Cumulative update December 2020 - KB4592438 Failed to install

Anonymous
2020-12-08T21:29:51+00:00

I am trying to install KB4592438 for Windows 10 20H2. The patch is downloaded without any issue. But the installation fails and the screen starts showing - Undoing changes Don't turn off your computer. The error message is - Some update files are missing or have problems. We'll try to download the update again later. Error code: (0x80070003). 

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-22T04:34:29+00:00

    what is BSOD???

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-22T07:00:22+00:00

    Blue screen of death.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-23T00:34:53+00:00

    No BSOD for me. The installation is failing during the reboot process.

    By the way, I contacted the Microsoft Team for online assistance and all the steps failed as well. Therefore, the next step is to re-install windows completly. I'm currently working on my backups to do it. This is not fun at all but I think we did everything we could to avoid it. :-(

    This is a BAD update!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-24T00:41:00+00:00

    The issue was fixed for me after reinstalling Windows... :(

    However, I found this after the fix. It looks like something that worth the shot.

    https://howtofixwindows.com/windows-10-update-install-error/#:~:text=If%20Windows%2010%20update%20KB4592438,Update%20to%20download%20fresh%20files.

    Good luck with that!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-24T08:56:15+00:00

    Hi All,

    same problem with KB4592438 but with Error 0x80070002 ,   coming from  version 19042.630 ,  several attempts with DISM and SFC  but no success, nor offline KB4592438 installation. WU stopped working

    After reading a lot on the web I tried this metod here found on this link

    Error 0x80070002 - Windows Update - Microsoft Community:

    Open administrative Command Prompt and type following commands one-by-one followed by Enter key.

    net stop wuauserv

    net stop cryptSvc

    net stop bits

    net stop msiserver

    Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

    Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

    net start wuauserv

    net start cryptSvc

    net start bits

    net start msiserver

    Close Command Prompt and see if Windows Updates works then

    The two ren commands did not work for me since the paths were not found on my machine so I skipped them

    After closing the command prompt I relaunched the Windows Updates procedure, KB4592438 was downloaded. Did a restart and at the end the update was successfully installed, now I am with 19042.685.

    Hope it can help

    M.

    OMG This magically worked!!!

    I have been on "update failed -> system repair -> uninstall update" loop since the 2020-12 cumulative update and gave up after trying all the mentioned scannow, offline download etc etc, and decided to just wait for the next update BUT i saw this and tried and it worked!!

    I Typed all the commands by copying and pasting on admin CMD, though take note, 

    net stop wuauserv (it did stop this service)

    net stop cryptSvc(it did stop this service)

    net stop bits  (this was not stopped cuz somehow its not running to begin with)

    net stop msiserver(this was not stopped cuz somehow its not running to begin with)

    Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old(it looks like it did nothing cuz no message after typing this)

    Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old(it looks like it did nothing cuz no message after typing this)

    net start wuauserv (it enabled this service)

    net start cryptSvc(it enabled this service)

    net start bits(it enabled this service)

    net start msiserver(it enabled this service)

    after im done typing ALL of the commands,  I then opened the "Check for Update" on pc again and it downloaded and installed the update then restart, but this time it proceeded and finished the update !!!!

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