WIN 11 update failing, showing error 0x800705b4

Anonymous
2025-01-20T00:55:52+00:00

Today Jan 19, 2025. when I want to check for updates ( with automatic updates button ON position), updates are not installing. It says as under:

There were some problems in installing updates, but we will try again. If you keep this and want to search web or contact support for information this may help: 0x800705b4

Grateful, if some one can help me to resolve this so that I can installed the updates

Thank you

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-29T10:19:36+00:00

    I read a comment someone did a hard shut down/restart and it worked for them. I tried the same and it worked for me. Now all fine

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-07T16:50:35+00:00

    What do you mean "hard restart"?

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-06T01:54:41+00:00

    I did a hard restart, and it cleared up the issue for me. May not work for everyone but it worked for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-05T21:54:11+00:00

    Something is blocking the system from reaching the Microsoft’s update servers, it could be AdGuard, PeerBlock, or another filter/firewall (or even a DNS filter). In my case it was a system-wide AdGuard blocking the access (did not try to figure out which particular filter update caused the blockage). Once disabled momentarily and retried, the update resumed.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T22:50:48+00:00

    I have the same issue. It has been going for maybe a week or more now. Is there any fix from MS yet?

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