This error may appear anytime a Windows Update fails. To investigate possible solutions, we need to start with the specific error code. We can do this by viewing your update history. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen (or, if you're using a mouse, pointing to the lower-right corner of the screen and moving the mouse pointer up), and tap or click Settings . Tap or click Change PC settings , and then Update and recovery . Tap or click View your update history . View failed update error code. Please post here with your error code, so that the Community can try to help guide you appropriately.

Questions: Is this a single command prompt, or 4 separate command prompts: From an admin command prompt: cd \windows\logs\cbs rename cbs.log cbs.log-20150310 cd \windows\logs\dism rename dism.log dism.log-20150310 Then at what point to I create the log by pasting the CBS stuff in a browser window?

@ showmethefacts , the CBS.log can get very large. I would suggest renaming it and the DISM.log and doing another 'Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth'. From an admin command prompt: cd \windows\logs\cbs rename cbs.log cbs.log-20150310 cd \windows\logs\dism rename dism.log dism.log-20150310 This time the CBS.log and DISM.log files were under 50KB. I went to https://onedrive.live.com/ , logged in and uploaded the two files. I then right-clicked on each file, selected Share / Get a link / View only and then Create link . It turns out that selecting both files at the same time results in a link that subsequently shows icons for the two files rather than immediately loading them.

I don't know how I got there, but try this https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F56F7AEBD0068A0B%21771 If that doesn't work, need step-by-step instructions. If you spell out the steps, I can follow. Thanks

is this better? That was better. It still can't be used by Word Online but I managed to download all 21 MB of it. Unfortunately it starts after the time of your last RestoreHealth. Try again? Also, strangely, when I open it in Reader (since it is a .pdf) it can not be copied? I guess it is too big for Reader's functionality too. Perhaps it is also exceeding the capabilities of Reader's Find tool? In that case, if you know what page to look at for the time of an instance of a RestoreHealth event, it looks like I could at least get to a specific page (using Reader's Ctrl-g command). FWIW it looks like you captured a big update that was in progress and show only 2 minutes of that event. I'm wondering if the problem is that you are opening CBS.log originally in your Word and then Word is (for some reason) saving it as a .pdf? Try using Notepad instead? Then you should be able to upload it as a plain text file and just post a link to that. BTW it looks like the timestamp that we were interested in has gone from the current CBS.log so then you would have to check the other pieces to see if was in one of them or just do another RestoreHealth attempt and capture the CBS.log for that event. But then please tell me what time to look for. HTH Robert

is this better? I am lost as to what to do. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F56F7AEBD0068A0B%21763

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This error may appear anytime a Windows Update fails. To investigate possible solutions, we need to start with the specific error code.

We can do this by viewing your update history.

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen (or, if you're using a mouse, pointing to the lower-right corner of the screen and moving the mouse pointer up), and tap or click Settings.
Tap or click Change PC settings, and then Update and recovery.
Tap or click View your update history.

View failed update error code.

Please post here with your error code, so that the Community can try to help guide you appropriately.

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2015-03-10T23:28:40+00:00
Questions:
1. Is this a single command prompt, or 4 separate command prompts:
From an admin command prompt:

cd \windows\logs\cbs

rename cbs.log cbs.log-20150310

cd \windows\logs\dism

rename dism.log dism.log-20150310
1. Then at what point to I create the log by pasting the CBS stuff in a browser window?
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2015-03-10T23:05:18+00:00

@showmethefacts, the CBS.log can get very large. I would suggest renaming it and the DISM.log and doing another 'Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth'.

From an admin command prompt:

cd \windows\logs\cbs

rename cbs.log cbs.log-20150310

cd \windows\logs\dism

rename dism.log dism.log-20150310

This time the CBS.log and DISM.log files were under 50KB. I went to https://onedrive.live.com/, logged in and uploaded the two files. I then right-clicked on each file, selected Share / Get a link / View only and then Create link. It turns out that selecting both files at the same time results in a link that subsequently shows icons for the two files rather than immediately loading them.
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2015-03-10T22:58:29+00:00

I don't know how I got there, but try this

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F56F7AEBD0068A0B%21771

If that doesn't work, need step-by-step instructions.

If you spell out the steps, I can follow. Thanks
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2015-03-10T16:45:59+00:00

is this better?

That was better. It still can't be used by Word Online but I managed to download all 21 MB of it. Unfortunately it starts after the time of your last RestoreHealth. Try again?

Also, strangely, when I open it in Reader (since it is a .pdf) it can not be copied? I guess it is too big for Reader's functionality too. Perhaps it is also exceeding the capabilities of Reader's Find tool? In that case, if you know what page to look at for the time of an instance of a RestoreHealth event, it looks like I could at least get to a specific page (using Reader's Ctrl-g command). FWIW it looks like you captured a big update that was in progress and show only 2 minutes of that event.

I'm wondering if the problem is that you are opening CBS.log originally in your Word and then Word is (for some reason) saving it as a .pdf? Try using Notepad instead? Then you should be able to upload it as a plain text file and just post a link to that.

BTW it looks like the timestamp that we were interested in has gone from the current CBS.log so then you would have to check the other pieces to see if was in one of them or just do another RestoreHealth attempt and capture the CBS.log for that event. But then please tell me what time to look for.

HTH

Robert
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Anonymous

2015-03-10T15:56:18+00:00

is this better? I am lost as to what to do.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=F56F7AEBD0068A0B%21763
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