Issue with installing updates on Windows 8.1.

Hi,

Follow the steps from these methods and check if it helps:

Method 1:

Try renaming Software Distribution folder in C:\Windows folder and check if the issue persists.

a. Press Windows Key + X key and click Command Prompt (Admin).

b. Stop the BITS service and the Windows Update service. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

net stop bits

net stop wuauserv

c. Go to Start screen and click on Windows Explorer.

d. Go to the location: C:\Windows

e. Rename the folder: Software Distribution to Software Distribution.old.

f. Restart the BITS service and the Windows Update service. To do this, type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command.

net start bits

net start wuauserv

g. Restart the computer and check for updates and check if the issue persists.

Method 2:

Rename the Windows Update Softwaredistribution folder

That is what I got when searched around for error 0x80248015

This problem may occur if the Windows Update, Software distribution folder has been corrupted.

We can refer to the following steps to rename this folder.

Please note that the folder will be re-created the next time we visit the Windows Update site.

a. Close all the open windows.

b. Click the "Start" Button, click "All programs", and click "Accessories".

c. Right-click "Command Prompt" and click "Run as administrator".

d. In "Administrator: Command Prompt" window, type in " net stop WuAuServ " (without the quotes) and press Enter.

Note: Please look at the cmd window and make sure it says that it was successfully stopped before we try to rename the folder.

e. Click the "Start" Button, in the "Start Search" box, type in " %windir% " (without the quotes) and press Enter.

f. In the opened folder, look for the folder named "SoftwareDistribution".

g. Right-click on the folder, select "Rename" and type " Sdold " (without the quotes) to rename this folder.

h. Still in "Administrator: Command Prompt" window, type the command " net start WuAuServ " (without the quotes) in the opened window to restart the Windows Updates service.

Note: Please look at the cmd window and make sure it says that it was successfully started.

Note: If the issue is resolved and you can successfully download and install updates, you can safely delete the SoftwareDistribution.old directory to recover disk space.

Hope the information is helpful.

This is as far as I've got, to no avail, The update still fails.

I removed all Windows updates back to the end of Feb 2014

Then I did:

dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Reboot

sfc /scannow

Reboot

net stop wuauserv

rmdir /s /q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore

rmdir /s /q C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

net start wuauserv

Reboot

(dism and sfc were both happy, no errors reported)

However, the update diagnostic now tells me:

InformationalSFC Output 

Output: There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again. 

But when I do this and run sfc it tells me there are no problems.

I am sick and tired of trying to fix this problem.

Anyone got any other ideas? I really don't want to have to reformat my system disk and start from scratch.