Windows 8.1 Update Error Code: 0x80240031

Anonymous
2013-10-17T16:50:33+00:00

I am getting error code 0x80240031 during download of Windows 8.1 for 50% of Downloading. Can anybody help me fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-08T19:39:28+00:00

     if your internet connection gets cut off even for a small time , you may experience a break in download.

     

    I doubt it.   BITS is supposed to handle that.   You can check if you have some downloads in progress in an Administrator: Command Prompt (aka elevated cmd window) with:

    bitsadmin  /list  /allusers

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-08T17:54:28+00:00

    Took me different approaches until I figured out the solution for this error...

    I turned off the Real Time Protection in Windows Defender... after that it worked immediately.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-08T09:08:06+00:00

    For me the problem was IPS . I tried installing 8.1 at my place almost 10 times but the download used to get interrupt in between . Later i went to my friend's place who used different ISP and also has 2mbps download speed my 8.1 installation got finished in one go. Thats why i think ISP was the root cause since if your internet connection gets cut off even for a small time , you may experience a break in download.

    This worked in my case.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T23:07:25+00:00

    this whole thing is absurd.  For the person that said he went to a friends' house and it worked...one cannot take a PC to another place!  All my updates are in and i still cannot do this.,  It is NOT the isp as my  friends with different isp's are having the same problem. it is Microsoft Again and again  and again..  this is so lame and ridiculous!  Microsoft- shame on you!  I so wish I had gone MACs when I started on computers

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-07T14:01:18+00:00

    The download is a link. How do we put the https in front?

    Where is the link?   Right-click, Copy Shortcut?

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