Then the system is facing an update install loop, where Windows tells you that updates would be installed when you boot up or shut down – and you shouldn't switch off your system. However, this does not always work (especially if external virus scanners interfere). Normally the entry in the file Pending.xml should also be removed. If an update fails during installation, the installer forces a rolls back. Only after an update has been successfully installed does the installer remove the entry in the Pending.xml file. There it is checked whether there are updates to be installed in the file Pending.xml. In an early phase, only Windows PE components are loaded.
However, this is not possible within a running system.
The last point is important because many updates need to exchange files in use during installation. During the update installation, a file Pending.xml is written to indicate which updates are due for installation.In the first step, Windows Update determines the missing updates and downloads them to an update store (component store).Background: How Windows installs updatesīefore we dig into the steps to remove a buggy update, some background information about what happens when installing an update. Have also a look at this page with the Update Troubleshooter and the blog article Windows 10: New update troubleshooter app and site, maybe you are successful. In case the steps above doesn't works, try the troubleshooter and advices on Microsofts article Fix Windows Update issues. If you have luck, the install issue is fixed after reboot. Confirm the UAC prompt and follow the steps to repair Windows Update. In settings page go to Windows Update and click the Troubleshooter button.ģ. Type 'trouble' into the taskbar's search box and select the result for the troubleshooter.Ģ. To resolve the problem with the update installation, you should first check whether the Update Troubleshooter in Windows 10 can interrupt the update loop and fix the problem.ġ. How to perform a clean restart in Windows is described in this Microsoft article. Sometimes this clean boot solves the installation issues. The first approach to try is to perform a clean boot for Windows. The system is stuck in an update installation loop. But this fails again, so that the rollback operation outlined above starts again. The update is then loaded and installed again via Windows Update. However, an error occurs during this process, so that the installation is rolled back during reboot and Windows restarts. An update is downloaded from Microsoft's servers on the system and then the system tries to install this package. The Error: An Update Installation Loop The error description is quite the same from affected users.
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