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KB4056892 is Awaiting restart
Unfortunately, when I did a restart it bricked my system. I had a large windows logo on the screen and it just sat there. I rebooted and was able to trigger a repair. The repair said it was backing out the last update as it would not be completely installed.
With KB4056892 is Awaiting restart I did another restart and had the same problem. At the end I was staring at a Windows logo that just sat there.
Again I triggered a repair and the system is now usable. However, Windows Update still says: KB4056892 is Awaiting restart
How do I block it so it doesn't get installed if I have to reboot the machine?
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Hello
When i check the update install ,i can see it there waiting for a restart of thew computer.
When i run the 'wushowhide' i dont see it to block it and i cant delete it to. I contact Microsoft for help and he took
control of the computer he tried different things , didn't work. He said to me to stop window update by services.msc.
I can't fathom why you and many others appear to be having problems with the 'wushowhide' file from Microsoft.
Once you hide this KB4056892 cumulative update, it is permanently blocked until such time you decide to release it back onto your system to be downloaded again. I would recommend that you run the 'wushowhide' one more time and check to see if this has fixed the blocking process.
If not, go to your app folder and use the 'Get Help' app to talk to a live Microsoft technical support staff member. They will be able to assist you further with this gremlin.
If you download the 'wushowhide' from this link…
I've been following this thread because my father's machine is having this problem. The machine restarts by itself to install KB4056892. My father has had to run a System Restore several times already!
I downloaded and ran wushowhide.diagcab as you suggested, and hid KB4056892. After it finished running, I checked the Windows updates, and alas specific update is downloading again.
Will it merely download but be suppressed, or will it download and install?
EDIT: KB4056892 has finished downloading and installing. So, we don't want to restart the computer, because it will mean going through the whole System Restore nonsense yet again. I just don't know how to stop it from installing!
Yesterday I had the same Issue with my Windows 10.
What I did, is I wrote a "nice" message on MS Facebook site in German.
In Germany we call this kind of software "banana software" . Send it in "green" state to the customer and wait.
Why can't they handle updates like the Linux world does? Inform about updates and leave the decision to install to the user.
>Now the question is: Is it safe to go back in the water and unpause Windows Update?
No.
I unpaused updates and did some other stuff. Then I came back to the machine and rebooted to install some other software. Got the big Windows blue logo and hung. Rebooted and triggered a repair which said it was backing out an update that didn't completely install. Finally, got the login screen. Logged in as an administrator and paused Windows Updates.
Will let the pause expire in 35 days before trying again.
