My Windows 10 Version 20H2 will not install the update 0x80004005.

I am surprised to see that people are still having a problem with this, as am I with my laptop stuck in 1909. I always thought it was just me because I actually work with desktops that i have to update and all 30+ took the update well. Must just be a laptop thing? This needs to be addressed not ignored.

We are just a small fragment of all the Win 10 users, all the others have things working. Therefore we should just shut up with our petty little never ending update problems and look at the big picture just like the morons in the MS development do, it looks good from the statistics point of view, accept that.

I propose a fix that worked for me and presumably many others:

forget the tweaking with useless troubleshooters, dism command or other complex work arounds that all fail

download the windows media tool

https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/software-download/windows10

then run it and update your windows, all apps and software are conserved,

then restart and run the missing system updates,

they all went smoothly on my rig with everything up to date now.

Open a beer and relax!

cheers otto

Been doing it that way since the update came out. Works with all the desktops, not my laptop

I finally succeeded after a couple of months of failed attempts! Here is how:

• Uninstalled virus protection (F-secure Safe, had done this previously too but does not help as a standalone measure)
• Disabled Windows Update from Services
• Enabled God Mode (search internet how to)
• In/from God Mode select/run "Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files"
• From the above run "Clean up system files " too, so many times that everything is wiped clean.
• Enabled Windows Update from Services
• Downloaded and installed 20H2 update

And voila now the 20H2 update succeeded after tens of fails. What a grief has this been, I hope this helps even some of you other victims of MS.