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Windows 10 home, new computer with CPU Intel 8700K working well, version 1709 installed.
I noticed that windows update gives error 0x80070bc2 when trying to install 2017-11 Cumulative update for Windows Version 1709 for amd64-based systems KB4048955 (and before KB4043961) ... getting a sort of a loop as it requires a restart to finish installing but at any restart gives the same message and does not install.
Tried various things such as sfc scan, dism, troubleshooting windows update, manual install etc. Nothing works. Other updates such as KB4048951 and KB4051613 installed correctly in the last few days. Can someone help?
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This seems to have worked for me:
SC config wuauserv start= auto
SC config bits start= auto
SC config cryptsvc start= auto
SC config trustedinstaller start= auto
It is changing the Services from Manual to Automatically start. Does not hurt anything so they are fine to stay that way.
Steve
This seems to have worked for me:
- Right-click on Windows key and select Command Prompt (Admin).
- Type the following commands in Command Prompt window. To execute them, press Enter after each one.
SC config wuauserv start= auto
SC config bits start= auto
SC config cryptsvc start= auto
SC config trustedinstaller start= auto
- Finally, restart your PC and try to install the update that was previously returning the 0x80070bc2 error.
Despite being an administrator, this process results in "Access is Denied" after each entry stroke.
But note that the error occours after the system attemted to download and instal KB4058258.
The system chose to do this whilst my normal system clean up routine was running.
As a side comment - it really is outrageously arrogant of Microsoft to impose downloading of updates with no means of choosing when to do the dowload. That is the basic cause of the problem here. I want to be told when updates are available. BUT it is for me to decide when to download them. It's MY computer and MY software. Microsoft have no business taking it over.
JPzapa thank you very much. Your advice worked for me, after a week of trying everything else.
" In English, open CMD as administrator, an type one by one:
SC config wuauserv start= auto [Press Enter]
SC config bits start= auto [Press Enter]
SC config cryptsvc start= auto [Press Enter]
SC config trustedinstaller start= auto [Press Enter] "
another big THANK YOU for this fix!!!
only issue may be if those services should not be on auto, but on manual or on demand for future updates... i noticed my system acted weird when i rebooted after turning those to auto, system rebooted then i couldn't get windows update to start then BAM it went to the update screen and went to 28% then rebooted.. everything seems ok now on 2nd reboot, but i wonder if putting those on auto may make all future updates instantly install/restart the system without warning..
only service i saw that was set 'differently' for my wifes PC (which installed the update fine) was the wuauserv(windows update service) was set to Auto Triggered on my system, and manual triggered on wifes. I went on and changed it on my system back to manual triggered..
rest were all the same
