Microsoft regularly releases Windows updates with various bug fixes and security improvements. And the latest Windows 10 is set to install updates automatically, Means whenever new cumulative updates available your system automatically and download them on the background. Also, you can manually check for and install them form the Windows update section.
Well, few users report windows update stuck downloading or it fails to install with different errors 0x80248007 or error 0x80072ee7. Some others report windows 10 2004 feature update error 0x80248007. Here this post we have different solutions help to fix different windows update installation errors on Windows 10.
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Windows 10 Update Error 0x80248007
Window supdate Error 0x80248007 occurs when some files in the Windows Update are missing, or when the Microsoft Software License Terms cannot be located by Windows Update.
- First of all check and make sure you have a working internet connection to download update files from Microsoft server.
- Temporarily disable antivirus software and disconnect VPN (if configured on your PC)
- Start windows clean boot state and check for update, this helps if any third party service conflict causing windows to update to fail to install.
Start Windows update service
Check Windows update and its related services running state:
Press Windows + R, type services.msc and ok
This will open Windows services console look for the following services and make sure its running state.
- Windows Update
- BITS
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- COM+ Event System
- DCOM Server Process Launcher
Run windows update Troubleshooter
Windows 10 has an inbuilt Troubleshooting tool to fix Windows update related error. It’s the easiest method to try, so go ahead and run it first.
- At first, Press Windows + I on keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app.
- Now, Go to Update & Security then Troubleshoot.
- Here locate Windows Update, click on it and then click on Run the troubleshooter.
- This will detect and fix the problems prevent windows update to download and install,
- Restart windows after complete the troubleshooting process, and again check for updates.
- I hope this time windows updates get to install successfully.
Reset Windows update components
Here another effective way to fix most of the windows update related problems.
- Open windows services console using services.msc,
- look for Windows Update service, right click and select stop,
- Press keyboard shortcut Windows + E to open file explorer window,
- Navigate to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
- Here delete all files and folder inside the Download folder,
- To do this use keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A to select all and press the Del key,
- Now back to the windows service console and start the windows update service
- To do this Right-click on Windows update service select start
- That’s all, close everything, and restart windows,
- Now head over to settings, update & security and hit check for update button.
Fix Windows file corruption
SFC command is an easy solution to fix some windows related problems. If any missing or damaged system files causing the problem running System File Checker probably a good fix. If this Error (Windows 10 Update Fails With Error 0x80248007 ) happens due to corrupt missing or damaged system files this system file check can help to fix this error.
- Open the command prompt as administrator,
- Type command sfc /scannow and press the enter key
- Let the scanning process 100% complete and restart windows.
If SFC scan unable to repair them we recommend run DISM restore health command “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth”
Restart Your PC once the process completes
Now again open windows update and hit check for updates button, I hope this helps.
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