services again as explained in Step 1 and this time start the Windows Update Service, by right-clicking on it. Try to update Windows again. It should be working this time.
Once you have got the updates working, you may find plenty of updates to install at next reboot. This moment calls for a meme:. I wish that Linux-like updates could be included on the list of Windows 10 features copied from Linux. I wish. Also a movie buff with a soft corner for film noir.
Attempt to delete the Software Distribution folder fail because it says it is in use even though I stopped the Windows Update service. I do not know how to do this. I installed some Korean add-ons as I have some family in Korea. I searced through my installed updates history on the Windows Update site and found the following: 1.
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