2018-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB4088776) - Error 0x80070002

I've been seeing this since the feb. update aswell. (home edition)

I see two lines of text, one says "succeeded" the other will say "failed" with error code : 0x80240034 , usually with 1 day in between. (in the update history)

If i check the buildinfo however, its the correct version.

If i ask if there are updates, it says its fully uptodate, even though prior to clicking the "search for updates" button, there is or was a text saying there is an update being prepared but couldnt install and will try again later or somesuch, that text goes away after i click the button and shows there are no updates.

If i check the eventviewer, i noticed it had issues with installing some random kb's apparantly like for 1 random example : C:\WINDOWS\system32\wusa.exe" Windows8-RT-KB4019990-x64.msu /quiet /promptrestart (also i have no idea for what this is, seems like server related stuff, i dont have a server)

Yet if i check for updates, there are none.

The latest KB (kb4089848), does the same thing, but eventviewer mentions no issues with it. (under setup)

I dont know what MS is doing, but they're becoming sloppy.

As a home user i cant postpone updates.. yet im being forced to take shoddy patches and essentially i've become a beta tester for windows 10.

Now looking at this thread, with 1428 people having the same damn question.. wtf is MS doing? And should we start a class action lawsuit?

Wake up MS..

Hi Linda,

just open Command Prompt (running as administrator) and type each of those 4 commands exactly as Philippe wrote them.

Then run Windows Update. 

Do I open Command Prompt or Elevated Command Prompt?  What's the difference? 

This thing is getting too confusing.  Do I type the whole thing exactly like this? What does SC mean and do I type the "start = auto"?

SC config wuauserv start= auto

SC config bits start= auto

SC config cryptsvc start= auto

SC config trustedinstaller start= auto

My access was denied....now what?

You have to run command prompt as an administrator. Just right click on command prompt and click "Run as Administrator". Then, one line at a time, you write out exactly what you see above (including spaces) and hit enter. 

So for example, line one is: SC config wuauserv start= auto (then click enter)

Once all four commands have been entered, you should be able to complete the update with Windows Update. It worked for me anyway. Good luck!

It FINALLY worked!!!  Thank you Phillipe and whoever else posted this resolution.

YAY!! I knew you could do it lol. Glad it worked.

Aaron

Hi Linda,

just open Command Prompt (running as administrator) and type each of those 4 commands exactly as Philippe wrote them.

Then run Windows Update. 

Do I open Command Prompt or Elevated Command Prompt?  What's the difference? 

This thing is getting too confusing.  Do I type the whole thing exactly like this? What does SC mean and do I type the "start = auto"?

SC config wuauserv start= auto

SC config bits start= auto

SC config cryptsvc start= auto

SC config trustedinstaller start= auto

My access was denied....now what?

You have to run command prompt as an administrator. Just right click on command prompt and click "Run as Administrator". Then, one line at a time, you write out exactly what you see above (including spaces) and hit enter. 

So for example, line one is: SC config wuauserv start= auto (then click enter)

Once all four commands have been entered, you should be able to complete the update with Windows Update. It worked for me anyway. Good luck!

This worked for me

Open an elevated CMD prompt

Using the Service Controller command, make sure these services are set to auto

SC config wuauserv start= auto

SC config bits start= auto

SC config cryptsvc start= auto

SC config trustedinstaller start= auto

Philippe

Thank you Philippe. Only thing that worked for me.. finally!

Good morning.  I had the same issues for months and finally solved it (accidentally) over the weekend.  I make no assurances that it will work for you, but it's worth a try.  The steps I took are below.  Good luck!

1. Click on the Windows pane and type the word:  services; scroll to Windows Update; hit stop; click properties; change to manual update.
2. Click on the Windows pane and type the words:  file explorer; go to C: drive and open Windows folder; go to Software Distribution folder and right click and hit delete.
3. Manually download update latest KB file (in this case, KB4088776) from www.catalog.update.microsoft.com to desktop.
4. Click on update icon and install.  Restart when prompted to do so.  This appears to complete some of the update but not all of it.
5. After restart, go to Updates & Securities under Settings, and click on Check for Updates.  Then restart again.
6. This worked (finally after trying dozens of other recommendations).  Perhaps the automatic download file is missing files that the online manual download contains and vice versa?
7. Note that I had to restart the computer a few times (3 or 4, as I recall) before everything installed correctly.