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.

Thanks for this info. I think I may need to reinstall keeping my files.

The instructions said to post the error code here, so the community could let me know what that code means.

In windows update Code error is 800f0244 what does it means?

Most of the time it is due to spyware or malware. I had the same thing once before. And I solved it by doing a Windows reinstall, but keeping my files. I loaded my important things on to a spare hard drive, so that I could be sure to still have it. But this is my experience with this. And the reason you can't update is because Microsoft doesn't allow to download to a corrupted system. so you must fix the problem before they allow an update.

Thanks for reply. I don't know what the codes mean. The instructions for this question at the top give certain steps to get info and then says, "Please post here with your error code, so that the Community can try to help guide you appropriately." That's why I noted the code.

Error: We couldn’t complete the updates, Undoing changes. Don’t turn off your computer.

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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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2018-01-05T22:22:28+00:00

Thanks for this info. I think I may need to reinstall keeping my files.
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2018-01-05T22:20:48+00:00

The instructions said to post the error code here, so the community could let me know what that code means.
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2018-01-05T19:25:19+00:00

In windows update Code error is 800f0244 what does it means?
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2018-01-05T11:00:34+00:00

Most of the time it is due to spyware or malware. I had the same thing once before. And I solved it by doing a Windows reinstall, but keeping my files. I loaded my important things on to a spare hard drive, so that I could be sure to still have it. But this is my experience with this. And the reason you can't update is because Microsoft doesn't allow to download to a corrupted system. so you must fix the problem before they allow an update.
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2018-01-02T19:25:52+00:00

Thanks for reply. I don't know what the codes mean. The instructions for this question at the top give certain steps to get info and then says,

"Please post here with your error code, so that the Community can try to help guide you appropriately." That's why I noted the code.
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