Please Help Me!!!! Windows 10 Update KB5001649 Failed to Install!!!

Anonymous
2021-03-19T02:42:23+00:00

How to fix this???

I'm from Indonesia

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade

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Kapil Arya 38,466 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2021-03-19T05:17:58+00:00

Hello,

Seems like everyone is facing same issue with this update right now. Try installing ‘KB5001649‘ manually using Update Catalog, see if that works:

https://www.kapilarya.com/manually-download-and-install-windows-updates-in-windows-10

If issue still persists, waiting for a while and then installing it may help, as Sumit suggested.

Let me know if this helps!

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.

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Anonymous
2021-03-22T07:21:39+00:00

There were 6 barcodes on those taxes plus other images that looked fine before I ever took these updates. I haven't mailed them in yet to forestall my arrest & imprisonment, & it looks like I've got until May 17 now. Glad you got past that error message. Yep, when it won't come in well from Windows Update, taking it manually is one of the first things to try. In fact, I did have to do that at least once, myself. Good going. And, right, you have to match the one you take to the info at "right-click START, System". You want to match Windows Version, Edition, & Architecture (x64/64-bit or x86/32-bit). Good to know you get an error message otherwise, instead of the wrong one actually installing.

Good luck, & keep us informed. Good going.

Edit: It worked for me through Windows Update on March 21, but to illustrate use of the Catalog...

(1) At "right-click START, System" mine shows: EditionWin 10 Home, Version20H2, & Architecture of 64-bit.

(2) At "START, Settings, Windows Update, Learn more" which is the Windows 10 update history site, I would click the update that failed (KB5001649)...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-18-2021-kb5001649-os-builds-19041-870-and-19042-870-out-of-band-ebbe0617-3a63-467a-aaaa-2a4c68a6de33

March 18, 2021—KB5001649 (OS Builds 19041.870 and 19042.870) Out-of-band

(3) Inside that URL, it says to take the SSU (KB4598481) first. Click the link to its description, then click the link to the Microsoft Update Catalog within that one to see...

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Mine is near the bottom. It doesn't fully distinguish Edition but Version & Architecture are important.

(3) Then, back in the KB5001649 URL, click its own link to the Microsoft Update Catalog & see...

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Again, for me, it is near bottom. You download it, run it, then may delete the raw download.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-22T03:20:22+00:00

    A lot of the so-called helpful advice isn't helpful at all. Let me give you the recipe for Windows 10:

    1. first, delete the failed update from you system: go to settings, windows update, then to "view updates history" and then select "uninstall updates". if the failed update is there, first note EXACTLY what update it is, write down the KB number and any other descriptive information regarding that KB - write it all down exactly as you see it. Once you have written it all down, then delete the KB. After the deletion, reboot.
    2. make sure your system is not damaged. Updates fail when the system files have damage. Fix the damage by running in cmd administrator mode the command: "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth", hopefully it completes with zero fixes, or is able to fix your system. Right after that, run "SFC /scannow" 3 times and hopefully it reports NO errors, and then reboot. if you got this far, you are ready to reinstall the failed update. if your system is corrupt it is likely you will have to reinstall windows. Before that, run disk diagnostics because if your HDD or SSD is fried, then you need to replace your disk. Once a disk starts to go, it's like cancer, faults grow and then the disk dies. if you are clear of all this, you ready to re-install the KB you noted above.
    3. Do NOT use Windows Update, it will likely fail, do it manually: first, go to the microsoft windows 10 update history site and look up all the KB updates. Make sure what what you wrote down and what is on that site match and make note of the particular version of the KB. Then go to the microsoft update catalogue and type in the exact KB number you wrote down. Once there, select the proper version of the KB for your computer software and download it. Once downloaded, run it. you have just manually updated your computer and by-passed Windows Update which was stuck in perpetual purgatory (and you with it). Once the manual update completes, reboot (usually reboots itself). If you do a windows update check, you see that everything is OK and no longer an issue because the installed update is visible to Windows Update as "updated".
    4. have a relaxing drink like tea,

    this works because i did it. I can't understand why the microsoft weenies (tech advisors??? not really..., weenies, yes) can't write this down as simple process. oh no, do a complete re-install instead and whine how helpful they were... yeah, right.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-22T03:43:41+00:00

    You've got a bunch of good advice there, johnstudenny, but I would add to make a Windows system image backup before doing anything big. I make one after each new OS Build comes in & runs well, & I keep the last three. As you can see, though, I didn't get a chance to add ...868 before ...870 just came in...

    I rename the computername folder which is inside the WindowsImageBackup folder (by appending the OS Build to it) in order to keep them separate & distinct. All three will be offered during the restore process.

    Make it at "START, Settings, Update & Security, Backup, Go to backup & Restore (Win 7), Create a system image". Afterward, make the Repair Disc or (even better) ask Cortana for Recovery Drive to put it on USB. That can be used to do a restore. Then see the following to know how to restore one...

    https://www.winhelp.us/restore-a-system-image-in-windows-7.html

    Restore a System Image Backup in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10

    Note: That is an informative 3rd-party site, but I know nothing (good or bad) about any downloads or links that are there (or anywhere else).

    If your external hard drive (or the internal one I guess) is a Seagate or Maxtor, there will be a free version of Acronis True Image at their site. Seagate calls it DiscWizard. Macrium Reflect, AOMEI Backupper & others also offer free versions of their image makers. These 3rd-party apps are quicker, make more compact images, & are more flexible in use. But the Windows version works in under 15 minutes on my small & uncomplicated system. I must add, DiscWizard's Bootable Media (to restore an image when Windows won't boot) requires a Mouse to operate. Plug one in, & it is instantly recognized.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-03-22T03:45:25+00:00

    try running the windows troubleshooter and select windows update

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