We couldn't finish installing updates (KB4074588), error 0x80070bc2

Anonymous
2018-02-15T03:44:33+00:00

Hi.

I'm unable to install the latest windows update 2018-02 Cumulative update for Windows 10 version  1709 for x64-based Systems.

The error is 0x80070bc2

It says updates are available, awaiting restart. When I restart it fails. "We couldn't finish updates.." Then says updates are available, awaiting restart. I restart again and it fails again. Over and over.

I tried using windows update troubleshooter, the tool performed its fixes but it had no effect.

Is there a solution to this?

Thanks

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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Anonymous
2018-02-16T20:08:03+00:00

(Update - 2/17 Editing for clarity based on feedback)

If you are currently experiencing the 0x80070bc2 error while attempting to install KB4074588, please try this:

  1. In the search box on the taskbar, type cmd.
  2. Right-click Command Prompt in the search results and select Run as administrator.  (Select Yes, when prompted by the User Account Control.)
  3. In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type the following command and press Enter:

SC config trustedinstaller start=auto 4. Restart the PC.

In some cases, a second restart may be required. If you look under Settings > Update & security and you see the message Status: Awaiting restart, restart the PC a second time to complete the installation.

Paul...

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-04-04T14:53:02+00:00

    Tried this method but didn't work.

    Anything else we could do? Except on re formatting Windows 10.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-04T16:13:53+00:00

    Since the latest update ... my Linx 820 tablet has been trying to install.  The whole thing seized up but with Linx support got it going again except for this accumlative update and  I keep getting this error message ... This is the second tablet that has failed after a windows update and all the instructions are for PC/tablet and do not account for amateur users!

    Can you give some simple advice?

    Device keeps telling me to restart but that singoe update is making a mess of everything else and making me unwilling to use the device when on the internet!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-04-14T06:52:34+00:00

    We have the same problem since february. All advices that I have found on the support pages did not work.

    If there in the meanwhile a reolution for this?

    Best regards

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-04-14T19:23:55+00:00

    This helped me a great deal. After 3 days of trying to get Windows Update to install after it downloaded an update that required a reboot I finally was able to get it to work with this instruction.  

    This had nothing to do with the KB file he listed but many others requiring a reboot that would not install after rebooting. 

    I tried everything that I could find including renaming folders and running MS tools, nothing worked except this instruction.  I was on the edge of reinstalling, a fate that as we all know is Honorable to contemplate. MS needs to work on it's "Windows Update" program.

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