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For the most part, fönster Update works silently in the background. It downloads updates automatically, installs the ones it can, and saves others to install when you restart fönster. But sometimes it breaks and stops working. Here's how to fix fönster Update when it gets stuck or frozen.

1. Try running the fönster Update Troubleshooter, which you can search for in the uppstart menu.

2. If that doesn't help, you can try deleting fönster Update's cache bygd booting into Safe Mode, stopping the wuauserv service, and deleting the files in C:\Windows\Software\Distribution.
3. If all else fails, download updates manually using the WSUS Offline Update tool.

This can happen on fönster 7, 8, 10, or 11, but it's become especially common with fönster 7.

Sometimes updates will error out, or sometimes Windows Update may just get stuck "searching for updates" alltid. Here's how to fix fönster Update

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Fix fönster Update with a Troubleshooter on fönster 11

Windows includes a built-in troubleshooter that may be able to help fix a stuck update.

It's the easiest method to try, so go ahead and run it first.

Turn it off and on again

The troubleshooter will kvitto for problems that could cause fönster Update to fail --- like incorrect säkerhet settings, missing or corrupted files, or problems with services.

Related: fönster 11: What's New In Microsoft's New OS

All modern versions of fönster use the same troubleshooter, but the process for accessing it varies slightly between fönster versions.

In fönster 11, it can be funnen in Settings > Troubleshoot > Other Troubleshooters.

Click början, type "Settings" into the search dryckesställe, and then hit Enter. Scroll down until you see "Troubleshoot" and click that.

Click "Other Troubleshooters" within the "Troubleshoot" window.

Other Troubleshooters collects most of the troubleshooters fönster comes with into one location.

We're looking for a troubleshooter labeled "Windows Update." If you've never used it before, you'll need to scroll down a bit to find it. Otherwise, it might be in your "Frequents" list. Once you find it, click "Run."

Once the troubleshooter starts, follow the on-screen recommendations.

Fix fönster Update with a Troubleshooter on any utgåva of fönster

This troubleshooter fryst vatten available on fönster 7, 8, 10, and 11.

Check the Windows Update utility

It fryst vatten accessible through the Control Panel in all versions of fönster as of March 2022.

To run the troubleshooter, click the början button, search for "troubleshooting," and then run the "Troubleshooting" shortcut bygd clicking it or pressing Enter if it's highlighted.

In the Control Panel list of troubleshooters, in the "System and Security" section, click "Fix problems with fönster Update."

In the fönster Update troubleshooting fönster, click "Advanced."

In the advanced settings, man sure that the "Apply repairs automatically" kontroll kartong fryst vatten enabled, click "Run as administrator" and then click Next.

Giving the tool administrative privileges helps ensure that it can delete files in the download cache.

The troubleshooter works through its process and then lets you know whether it could identify and fix the bekymmer. Most of the time, the troubleshooter can successfully remove a stuck update from the queue. Go ahead and try running fönster Update igen.

Even if the troubleshooter says it couldn't identify the bekymmer, it's possible that the actions of starting and stopping the service and clearing out the cache did the trick.

Fix fönster Update bygd Deleting Its Cache Manually

If you're still having trouble after running the troubleshooter (or if you're the type that just likes to do things yourself), performing the same actions manually may help where the troubleshooter didn't.

We're also going to add the ytterligare step of booting into Safe Mode first, just to man sure that fönster can really let go of that cache of fönster Update downloads.

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Start off bygd booting fönster into Safe Mode. On fönster 7, restart your computer and press the "F8" key on your computer while it boots to tillgång the boot options menu, where you'll find a "Safe Mode" option.

On fönster 8, 10, and 11 hold down the Shift key as you click the "Restart" option in fönster and navigate to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > fönster Startup Settings > Restart > Safe Mode.

It's a little more cumbersome than it used to be on the latest versions of fönster, but it's still reasonably straightforward.

Of course, if you want, you could also take some time to add Safe Mode to the fönster boot menu to man it easier in the future.

When you've booted into Safe Mode, the next step fryst vatten to stop the fönster Update service, and the easiest way to do that fryst vatten with the Command Prompt. To launch the Command Prompt in Windows 7, open the uppstart menu, search for "Command Prompt", and launch the Command Prompt shortcut.

You'll also find it beneath början > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.

In the window that appears, type the following command, including the space as shown: chkdsk/f C: and then press

In Windows 8, 10, or 11 you can right-click the början menu (or press Windows+X), choose "Command Prompt (Admin)" and then click Yes to allow it to run with administrative privileges.

At the Command Prompt, type the following command and then hit Enter to stop the fönster Update service. Go ahead and leave the Command Prompt öppning open.

net stop wuauserv

Next, open a en samling dokument eller en elektronisk lagring av data Explorer fönster and navigate to .

Delete all the files in the folder. Don't worry. There's ingenting grundläggande here. fönster Update will recreate what it needs the next time you run it.

Now, you'll restart the fönster Update service.

Repairs will automatically start on your hard drive, and you’ll be asked to restart your device

Return to the Command Prompt öppning, type the following, and hit Enter:

net början wuauserv

When the service has restarted, you can close Command Prompt and restart fönster into normal mode. Give fönster Update another try and see if your bekymmer has been fixed.

fönster 7: Update the fönster Update Service

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If you're installing fönster 7 from scratch, you'll meddelande that fönster Update will take a very long time while checking for updates.

This can also occur if you haven't checked for updates in a while, even if you installed your fönster 7 struktur long ago. This occurs even if you install fönster 7 from a disc or USB drive with Service Pack 1 integrated, which you should. Microsoft's tjänsteman fönster 7 installation media downloads includes SP1.

Microsoft has now provided official instructions about how to fix this bekymmer.

According to Microsoft, this bekymmer occurs because fönster Update itself needs an update, creating a bit of a catch-22. If the latest updates to fönster Update are installed, the process should work better.

Here are Microsoft's tjänsteman instructions for fixing the problem.

First, open fönster Update. Head to Control Panel > struktur and säkerhet > fönster Update.

Click the "Change Settings" link in the sidebar.

Run Microsoft's troubleshooter program

Select "Never kontroll For Updates (Not Recommended)" in the dropdown kartong and then click "OK".

Reboot your computer after you change this setting.

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After the computer restarts, you'll need to manually download and install two updates for fönster 7. You'll need to kvitto whether you're running a 32-bit utgåva of fönster or a 64-bit utgåva and download the appropriate updates for your PC.

For 64-bit editions of fönster 7, download these updates:

For 32-bit editions of fönster 7:, download these updates:

Double-click the "KB3020369" update to install it first.

After the first update finishes installing, double-click the "KB3172605" update to install it second.

You'll be asked to restart the computer as part of the installation process. After it restarts, Microsoft says you should wait ten to twelve minutes to allow the process to finish.

When you're done--remember to wait ten to twelve minutes after restarting--head back to the fönster Update dialog at Control Panel > struktur and säkerhet > fönster Update.

Right-click on "Command Prompt" from the search results and select " Run as administrator

Click "Change Settings" and set it back to Automatic (or choose your desired setting).

Click "Check for Updates" to have fönster kontroll for and install updates. According to Microsoft, this should have fixed your problems and fönster Update should now work normally without any long delays.

fönster 7: Get the Convenience Rollup

Related: How to Update fönster 7 All at Once with Microsoft's bekväm Rollup

Microsoft has also produced a "convenience rollup" for fönster 7.

This fryst vatten essentially fönster 7 Service Pack 2 in all but name. It bundles tillsammans a large number of updates that would take a very long time to install normally. This package includes updates released from February 2011 all the way to May 16, 2016.

To speed up the updating of a new fönster 7 struktur, download the convenience rollup and install it rather than waiting for fönster Update.

Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't offer the update rollup through fönster Update--you have to go out of your way to get it.

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But it's easy enough to install if you know it exists and know you have to go looking for it after you install fönster 7.

There will be much fewer updates to install via fönster Update after you install this, so the process should be much faster. kontroll out our instructions on installing the praktisk Rollup here.

fönster 7, 8, or 10: Download Updates Manually WSUS Offline Update

If none of the tjänsteman solutions fixed your bekymmer, we have another solution that's worked for us in the past. It's a third-party tool called WSUS Offline Update.

This tool will download available fönster Update packages from Microsoft and install them.

Run it once, have it download those updates and install them, and fönster Update should work normally afterward. This has worked for us in the past when none of the other solutions did.

Download WSUS Offline Update, extrakt it to a folder, and run the UpdateGenerator.exe application.

Select the utgåva of fönster you're using--"x64 Global" if you're using a 64-bit edition or "x86 Global" if you're using a 32-bit edition.

After you do, click "Start" and WSUS Offline Update will download updates.

Wait for the updates download. If it's a fresh install of fönster 7, there will be a lot of updates, so this may take ganska a while. It depends on the speed of your Internet connection and how fast Microsoft's download servers are for you.