Thursday, November 24, 2016

Checking for Updates Stuck in Windows 8.1

Also, in "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Troubleshooting\Fix problems with Windows Update", received this after scanning:
"windows update error 0x80070490" ...... fixed (actually it's not fixed)

After searching for solutions online for a while, there is a simply fix for this problem. Use the link below, download and install KB3172614:
http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=3172614

By the way, these solutions are useless to me:
  • WSUS Offline
  • WindowsUpdateDiagnostic.diagcab
  • sfc /scannow
  • Delete "SoftwareDistribution"
  • ....
Update:
KB3172614 may get stuck just like the Windows Update does.
I tried several more computers with this problem. Though I solved all of them, it seems I have to use these solutions as a combination. Here are the solutions, and no more than these :)
  • use "Fix problems with Windows Update" in Control Panel
  • download and run "WindowsUpdateDiagnostic.diagcab"
  • delete everything in "SoftwareDistribution" folder in C:\Windows\   
  • use "Disk Cleanup" for C:\ and then, click "Clean up system files"   (this may take long)
  • install KB3172614  
Try the first 4 solutions again and again in different orders until you can install KB3172614 smoothly. And better install it when the "SoftwareDistribution" folder is empty.



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