Cumulative Update KB5008212 will not install

Anonymous
2021-12-19T04:26:40+00:00

I have a Dell laptop that I will be getting rid of and need to wipe clean the hard drive. I cannot use the DVD drive as Windows is cannot read the CD-RW Disc, so I cannot download the data removal software DBan. Since I purchased a new laptop in Sept, I have not used the Dell laptop; hence, no updates have been installed. Now, in order to for me to try to fix the DVD drive issue, I need to run updates; otherwise, I can do nothing on the laptop.

The latest cumulative update, KB5008212 is holding everything up to where I cannot do anything. It took most of the afternoon, into the evening to download. Now, it is stuck at Installing 100%. I went to the Windows Update catalog website to manually download and install the update, but I think there was an issue with the offline installer, it took forever to find the update on the computer.

I've run Windows Update over and over, but it just goes back to KB5008212 stuck at Installing 100%. I uninstalled the third-party security software app and that has not helped. In addition, there is a Microsoft Defender Antivirus security update that is attempting to download; it is stuck at Downloading: 10%.

Is there anything I can do to get this update to install or should just leave the laptop on overnight and see what happens?

Thanks.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-01T15:40:41+00:00

    Like I said "Complete Internet Repair" is not a trusted third party app. These wonky apps can and do cause more problems than they attempt to solve. You can install crapware if you want but I won't and I don't advise anyone else do so either.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-12-31T12:22:57+00:00

    "Complete Internet Repair" is not a trusted third party App and has nothing to do with solving this issue. This problem has nothing to do with internet connectivity. I would not download and install that App. Beware

    As for this:

    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth

    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

    DISM.exe /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

    sfc /scannow

    I have already tried them all before my first post here and it did not solve the issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-12-31T02:18:12+00:00

    That's not a solution that's a workaround. Microsoft needs to fix the issue. Having to install 21H1 and put our systems at risk is not the right way to go.

    I will continue to pause updates until MS comes up with a real solution to the problem they have created by releasing a wonky update.

    I'd advise caution to anyone considering the workaround.

    Marc, I solved MY problem with KB5008212. I didn't install 21H1, I installed 21H2, and since I wasn't paying attention to the progress of that installation, I cannot say how and when KB5008212 eventually got installed. As I pointed out, the process took several hours on my computer to complete.

    Let me add the following. After my installation ended I checked my wife's computer, the same Dell model, except the slim version of it, and discovered that her x86-OS was Windows 10, version 21H1, with KB5008212 having installed successfully a week ago. On her Windows Update page there was a notification that the new Feature update package is available to download and install. I proceeded to do that, and that process of installing Windows 10, version 21H2 took only about 15 minutes, as compared to mine having taken several hours.

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