Windows 10 1803 Update Error 0xc1900101

Anonymous
2018-05-03T02:45:54+00:00

Windows 10 1803 update gives this message  0xc1900101. Then windows update starts the download again.

Then it's message 0x80070005.

How to escape from this.Win10 pro, 1709

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*Original title: Windows 10 1803 update fails with message  0xc1900101.*

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Kapil Arya 38,446 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2019-10-23T10:51:07+00:00

Hello,

0xC1900101 is generic error code and points to driver incompatibility while you opt to upgrade. You need to read the dialog, which likely came before this error message. There should be additional information with the detail. The dialog will tell you what devices are having a problem. That is the one you need to get a new driver for. 

Once you fixed the driver(s) mentioned with detail, the error will no longer persist.

Hope this helps!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-06T05:02:00+00:00

    Oh no no please please don’t switch to Linux please no 

    Just do it.  Switch to linux.  I hear it’s a fantastic desktop OS and isn’t totally useless.  

    Go find some other site to troll as your posts are nothing but self-gratification.

    Others here are at least relaying their frustrations / experiences they are having w/Windows 10, that may or may not help. Definitely helps me in that, it has proven there is no "one size fits all" when it comes to these errors. Another persons solution /resolve isn't necessarily going to work others, essentially it's become a crap shoot.

    The diagnostics end of Windows 10 hasn't gotten any better than the BSOD days and if anything, think it is worse. MS just put another "face" on everything making us users think it is for the better but it is definitely not, if it were then we'd have a clear direction in which to go. Can only be thankful MS never entered the automotive industry because it'd be insane. Can you imagine pulling an OBD code that gave no sense of direction as where to start? Nauseates me to think about that.

    And if you think I have no right to be here then think again - ask me tomorrow how my work computer made out on it's umpteenth try at installing April's Update. Besides wasting my time applying resolutions that fail to resolve it will have forced itself to install the update, again, more wasted time. So until we perform a complete refresh (that may or may not work) we are going to be hounded to keep attempting to install 1803. The OS is becoming dumber by the minute making a not so "SMART" PC, becoming an absolute joke.

    Update (Aug 7, 2018... Just as I predicted, Windows Update tried once again to install 1803 (against my will) and finally the inevitable happened - so much for "active hours" helping out in this matter!!! Needed another paperweight like we needed another hole in the head and that's exactly what I ended up with. Tried to troubleshoot with Startup Repair, System Restore, Go Back To Previous Build, etc, all failing miserably time and time again. This is nothing new to me though (why we were spot on with our prediction) as been there done that far too many times to count with Windows 10 and its "mandatory updates", such a joke. Not happy nor am I going to pretend to be.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-16T17:07:41+00:00

    Do you think you’re the first person to com on this site and threaten to switch to Mac/Linux?  There’s one of you in almost every thread.  And I’ll invite you to please:  go ahead.  Switch to Linux on your desktops.  And stink up *their* forums with your whining from now on. 

    Thanks!

    Translation: I don't care about the serious problems W10 is causing all of you.

    That makes me ask myself two questions:

    1. In your opinion, what should be the function of answers.microsoft.com? Only answers about how can be Windows so wonderful and why are the others OS pure **** in comparison?
    2. If you don't care about the problems that the users of W10 are having with W10, why the hell do you enter in this thread and read the posts?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-06T09:38:33+00:00

    I've now not used Windows for a couple of months. I'm tired of fighting updates. I use Linux. Life is so much easier.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-24T00:38:20+00:00

    1803 update also gave me the 0xc1900101 error after forcing the machine to restart while I was playing a game. Thanks a lot, Microsoft, for wasting my time.

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