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

Anonymous
2014-05-14T19:34:39+00:00

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Tap or click Change PC settings, and then Update and recovery.
  3. 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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  1. Anonymous
    2015-06-30T19:04:07+00:00

    I followed these instructions and received a message that my computer did not recognize these commands

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-30T20:18:10+00:00

                received a message that my computer did not recognize these commands

    Looks like you were not in an Administrator Command Prompt then.  E.g.  on Surface RT there may be no environment variables and so you have to code everything explicitly.  Here you were given explicit .exe so lack of PathExt would not matter and normally starting an Administrator Command Prompt puts you at  %windir%\System32\  so a lack of Path also should not matter.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-01T18:39:16+00:00

    I have several updates that failed to install.  I will start with the first:

    KB3055999 with error code 80246013

    Thank you

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-01T19:06:13+00:00

    KB3055999

    Update APN database entry for SaskTel (Canada) in Windows 8.1 and 8

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-07-04T04:04:53+00:00

    I have errroe code 80070490 

    I Did  try to install the update again manuall

    I've enough free space on my pc

    I always connected the internet 

    But it still not updating 

    It said "

    We couldn’t complete the updates, Undoing changes. Don’t turn off your compute"

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