I am running Windows 10 Home 2004 (Build 19041.450). Windows Update notified me that there was a cumulative update available to install (2020-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems (KB4571756)). When I told it to install the update, it will download and go up to "Installing - 100%" and then just show this error: I've tried the following in an attempt to fix the error: Run "sfc /scannow" in an elevated command prompt Run "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:<Source of clean Windows 10 2004 ISO created using Windows Media Creation Tool> /LimitAccess" in an elevated command prompt Uninstall and reinstall NET framework 3.5 from "Turn Windows features on or off" in Control Panel Manually download the specific update from the Microsoft Update Catalog and install it Stop the Windows Update service and delete the Windows Update cache located in "%SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistrubution", then restart the service Obviously, none of these worked so I'm looking for any other solutions to this problem. Any help is appreciated.

It was around 2 months back when I first encountered the problem. Happy to say that the "consistency" is maintained till date! :-) Not just for KB4571756, but for others, and also for the "much awaited" 20H2 update which was supposed to "fix" all the errors! Keep it up Windows!

First it was this KB4571756 where Windows updates were stuck, and now it is stuck at KB4586781. However, in all this continuing fiasco, the best part which I really liked is... Because of these updates getting stuck, the overall update system is stuck. So no need to download anymore updates anyway. Save on the Windows downtime and efforts when updates are getting installed, Save on data, and above all Save on all the future troubles which would anyways come due to faulty Windows updates of the future. See the bright side :-)

Greetings, Yesterday when checking windows update the 20H02 feature update became available. Crossed my fingers and started the update, but as I expected resulted in the same behavior as the previous CU's ending with Error 0x800f081f. No surprise here since this is not a typical feature update where Windows is upgraded as a new install but rather a CU where the new features previously downloaded are just enabled. So time for Media Creation Tool and to download 20H02 as ISO file. Clicking on the ISO file mounts it in explorer so you can run setup and chose an update keeping all apps and personal data. Thanks to good system specs the update took about 20 minutes , no problems encountered. Windows update is now running clean again and did not install anything additional after first boot of 20H02. I did a full cleanup to recover 47 Gb on my SSD held in the windows.old folder. The new windows 20H02 setup is about 3 Gb smaller than before upgrade, but the Windows boot time has doubled from 20 s to 40 s. Total boot time has thus increased from 40 s to 60 s. ( all measured from Bootracer ), this is from end of bios boot to windows desktop ready. I finally agree that in place upgrade is the only way to restore the windows update system to a stable state and move on from 2004 to 20H02 if you are stuck in the failing CU loop. I turned off my updates till MID Nov make sure my machine doesn't download it. I am no longer trusting MS updates for/till 1 month after release to make sure it works properly.

I couldn't be more disappointed in Microsoft for not publicly communicating about these issues. I'm retired and have been a loyal Customer spending millions of dollars with them over my career as a significantly successful small technology business owner. We all deserve better.

Cumulative update won't install (KB4571756) (Error 0x800f081f)

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I am running Windows 10 Home 2004 (Build 19041.450). Windows Update notified me that there was a cumulative update available to install (2020-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems (KB4571756)). When I told it to install the update, it will download and go up to "Installing - 100%" and then just show this error:

I've tried the following in an attempt to fix the error:

Run "sfc /scannow" in an elevated command prompt
Run "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:<Source of clean Windows 10 2004 ISO created using Windows Media Creation Tool> /LimitAccess" in an elevated command prompt
Uninstall and reinstall NET framework 3.5 from "Turn Windows features on or off" in Control Panel
Manually download the specific update from the Microsoft Update Catalog and install it
Stop the Windows Update service and delete the Windows Update cache located in "%SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistrubution", then restart the service

Obviously, none of these worked so I'm looking for any other solutions to this problem. Any help is appreciated.

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2020-11-15T07:40:58+00:00

It was around 2 months back when I first encountered the problem.

Happy to say that the "consistency" is maintained till date! :-)

Not just for KB4571756, but for others, and also for the "much awaited" 20H2 update which was supposed to "fix" all the errors!

Keep it up Windows!
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2020-11-15T05:44:52+00:00

First it was this KB4571756 where Windows updates were stuck, and now it is stuck at KB4586781.

However, in all this continuing fiasco, the best part which I really liked is...

Because of these updates getting stuck, the overall update system is stuck. So no need to download anymore updates anyway.

Save on the Windows downtime and efforts when updates are getting installed, Save on data, and above all Save on all the future troubles which would anyways come due to faulty Windows updates of the future.

See the bright side :-)
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Anonymous

2020-11-14T08:35:42+00:00

Thanks! Worked for me.
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2020-10-29T10:02:31+00:00

Greetings,

Yesterday when checking windows update the 20H02 feature update became available.

Crossed my fingers and started the update, but as I expected resulted in the same behavior as the previous CU's ending with Error 0x800f081f.

No surprise here since this is not a typical feature update where Windows is upgraded as a new install but rather a CU where the new features previously downloaded are just enabled.

So time for Media Creation Tool and to download 20H02 as ISO file.

Clicking on the ISO file mounts it in explorer so you can run setup and chose an update keeping all apps and personal data.

Thanks to good system specs the update took about 20 minutes , no problems encountered.

Windows update is now running clean again and did not install anything additional after first boot of 20H02.

I did a full cleanup to recover 47 Gb on my SSD held in the windows.old folder.

The new windows 20H02 setup is about 3 Gb smaller than before upgrade, but the Windows boot time has doubled from 20 s to 40 s. Total boot time has thus increased from 40 s to 60 s. ( all measured from Bootracer ), this is from end of bios boot to windows desktop ready.

I finally agree that in place upgrade is the only way to restore the windows update system to a stable state and move on from 2004 to 20H02 if you are stuck in the failing CU loop.

I turned off my updates till MID Nov make sure my machine doesn't download it. I am no longer trusting MS updates for/till 1 month after release to make sure it works properly.
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Anonymous

2020-10-24T11:38:04+00:00

I couldn't be more disappointed in Microsoft for not publicly communicating about these issues. I'm retired and have been a loyal Customer spending millions of dollars with them over my career as a significantly successful small technology business owner. We all deserve better.
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