As you know, developers are constantly working to improve their applications and regularly publish updates to them. However, in practice, it often happens that for some reason programs stop updating automatically. Therefore, we will devote this article to analyzing the question of why Windows 8 updates are not downloaded, and what can be done to fix this problem.
To update your PC software, you can find all the necessary information in Windows Update.
You can view his log as follows:
- By clicking Win+C on the desktop, go to the “Settings” tab, and then sequentially: “Change computer settings” - “Update and recovery”.
- Clicking on the “View update log” link will open the required window.
First of all, if problems of this kind are detected, it is necessary to resort to the troubleshooting tool of the Update Center, which checks automatically. Often such actions lead to the desired result.
What to do if applications do not update
If you still cannot update any individual or several programs automatically, you should:
- try to do this manually. In practice, it happens that errors arise due to poorly chosen execution time, caused by the congestion of Internet sites, low network connection, or a number of other factors;
- if the terms of the license agreement for the use of the software in question were not initially accepted, reinstall it, read and accept the license terms;
- check whether there is enough free space on the device to download a package of changes for a particular program. You may need to remove temporary Internet files, unused files, unnecessary programs, etc., and then repeat the installation. You can check the amount of available disk space by using the Disk Cleanup tool included in Windows;
- check your Internet connection and whether the process of downloading changes was stopped on your own;
- Analyze which Windows 8 applications are not updated. Quite often, updates to device drivers, for example, video adapters, cause errors because the installed files either do not match the OS installed on the user’s computer or are damaged. A list of all the latest driver versions for the OS installed on the computer in question should be generated automatically by Windows Update, so if you encounter difficulties, you should contact the device manufacturer.
Windows 8 updates won't install: Video
Computer freezes while searching for and installing updates
In Windows 8, there are a variety of problems with updating applications, and PC freezing is one of the most common.
Therefore, if the computer stops responding to user requests while searching for updates, you must:
- re-check for suitable updates;
- If this step does not work, try to troubleshoot through Windows Update;
- Look for the answer in the device documentation or on developer websites.
If the computer stops responding after rebooting the system as a result of installing updates, you need to use the “ ” function and roll back the OS to a previously saved state.
Windows 8 apps won't update: Video
When updating the Windows operating system, sometimes errors occur that lead to problems on users' computers. Problems installing Windows updates do not occur on all computers, but a significant number of users experience similar situations.
After the operating system update process completes, the user receives a message that a Windows Update error has occurred. Some updates are not installed correctly into the operating system and cause Windows to malfunction.
Problems installing Windows updates
Users who encounter this problem have to independently search for information on the Internet, on websites and specialized forums. Microsoft Corporation on its technical support website has launched a special service in Russian to solve problems with Windows updates.
If the following messages appear on the computer: Windows 7 Update error, Windows 10 Update error, Windows 8.1 Update error, then the user can use the Myerosoft service. This may not solve the problem, but in any case, it is better to get first aid from the manufacturer of the Windows operating system.
Windows Update: Bug fixes
Follow this link: https://support.microsoft.com/ru-ru/help/10164/fix-windows-update-errors See the Windows Update Error Fixes page. The web page suggests several steps to follow to resolve the issue.
Following these steps will solve problems with common Windows update errors (0x80073712, 0x8024402F, 0x800705B4, 0x80004005, 0x80070003, 0x80070002, 0x80070643, 0x80070020, 0x8024200B, 0x80070422), as well as with more rare operating system update errors.
The algorithm of the service: the user is asked to perform certain actions, and if the problem is not solved, the following actions will be offered, each time becoming more complex.
First, select the operating system installed on your computer. The supported operating systems are Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7. Users of the Windows 8 operating system must upgrade to Windows 8.1 for free, since Microsoft has officially stopped supporting this operating system.
I'll tell you how this works using Windows 10 as an example. In other versions of the Windows operating system, problems are solved in a similar way.
The next step asks you to download and then run the Windows Update troubleshooter.
Run the latestwu utility on your computer as an administrator. In Windows Update, you will see the Diagnose and prevent problems with your computer window. Click on the "Next" button.
Problems are detected on the computer related to updating the operating system. Once completed, you will see the result of the system check.
In my case there are no problems. In your case, the tool will prompt you to perform some actions, after which the update error will be resolved.
If the problem is not resolved, under the question “Is the problem resolved?”, answer “No”.
Further on the service page you will receive new instructions. For example, following the instructions, you need to go to the update history page, and then select the most current update article for the version of Windows installed on your computer.
Go to the Microsoft Update website and enter the article number in the search field. Download the appropriate update from Microsoft Update, and then install it on your computer.
In case the error persists again, you will need to perform more complex actions using the command line.
As a result, if the issue is unsuccessful, the service will offer to reset or reinstall Windows. In most cases, these actions will not be necessary, since the solution to the problem of updating the operating system will be completed successfully.
Conclusions of the article
Using the Error Correction service in Windows Update, problems that arise after installing updates to the operating system Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 are resolved. The user will be prompted to take the necessary steps to resolve update errors.
If Windows 8.1 updates are not working for you and you are searching endlessly, you cannot install games and programs because Windows cannot install some components, such as Visual C++ and. etc., then this instruction is for you.
This problem appeared for me after I, you may have a different case when an error appeared, but the problem is the same, there are no updates.
Since I had pre-installed licensed Windows 8.1, the problems with updates caused me a slight shock, like the license, but I can’t update Windows, except for constantly searching for updates, there was no result :)
I won’t go into detail about how many days I’ve been looking for a solution, but I’ll write for you a few instructions on how to fix the update center not working in Windows 8.1.
I’ll say in advance that the first instruction most likely will not solve the problem, but it’s worth a try, since it won’t take much time and it helped some.
Windows 8.1 does not find updates - solution one
1. Go to the control panel (if you do not see the control panel interface as in the screenshot, in the right corner set the parameter: view -> category), then system and security.
2. At the very top of the “Support Center” section, click on the “Fix common computer problems” item.
3. In the tab that opens at the bottom, click the item “Troubleshoot using Windows Update.”
In the window that appears, click Advanced and then click on “Run as administrator”, in the same window click Next and wait a little while Windows tries to fix the problems.
Once the process is complete, restart your computer and try searching for updates.
Wait 15-20 minutes, if there is no result, then move on to another instruction, which is described below.
For clarity, video
Windows 8.1 does not update - instructions for solving problems with the update
This solution helped me and many others and the system began to find updates and install them without errors.
2. In the left corner, click "Settings".
3. From the drop-down list, select “Don’t check for updates” and click “ok”.
4. After you disable checking for updates, you need to temporarily stop the update service.
To do this, we go to the services.
Press the WIN+R keys or the start menu, select Run.
A window will open, enter the command comexp.msc and click ok.
In the tab that appears, select “Services (local)”.
We look for the “Windows Update” service, select it and right-click it, select stop.
After stopping, reboot the computer!
This is where the worst part is over :)
Now all we have to do is download a few updates from the official Microsoft website and install them.
The updates that we will need to install are located below, as well as links to download them.
Important! Before downloading, check what 32 operating system you have. or 64's. bit (you can see it, press start, select system, it will be written there)
For 64's. Windows
For 32. Windows
We will install updates in strict order.
Important! Before installing updates, check whether any of these three updates are installed on the system (if any is installed, you do not need to install it again).
How to find out what updates are installed.
Go to the control panel, then system and security and select the “Windows Update” item, at the bottom left there will be an “Installed updates” item, click it, a window with all updates will open, in the right corner there will be a search field, enter the update numbers one by one and make sure that they are not in the system.
After making sure that these updates are not in the system, install the updates in this order: (the installation is simple as installing regular programs, double-click on the update)
KB2999226
After installation, be sure to restart your computer.
After reboot we set:
KB3173424
And
KB3172614
We reboot again.
After the reboot, we follow the familiar path to the control panel, then system and security and again select the “Windows Update” item.
2. In the left corner, click "Settings"
3. From the drop-down list, select “Search for updates, but the decision to download and install is made by me,” click ok and it will search for updates.
We wait 10-15 minutes and see that Windows 8.1 immediately found updates for us and offers to install them, we select which updates to install and install them :)
In anticipation of the release of Windows 8, Microsoft released a large cumulative update, KB2756872, something it has never done before for client operating systems. However, when installing the update, an unpleasant surprise awaited me - error 80073712.
Today I will talk about how to overcome this and a number of other errors when installing Windows updates using a new service feature - in-box corruption repair.
This entry begins a series of articles about innovations in Windows servicing. And no, it has nothing to do with automatic maintenance using a scheduler. First, I will show how I solved the problem with installing the update, and then I will talk about the technology.
Today on the program
Troubleshooting Windows Update errors caused by component store corruption
In previous Microsoft OS help for the error 80073712 There is a description from which it follows that the cause is damage to the component store. The System Update Readiness Tool (CheckSUR) was released for Windows Vista and Windows 7 to help resolve a number of Windows Update errors.
80070002 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 8007000D ERROR_INVALID_DATA 800F081F CBS_E_SOURCE_MISSING 80073712 ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT 800736CC ERROR_SXS_FILE_HASH_MISMATCH 800705B9 ERROR_XML_PARSE_ERROR 80070246 ERROR_ILLEGAL_CHARACTER 8007370D ERROR_SXS_IDENTITY_PARSE_ERROR 8007370B ERROR_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME 8007370A ERROR_SXS_INVALID_IDENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_V ALUE 80070057 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER 800B0100 TRUST_E_NOSIGNATURE 80092003 CRYPT_E_FILE_ERROR 800B0101 CERT_E_EXPIRED 8007371B ERROR_SXS_TRANSACTION_CLOSURE_INCOMPLETE 80070490 ERROR _NOT_FOUND
To fix these errors in Windows 8 and newer operating systems, the CheckSUR utility is not needed, because everything you need is already built into the system! You can repair damaged components by using the PowerShell cmdlet (recommended method) or DISM.exe utility.
Upd. 28-Jul-2015. Microsoft has released a special update that brings built-in component recovery to Windows 7, similar to Windows 8+.
Stage 1 - Restoring a Damaged Component Store
You can perform a recovery without a Windows installation disc, but in some cases you may need one.
Recovering without an installation disc
In this case, storage files on the local disk and Windows Update are used.
The state of the component store is indicated by the parameter Image Health State. Him Healthy means that everything is fine with the component store. For further diagnostics, proceed to checking the integrity of system files just below ↓ If the storage corruption is not fixed, you need to try this using the installation disk.
Recovering using the installation disc
When the system fails to restore any components, the original installation disk can help you.
- Right click on the ISO image and select from the menu To plug. Pay attention to the drive letter that the mounted image received.
- In PowerShell, run the command: Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth -Source:WIM:E:\sources\install.wim:1
Here the letter “E” corresponds to the letter of the attached image, and the number “1” corresponds to the edition index in the image (in the example, a Windows 8 Enterprise image with a single edition is used).
- At the end of the procedure, make sure that the component storage is in order (Healthy).
Stage 2 – checking the integrity of system files
Strictly speaking, this stage is not related to the restoration of components. However, Microsoft technical support recommends that after checking the integrity of the component store, you should also check the integrity of the system files. To do this, in a command prompt running as an administrator, run the command:
Sfc /scannow
One of my files was damaged, and the SFC utility successfully repaired it.
Cases where the system was unable to recover any files are beyond the scope of this article (I'll cover those another time).
Stage 3 - installing the update
So, two teams restored the integrity of the component store and system files. It's time to try installing the update again.
As you can see, it worked for me this time!
What is Windows Maintenance and why is it needed?
Benefits of Windows Integrated Component Recovery
Let's compare the key points of component recovery in different operating systems.
Windows Vista and Windows 7
Purpose of the test (working system and images)
The target of the scan can be either an installed system or an image in WIM or VHD format.
Checks the running system.
Checks the connected offline image using the path specified after the parameter.
Checking and restoring storage
To determine the status and repair of components, the Repair-WindowsImage cmdlet provides three parameters that check the store. The scan result can be:
- no damage (Healthy)
- presence of damage that can be repaired (Repairable)
- presence of damage that cannot be repaired (Not repairable)
However, the functions of the parameters are different.
-CheckHealth
Instantly checks whether a marker indicating damage is present in the system registry. This marker may appear while the maintenance system is running.
-ScanHealth
Checks storage for damage. This operation takes longer than simple token verification.
-RestoreHealth
Checks the storage for damage and repairs it. This operation is the longest of the three.
Source of recovery components
To restore components, they need to be taken from somewhere. When the source not specified, the scan automatically uses the local component store and Windows Update.
This point is not documented anywhere, and you should understand that when checking an offline Windows image from another edition or version of Windows, the source must be specified.
In both cases, you can specify more than one source and even block Windows Update while doing so. The following options are for recovery purposes only and are therefore only valid in conjunction with -RestoreHealth.
You can use the path to:
- a running system that can be accessed over the network
- offline image, and its preliminary connection is not necessary
What’s interesting here is the ability to specify the path directly to a publication in a WIM image without first copying it to a local drive and then connecting it. It is secret knowledge, not yet reflected in the documentation;) This works thanks to the WIM automatic connection function, implemented in the last stages of Windows 8 development.
You can list multiple paths separated by commas. Additional sources are used only if no suitable components were found in the previous ones.
When using a WIM image as a source, you must specify the image type and its index:
Source:WIM:E:\sources\install.wim:1
-LimitAccess
Blocks access to Windows Update during scanning.
PowerShell Command Examples
I will give several examples of practical use of the Repair-WindowsImage cmdlet with different purposes and verification sources. You already saw the first two at the beginning of the article.
Recovering the storage of a running system using local files and Windows Update as a source:
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth
Restoring the storage of a running system using Windows Update and the WIM image as sources:
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth -Source:WIM:E:\sources\install.wim:1
Checking the offline VHD image storage. First it mounts to the C:\mount folder (this happens very quickly), and then the check is performed.
Mount-Windowsimage -ImagePath C:\vhd\Win8.vhd -Index 1 -Path C:\mount Repair-WindowsImage -Path C:\mount -ScanHealth
Restore standalone VHD image storage using a WIM image as a source. First, the VHD is mounted to the folder, then the image is restored, after which the VHD is disconnected and the changes are saved.
Mount-Windowsimage -ImagePath C:\vhd\Win8.vhd -Index 1 -Path C:\mount Repair-WindowsImage -Path C:\mount -RestoreHealth -Source:WIM:E:\sources\install.wim:1 Dismount- WindowsImage -path C:\mount -Save
Scan and recovery results
In addition to the results in the console, you can find a detailed report near the end of the %WinDir%\Logs\DISM\dism.log file
The first half of the above fragment shows the specific components and the result of their recovery (success or failure), and the second half shows a summary of the operation, including the time it took to complete.
Checking System Update Readiness. (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt (Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-lpksetup_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_7a23086df63cad13 (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt (Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-l..oyment-languagepack_31bf3 856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_ru-ru_2422e0b40b0ac235 (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt ( Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-l..oyment-languagepack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_ru-ru_2a982e5d65c9a294 (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt (Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-l..oyment-languagepack_31bf3856ad3 64e35_6.2.9200.16384_ru-ru_53ea2a36610cb913 (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt ( Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-l..oyment-languagepack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_ru-ru_879ccd7f3842e229 (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt (Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-l..oyment-languagepack_31bf3856ad36 4e35_6.2.9200.16384_ru-ru_8e2bd9e9b9aeac5f (p) CSI Manifest Corrupt ( Fixed) amd64_microsoft-windows-l..oyment-languagepack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_ru-ru_c73545896a8993dd Summary: Operation: Detect and Repair Operation result: 0x0 Last Successful Step: Entire operation completes. Total Detected Corruption: 7 CBS Manifest Corruption: 0 CBS Metadata Corruption: 0 CSI Manifest Corruption: 7 CSI Metadata Corruption: 0 CSI Payload Corruption: 0 Total Repaired Corruption: 7 CBS Manifest Repaired: 0 CSI Manifest Repaired: 7 CSI Payload Repaired: 0 CSI Store Metadata refreshed: True Total Operation Time: 221 seconds.
As you can see, 7 manifests belonging to the language pack were damaged, which became an obstacle to installing the Windows update. All damage has been corrected.
Of course, this material does not imply immediate practical application, although you can check the status of the Windows component store right now. Moreover, in three years of working in Windows 7, I have never had any problems installing updates.
However, Windows Update errors related to storage corruption are not at all uncommon, even if only based on the OSZone forum. Therefore, it is important to know how to deal with them.
It seemed to me that part of the blog’s audience was frankly bored by a series of articles about the modern interface of Windows 8 and applications. Of course, everything there is primitive, there are no technical subtleties, and most importantly, some people have the feeling that there is nothing new in Windows 8 besides the Modern UI. This is wrong…
I had been planning a series of posts about changes in Windows maintenance for a long time, and the problem that arose with installing the update only forced the publication, at the same time forcing me to change the order of the articles in the series.
Did you have enough technical subtleties today? ;)
If not, the next entry in this series will not only give you an insight into the history of Microsoft OS maintenance tools, but also a unique opportunity to try yourself as a Windows g-assembler! But before that, blog entries will appear on other topics.
Good afternoon, dear readers, last time we looked at how you can, today we will take a break from useful services and focus on solving errors, namely: error 8024a000 when updating Windows 8.1. It prevents the installation of fresh security patches, which even the laziest people have started doing recently, and all because of the threat of viruses.
Main causes of error 8024a000
Before treating symptoms, you need to understand their causes, I can highlight the following list:
- Updates in the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder are damaged, this happens when the Internet connection is unstable or the antivirus is very harsh
- Windows Update Service Problem
- Problem with Windows libraries
- A crooked update is coming your way
This is what the update problem with code 8024a000 looks like in Windows 8.1.
Methods for fixing error 8024a000
- The first thing I advise you to do is run the diagnostic utility, it itself can understand what the problem is and fix it, there is a button for it right below, but if for some reason you don’t have it, you can either find it in the panel management, in the "Troubleshooting" section
Find the "System and Security" item and run troubleshooting using Windows Update. 
In 50 percent of cases it helps solve the problem. If it doesn’t help, then move on to the next point.
- Deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution and C:\Windows\System32\Catroot2 folders. Downloaded updates are stored in the first folder, logs in the second. There are situations when the update was downloaded incorrectly and it became damaged, leaving behind garbage in the SoftwareDistribution folder, so you need to delete it.
You and I have already done this in a post about the endless search for updates. Open the command line as administrator, the first thing you need to do is stop three services
- net stop wuauserv
- net stop bits
- net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 Catroot2.old
ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
They rename the SoftwareDistribution and Catroot2 folders to the same ones, but with the additional word .old, and in their place original and empty folders are created.
Then you need to run the cmd file as an administrator, the tasks of which include registering the necessary libraries
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\vbscript.dll /s
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\mshtml.dll /s
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msjava.dll /s
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\jscript.dll /s
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml.dll /s
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll /s
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\shdocvw.dll /s
regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s
regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s
regsvr32 wups2.dll /s
regsvr32 wups.dll /s
regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s
regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s
regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s
regsvr32 softpub.dll /s
regsvr32 wintrust.dll /s
regsvr32 initpki.dll /s
regsvr32 dssenh.dll /s
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll /s
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll /s
regsvr32 sccbase.dll /s
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll /s
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll /s
regsvr32 Urlmon.dll /s
regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll /s
regsvr32 Msjava.dll /s
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll /s
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll /s
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml2.dll /s
regsvr32 msxml3.dll /s
regsvr32 Browseui.dll /s
regsvr32 shell32.dll /s
regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll /s
regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s
regsvr32 wups.dll /s
regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s
regsvr32 jscript.dll /s
regsvr32 atl.dll /s
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s
As a result of the launch, everything will be re-registered; you can download cmd from the link.
Then we start the services again and check for error code 8024a000.
net start wuauserv
net start bits
net start cryptsvc
- If this did not help you and you still cannot update, then I advise you to install the latest monthly set of quality security patches for Windows 8.1 systems, this is such a large package that contains all the latest updates, otherwise called a Rollup package.