"Couldn't update to Windows 8.1 - 0xC1900101 - 0x40017"

Anonymous
2013-10-17T13:29:23+00:00

I have downloaded the Windows 8.1 update from the store but cannot get it to install. Each time I try, I get to the point where it is "getting my devices ready", then the PC restarts to a blue screen with error message. It then tries to recover the installation, fails, then restores Windows 8. When the system boots up after this, I get a message saying:

"Couldn't update to Windows 8.1

Sorry, we couldn't complete the update to Windows 8.1. We've restored your previous version of Windows to this PC.

0xC1900101 - 0x40017"

There is n o explanation as to why the update could be completed. Any ideas how to resolve this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-08T15:12:24+00:00

    I have just managed to upgrade to 8.1, last attempt was October 13.

    Thank you Microsoft but it would have been nice for yourselves to have acknowledged the problem and there was a most definite problem.

    One thing, would it be possible to have the 'progress bar' replaced in the next 'upgrade', nothing worse than waiting for something to happen and nothing does except the rather wry comments you have chosen to display.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-08T15:03:15+00:00

    Quite the opposite unfortunately :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-03-08T14:02:29+00:00

    No activity here since Feb 18th. Does this mean that the issue have been solved now and that the update is working now? :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-02-18T08:40:19+00:00

    Hi Illia Brazhko,

    I was getting the 0xC1900101-0x40017, but the video driver seems to have sorted it out -- still on 8.1 the past few days without any issues at all ... I am sorry to hear that this did not help with your machine, and hope that you are able to find an alternate solution soon. All the best!

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-02-18T00:57:35+00:00

    samsonsamuel,

    did you have error 0xC1900101-0x40019 or 0xC1900101-0x40017?

    i'm having 0xC1900101-0x40017 and your suggestion, unfortunately, did not help.

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