Windows 8.1 won't update

Anonymous

My laptop won't update the normal updates. I have tried running the windows update troubleshooter, it says it fixed a couple of things but it still won't update any updates. We've also tried upgrading to windows 10, but that doesn't work either. I've had to turn off the automatic updates, otherwise it says it updating, then says failure to update, undoing changes and takes absolutely ages to boot up. Any ideas anyone?

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Anonymous

2016-05-01T18:15:19+00:00

Re: the log file, KB3146723 is halfway installed, but needs a reboot to complete the installation.

I'll have to investigate further to see if anything can be done to force the installation of the update which failed.
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Anonymous

2016-05-01T18:07:38+00:00

Tried installing KB3148198 with IE but still says not applicable for this computer.

Here is another WUSA:

Log Name:      Setup

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WUSA

Date:          30/04/2016 16:30:28

Event ID:      3

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:

User:          PADDLING\jason

Computer:      paddling

Description:

Windows update could not be installed because of error 2149842967 "" (Command line: ""C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" "C:\Users\jason\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\410A72P1\Windows8.1-KB3138602-v2-x86.msu" ")

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WUSA" Guid="{09608C12-C1DA-4104-A6FE-B959CF57560A}" />

    <EventID>3</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-30T15:30:28.638452600Z" />

    <EventRecordID>6329</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="4692" ThreadID="4016" />

    <Channel>Setup</Channel>

    <Computer>paddling</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-1702973034-409182297-3209008616-1002" />

</System>

<EventData>

    <Data Name="UpdateTitle">

    </Data>

    <Data Name="ErrorCode">2149842967</Data>

    <Data Name="ErrorString">

    </Data>

    <Data Name="CommandLine">"C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" "C:\Users\jason\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\410A72P1\Windows8.1-KB3138602-v2-x86.msu" </Data>

</EventData>

</Event>
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Anonymous

2016-05-01T17:54:08+00:00

Tried updating KB3148198 with IE but it still says its not applicable for this computer. Here is another WUSA log:

Log Name:      Setup

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WUSA

Date:          30/04/2016 16:35:02

Event ID:      4

Task Category: None

Level:         Warning

Keywords:

User:          PADDLING\jason

Computer:      paddling

Description:

Windows update Security Update for Windows (KB3146723) requires a computer restart to complete the installation. (Command line: ""C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" "C:\Users\jason\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\JYXQZG0B\Windows8.1-KB3146723-x64.msu" ")

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WUSA" Guid="{09608C12-C1DA-4104-A6FE-B959CF57560A}" />

    <EventID>4</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>3</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-30T15:35:02.863363000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>6332</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="2116" ThreadID="2120" />

    <Channel>Setup</Channel>

    <Computer>paddling</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-1702973034-409182297-3209008616-1002" />

</System>

<EventData>

    <Data Name="UpdateTitle">Security Update for Windows (KB3146723)</Data>

    <Data Name="CommandLine">"C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" "C:\Users\jason\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\JYXQZG0B\Windows8.1-KB3146723-x64.msu" </Data>

</EventData>

</Event>
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Anonymous

2016-05-01T17:25:00+00:00

OK, can you try and install the update manually using IE and see what happens.

Could you also post another Event Viewer log file for a different update which failed to install.
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Anonymous

2016-05-01T17:14:27+00:00

Yes its 64 bit windows 8.1
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