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  1. Jonny
    July 18, 2014 @ 3:31 pm

    finally someone who fixed it!!!
    thanks!

    Reply

    • Mark
      October 10, 2014 @ 10:05 pm

      Thank you, thank you, Great help.

      Reply

    • Ken
      November 21, 2014 @ 5:20 pm

      Oh how I love Microsoft…. Thanks worked great

      Reply

      • MUKIIBI JOHN
        November 20, 2018 @ 11:33 am

        Thank you so much, i have had that problem, and i could neither install .NET, but now i can update… great

        Reply

    • Loopy
      December 1, 2014 @ 2:37 am

      Oh! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I would hug you if I could! This worked like a dream!

      Reply

    • Luke
      December 4, 2014 @ 5:07 pm

      Great help

      Reply

    • Chris
      December 11, 2014 @ 11:25 am

      I spent hours and hours trying different "fixes" online. Most on the worthless Microsoft support page. None of those worked. THIS WORKS!

      THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

      Reply

    • yuppers
      January 4, 2015 @ 2:47 am

      Wow, Microsoft's fix it utility did nothing but your post saved me quite a headache, thank you

      Reply

    • Stef
      January 6, 2015 @ 11:52 pm

      GREAT!!! It worked flawless!!!
      THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

      Reply

    • Ricky
      January 30, 2015 @ 8:36 am

      after a day of searching, this is the only one that worked.
      Thanks.

      Reply

    • Bob
      February 16, 2015 @ 1:03 pm

      Thanks, perfect!

      Reply

    • trae
      March 1, 2015 @ 11:44 pm

      Tried it twice and did not work for me. However, once I changed the updates setting from "Install updates automatically" to "check for updates but let me choose…" I was able to get updates. This computer hadn't been used in a while and needed an update for updates!

      Thank you.

      Reply

      • Saartje
        April 11, 2015 @ 10:59 am

        trae, I had the same issue, this solution didn't work for me too. But your comment to change the setting to manually update did the trick!! Thanks!

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        • Kristel
          February 15, 2018 @ 6:24 am

          I agree with your method as well :-). After 2-3 failed attempts by trying 2 resolve the prob by doing it exactly as posted above, I still had no success @ all :-(. When you manually checked 4 updates the 1st time after changing it to "manual," did it take an extremely long time to check for new updates?? How long would you guesstimate the time it took, if you don't mind me asking o/c??? Thank you. Be Blessed ~ Kris

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      • RB
        May 13, 2015 @ 7:33 am

        Your comment worked for me too, thanks!

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      • jc
        June 28, 2015 @ 12:16 am

        this comment is what helped me as well!!

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      • Alex
        August 25, 2015 @ 1:18 am

        This! All of This, maybe the stuff in the post help but this deffinatly did!

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      • Victor
        April 17, 2017 @ 6:31 am

        This trick worked for me Thanks a lot!!

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      • Dare
        May 10, 2018 @ 12:12 am

        Mine was already set to "check for updates but let me choose…" but after following all other instructions, I was desperate. I set it to "check for updates but let me choose…" and repeating the stop/rename/start process, it worked perfectly. Thanks, Trae!

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    • Bradford
      July 27, 2015 @ 7:24 pm

      I know it's a year later but YES, out of ALL the supposed fixes, THIS is the ONLY one that ACTUALLY WORKS!!!
      Thank you….Great job!!!

      Reply

    • Andrew
      July 31, 2015 @ 9:47 pm

      Didn't read ALL the comments, but I seem to be the only one that this process did not help.

      Reply

    • Jake
      September 11, 2015 @ 8:28 pm

      Thanks so much. Great fix. I've been fighting this unsuccessfully since 2013 until now. This desktop was almost repurposed as a boat anchor, but its been saved.
      Jake

      Reply

    • Luckyman
      May 12, 2016 @ 5:11 pm

      Oh!!! Thanks very much I've been stressed & struggling to get it right but i couldn't managed.This process helped me within 2min.Excellent fix.VERY HAPPY.

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    • Kang
      August 7, 2017 @ 5:55 am

      Finally!! Great appreciate for this fix!!!!

      Reply

    • Fred Bailey
      February 23, 2018 @ 4:40 am

      Thank you so very much your solution worked!

      Reply

  2. Gordon
    July 28, 2014 @ 8:36 am

    Thank you very much, I have been trying to sort this for hours

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  3. felipe
    July 31, 2014 @ 8:23 pm

    Great!!! i update my chipset and dont work, but this solution work like a charm!!!!

    MANY THANKS!!!

    Reply

  4. MarAyala
    August 2, 2014 @ 8:09 am

    Thanks so much, I have tried to fix this for hrs and after much search I found your site.
    Works wonders with this solution!

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  5. Lazar Zoli
    August 7, 2014 @ 11:30 pm

    After service stop, delet folder, service start, still no update, so I had to run Update "As Administrator", and it works.
    Thx.

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    • Brendan K Callahan
      September 25, 2014 @ 8:55 am

      Thanks, you nailed it for me!

      Reply

    • Konstantinos Kapetis
      December 6, 2014 @ 12:57 am

      Thanks. That did it.

      Reply

    • Mohamed
      December 21, 2014 @ 1:45 pm

      you are the man :)

      Reply

    • Relina
      December 27, 2014 @ 6:14 pm

      Hail good sir. My gratitude!

      Reply

  6. Sayne
    August 10, 2014 @ 5:35 am

    Wow. I have been searching for solutions for ages, and finally I have someone providing excellent solutions. You are a genius.

    Reply

  7. rigid
    August 13, 2014 @ 12:20 pm

    Finally….. your so great men………. 1k like on facebook..

    Reply

  8. oscar gonzalez
    August 14, 2014 @ 5:51 pm

    thanks, i've been searching for a solution without success, thanks to your solution now it's fixed!

    Reply

  9. Jmal
    August 15, 2014 @ 2:35 am

    Many thanks. It really works.

    Reply

  10. yxl112
    August 18, 2014 @ 4:44 am

    Yes. It worked on my computer. Thanks a lot.

    Reply

  11. Sugarbayar
    August 19, 2014 @ 5:59 pm

    Thank you…
    Searching for hours

    Reply

  12. jean
    August 19, 2014 @ 7:38 pm

    thanks a lot, this worked insanely great, best solution

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  13. dion
    August 23, 2014 @ 3:16 pm

    Thank you mate!!! Before proceeding with above instructions just close "Windows Update" window ;)

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    • Repeater
      September 22, 2014 @ 6:25 am

      Thank you I was wondering why I still couldn't update haha.

      Reply

    • Ben
      September 16, 2015 @ 1:18 pm

      Thanks – closing update window before worked for me!

      Reply

  14. Hari
    August 25, 2014 @ 3:09 pm

    Thanks a lot…… for a very smart solution….

    Reply

  15. D Kahn
    August 27, 2014 @ 11:07 pm

    Thank you very much .It works perfectly

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  16. Helder Cuvila
    August 29, 2014 @ 12:36 am

    Estou muito grato.
    Tentei ja a dois dias e somente hj e que encontrei a sua pagina.
    Isto ajudou-me bastante..
    Funcionou perfeitamente com a minha maquina Presario CQ57 Compaq da HP

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    • Dercio
      November 15, 2014 @ 5:22 pm

      Still not update

      Reply

  17. Derek
    August 30, 2014 @ 5:01 pm

    You're Genies…
    Thanks you

    Reply

  18. mohamed
    September 1, 2014 @ 2:39 am

    Thanks alot :)

    Reply

  19. Alex Tovey
    September 1, 2014 @ 10:44 am

    Thank you. This has been driving one of my customers nuts for the last two days.

    Reply

  20. Karl
    September 1, 2014 @ 11:34 am

    Thanks!!!!
    Only thing that worked after a clean install and reloading drivers.

    Reply

  21. xDeathoRx
    September 3, 2014 @ 12:07 am

    THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKED

    Reply

  22. Fareez
    September 4, 2014 @ 8:58 am

    Thanks… last two days i was struggling.. finally done.. great tips.

    Reply

  23. Daniel
    September 7, 2014 @ 9:37 pm

    Great! Thx! finally fixed it :*!

    Reply

  24. Aaron
    September 8, 2014 @ 5:02 am

    Thank you. I have been looking for a fix for days. It worked.

    Reply

  25. EdRam
    September 8, 2014 @ 10:05 pm

    Thanks a lot ! :D

    Reply

  26. Pegaga
    September 9, 2014 @ 1:56 pm

    Thank you so much! Even Microsoft's so-called 'Fix It' cannot resolve it…

    Reply

  27. ZI
    September 9, 2014 @ 10:36 pm

    Hvala ti puno, spasio si me!!!!!! Svaka čast rođo

    Reply

  28. long time no Update
    September 10, 2014 @ 1:49 pm

    Thanks my friend. This has been such a headache for me…many hours on a brand new laptop. May you become a very rich person some day. :)

    Reply

  29. Phonlawatp
    September 14, 2014 @ 3:22 pm

    Thank!!.

    Reply

  30. fred sawabini
    September 14, 2014 @ 9:06 pm

    I am perhaps the only one who is still struggling. Have tried this solution and 3 or 4 others I found on the net, and still getting the same error message.

    Reply

    • Joel
      November 29, 2014 @ 8:39 am

      Same with me. This solution did not work. :( I've tried so many solutions, still no Windows Update.

      Reply

      • Vu
        December 5, 2014 @ 7:21 pm

        Same with me! I've tried 3-4 others solution but doesn't work. Help!

        Reply

  31. DK
    September 14, 2014 @ 10:22 pm

    Thank you. It worked.

    Reply

  32. Nico
    September 14, 2014 @ 11:49 pm

    Excelente amigo !! me sirvio !

    Reply

  33. Hermann
    September 15, 2014 @ 1:52 pm

    Great – finally I do have Windows Upate back – Thx!

    Reply

  34. Sachin
    September 16, 2014 @ 8:37 pm

    thanks ………….

    Reply

  35. Felipe
    September 17, 2014 @ 4:13 am

    Thank you! It works for me too.

    Reply

  36. Zmeyw
    September 17, 2014 @ 8:48 pm

    This Windows Update error could be caused by different reason! WD High Density disks (750GB, 1000GB) do this if Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver is not updated or not installed. Check this link:

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02219204.

    Hope somebody could face this problem like me and if the resolve here can’t help – the HP guys maybe can. :-)

    Reply

    • sanjuk21
      October 15, 2014 @ 12:01 am

      Thank you so much. I spent nearly 2 days looking for solutions online and none of them worked. Updating the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver fixed my issue!!

      Reply

    • SamuraiExpress
      November 26, 2014 @ 2:24 am

      dude you are a lifesaver, you didn't have to put this but did anyways, none of the solutions had worked and dunno how long it would've taken to find this solution myself, really many thanks

      Reply

    • Carlos
      November 30, 2014 @ 11:43 pm

      Thanks you so much!!
      Updating the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver was the only way I could fix this problem!!
      Thank you again and again!!

      Reply

    • MC
      December 21, 2014 @ 3:58 am

      The Intel Rapid Storage Driver did the trick. Thank you so much. I never would have figured it out.

      Reply

    • Patrick
      January 13, 2015 @ 6:08 pm

      This did it for me! Thank you SO much for this tip!

      Reply

    • JanelleChante
      September 7, 2017 @ 12:52 pm

      I've been wracking my brains trying to get this working.. & finally thanks to your reply Windows updates are now working!!

      Reply

  37. André
    September 18, 2014 @ 2:06 am

    Thank you very much. The only thing missing is the paypal donate button.
    This was so objective and helpful I'm having a hard time believing I am not dreaming.

    Reply

  38. Offer
    September 18, 2014 @ 7:19 am

    Bingo !!!

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  39. Zoran CRO
    September 18, 2014 @ 12:38 pm

    Thank you for help.

    Reply

  40. geoffrey
    September 18, 2014 @ 2:41 pm

    thanks man. Helped a bunch!

    Reply

  41. Arne Edman
    September 19, 2014 @ 3:13 pm

    At least something that works.
    Thanks

    Reply

  42. Jessica
    September 20, 2014 @ 12:51 am

    Finally something that works.
    I was trying for hours

    Reply

  43. Hagen
    September 20, 2014 @ 9:11 pm

    Zmeyw, you are the MAN!!! tried everything and then your info worked – installed it twice and all good again! thanks!

    Reply

  44. Alex
    September 21, 2014 @ 7:10 pm

    Thank you so much.
    I've been searching for a solution for hours, but none worked, and finally this one did.

    Reply

  45. ali naveed
    September 22, 2014 @ 2:10 pm

    hi , thanks dude its work finaly i was resolve this issue best of luck .

    Reply

  46. kr
    September 22, 2014 @ 4:01 pm

    "run update as administrator" was necessary for me. Thank you!!!!

    Reply

  47. Peter Gammage
    September 23, 2014 @ 4:29 pm

    Hi
    Windows update service is not mentioned in my list, is there another way?
    Running Windows 7

    Thanks

    Reply

  48. Srinivas
    September 26, 2014 @ 7:12 am

    Thanks it works for me.

    Reply

  49. Lumyka
    September 26, 2014 @ 8:52 am

    Hi P, thanks for helping it fixed he problem about that service….BUT,
    my computer doesn't go to the next step of installing the update it shows
    that massage(install updates) but it starts checking for it again.

    Reply

  50. alvaro
    September 27, 2014 @ 3:12 am

    Thanks it works ! :)

    Reply

  51. SusiBiker
    September 30, 2014 @ 5:14 pm

    I thought when I reinstalled Win7x64, then my mobo drivers, that it was the drivers that were causing the issue, but couldn't work out which one. Thank you for saving me hours of grubbing around trying to sort this!
    Regards,
    Susi xx

    Reply

  52. Aaron King
    October 5, 2014 @ 9:29 pm

    Wow you are awesome dude.. I have watched a ton of video's on how to do this and nothing worked. only step you were missing was the "run as administrator" but someone put that in the comments on this page and it worked. Thanks a lot.

    Reply

  53. Mayank Mishra
    October 6, 2014 @ 9:15 am

    gr8 man
    ty

    Reply

  54. Ted Putnam
    October 6, 2014 @ 9:57 pm

    Did the net stop / start services – no joy.
    Deleting the folder as shown worked – 2008 R2 Enterprise
    Thank You Very Much!

    Reply

  55. mike
    October 7, 2014 @ 8:07 pm

    too many thanks, I am starting to believe this is a scam.

    Reply

  56. Sean
    October 9, 2014 @ 6:03 am

    I replaced my system disk with a WD 2 Gig drive and it would update. The above link works for me… Updates checking now…

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02219204

    Thank You Zmeyw!

    S

    Reply

  57. Great
    October 12, 2014 @ 5:29 pm

    Thanks very much. You are good.

    Reply

  58. sagi
    October 13, 2014 @ 4:48 am

    thank you, helped a lot :D

    Reply

  59. Natan
    October 14, 2014 @ 9:56 pm

    Thank you

    Reply

  60. carlo
    October 18, 2014 @ 2:32 pm

    Wow…thnks man/…

    Reply

  61. Madhu
    October 21, 2014 @ 11:52 am

    Thanks for the help, I have fixed the problem on my computer

    Reply

  62. J
    October 21, 2014 @ 5:21 pm

    You made it!!!
    Thanks!!

    Reply

  63. Stuart
    October 23, 2014 @ 1:34 am

    Excellent. Thank you

    Reply

  64. CrazyNinjaMike
    October 23, 2014 @ 9:17 am

    Thanks! Finally a solution that worked!

    Reply

  65. Catherine
    October 28, 2014 @ 10:03 am

    Thanks. It works well.

    Reply

  66. ramdeep
    October 28, 2014 @ 12:19 pm

    Thank you, thank you, Great help

    Reply

  67. Barry
    October 29, 2014 @ 12:06 am

    Amazing thanks so much for sharing, such a pain
    works really well

    Reply

  68. Dmitry
    October 30, 2014 @ 11:33 pm

    It's worked!

    Reply

  69. Gabriel Bringmann
    November 4, 2014 @ 1:56 am

    Thanks!

    Reply

  70. odhiambo victor
    November 5, 2014 @ 12:10 pm

    This is Ausome! Thanks alot! God bless u with more wisdom!

    Reply

  71. yasser mohamed hashish
    November 6, 2014 @ 4:04 am

    thank you very much
    works well

    Reply

  72. Mark
    November 6, 2014 @ 4:23 am

    Thanks so much, finally a useful post on a forum.

    Reply

  73. mohammad hadi
    November 7, 2014 @ 8:35 pm

    hi, Thanks.

    Reply

  74. anargyros
    November 8, 2014 @ 6:30 pm

    thanks,work for me.. da best!

    Reply

  75. Ausama95
    November 12, 2014 @ 1:48 am

    Thank you so much, finally it worked :D

    Reply

  76. Hassan
    November 12, 2014 @ 12:00 pm

    thanks it worked.

    Reply

  77. yeyint
    November 12, 2014 @ 4:33 pm

    It is really work. thank you so much!!!

    Reply

  78. Mohsin
    November 13, 2014 @ 12:49 pm

    Thanks dear for posting this matter. Stay Blessed.

    Reply

  79. ravi
    November 15, 2014 @ 9:58 am

    thanks bro

    Reply

  80. Nikhil Jaiswal
    November 15, 2014 @ 1:09 pm

    Thanks a lot buddy.. I was searching for this. (Y)

    Reply

  81. aslam
    November 16, 2014 @ 10:15 am

    bro you are amazing i tried to fix this problem since 5 days.
    i tried many thinks but not working finally your idea is working….

    thank u so much

    Reply

  82. Connor
    November 16, 2014 @ 7:27 pm

    Thanks so much you are the only one that helped

    Reply

  83. Bahman
    November 17, 2014 @ 7:01 pm

    Thanks a lot :)

    Reply

  84. Nick
    November 18, 2014 @ 10:22 am

    Thank you…

    Reply

  85. Bryan
    November 18, 2014 @ 3:57 pm

    Thanks!

    Reply

  86. Liz
    November 18, 2014 @ 10:55 pm

    THANK YOU! This is the only method that has worked!!

    Reply

  87. Brock Samson
    November 19, 2014 @ 9:12 pm

    Also worked for me…. had to reboot first (that part wasn't listed so it was really difficult) – lol

    Reply

  88. Den
    November 20, 2014 @ 7:55 am

    Amen bro!! Worked!

    Reply

  89. SkipperTW
    November 20, 2014 @ 6:15 pm

    Great post – thanks. Only think I had to add was I had to re-boot after (it did not work until I re-booted).

    Thank you,

    Reply

  90. BigJim
    November 20, 2014 @ 8:11 pm

    Life Saver, Thank you!

    Reply

  91. Jane
    November 20, 2014 @ 9:58 pm

    Finally works!!!

    Reply

  92. Sammie
    November 21, 2014 @ 12:13 pm

    Wooooah… thanks a lot for the scope.

    Reply

  93. Deepak
    November 23, 2014 @ 3:32 pm

    Thanks a ton mate ,, u make life so easier!!

    Reply

  94. ajangcubby
    November 24, 2014 @ 9:03 pm

    thanks guys, its very good..thanks a lot

    Reply

  95. rich
    November 25, 2014 @ 5:35 am

    didnt work

    Reply

  96. Joe Melendres
    November 25, 2014 @ 3:44 pm

    Great , That nailed it !

    Reply

  97. Daij
    November 26, 2014 @ 6:55 am

    thanks

    Reply

  98. Takbok
    November 26, 2014 @ 8:06 pm

    Works like a charm, thanks a million!!

    Reply

  99. Andrew
    November 28, 2014 @ 3:41 pm

    Worked. Amaizing and simple

    Reply

  100. Rajesh
    November 30, 2014 @ 8:04 am

    It worked like a magic. Thanks

    Reply

  101. Jay0220
    December 1, 2014 @ 2:07 am

    Thank you very much!

    Reply

  102. Ali
    December 1, 2014 @ 8:52 am

    I was stuck until finding your solution. Tried it and it worked! No reboot needed for me.
    This is the true beauty of the internet and smart minds out to help.
    Thanks mate!

    Reply

  103. Glennich
    December 2, 2014 @ 5:29 am

    Thank you so much!

    Reply

  104. Shahid
    December 2, 2014 @ 12:26 pm

    Great fix. thank you.

    Reply

  105. Trent
    December 3, 2014 @ 2:59 pm

    This solution doesn't work for me. :(

    Reply

  106. Gail
    December 3, 2014 @ 7:49 pm

    Best tip ever. So easy and quick not like all the other crap out there. Thank you!

    Reply

  107. John
    December 4, 2014 @ 12:07 am

    This solution works on Windows Vista as well. I had the same error on an older computer running Windows Vista; found this solution and tried it. It worked! Perfectly.

    Reply

  108. dave
    December 4, 2014 @ 2:18 am

    THANK YOU !!! works now

    Reply

  109. Denis
    December 4, 2014 @ 5:47 am

    It worked for me, thanks.

    Reply

  110. David
    December 4, 2014 @ 4:40 pm

    It worked. Fantastic!

    Reply

  111. Joe
    December 5, 2014 @ 8:45 pm

    It worked! Fixed issue with restored Ghost image taken a year ago! THANKS!

    Reply

  112. Bhupesh
    December 7, 2014 @ 11:29 am

    Thanks Bro… this really helped me..
    nice article..

    Reply

  113. Sachidananda Das
    December 7, 2014 @ 6:57 pm

    Wow.. At last I can fix the problem. Its great. Thanks!!!

    Reply

  114. Alaga Michael
    December 8, 2014 @ 6:10 pm

    finally, was thinking of re-loading the OS on the system, mind if i ask what actually caused it. Thanks once again

    Reply

  115. Muhammed Reda
    December 9, 2014 @ 8:11 pm

    Best solution ever !
    Thanks <3!

    Reply

  116. Hijrat Siddiqui
    December 10, 2014 @ 6:33 pm

    finally it worked thank you

    Reply

  117. Rau
    December 12, 2014 @ 8:11 am

    thanks

    Reply

  118. Magon
    December 12, 2014 @ 2:27 pm

    Thank you very much

    Reply

  119. Jack
    December 13, 2014 @ 3:16 pm

    Thank you very much for helping us! you are a great man

    Reply

  120. shahed
    December 14, 2014 @ 12:33 pm

    thank you soo much bro
    <3

    Reply

  121. Jeff
    December 16, 2014 @ 10:54 pm

    Great fix. Excellent instructions.

    Reply

  122. chuka
    December 17, 2014 @ 12:05 pm

    thanks. lol

    Reply

  123. stephen peacock
    December 20, 2014 @ 5:07 am

    awesome thank you – i just renamed the software distribution folder by adding an x at the end, then started the windows update service (still didnt work), then restarted the wu service (Still didnt work), set to manual uploads and now works (many thanks

    microsofts awful programming again!!

    Reply

  124. Anders HK
    December 22, 2014 @ 12:24 am

    thanks, finally fixed. Tried with a lot of sophisticated repair programmes, and then realizing that you only need to stop, delete and start – that's it. thanks again

    Reply

  125. Dzenan
    December 22, 2014 @ 1:57 am

    Thank you !!!

    Reply

  126. Chavango
    December 23, 2014 @ 2:10 am

    You are awesome…
    Great help

    Reply

  127. Eliut
    December 25, 2014 @ 12:25 am

    Dude you are a genius! Thank you!

    Reply

  128. Hawkgirl
    December 25, 2014 @ 12:32 am

    Thank you!! I have a ten year old Dell that I upgraded to Windows 7, and you solved my problem. I am so glad I found your site!! My little champ is just purring along now. :)

    Reply

  129. Dahiru
    December 25, 2014 @ 1:58 am

    Finally!
    Thanks :)

    BTW, no luck with WindowsUpdateDiagnostic and MicrosoftFixit.wu.LB.1342885053367522.2.1.Run takes forever (had to stop it).

    Reply

  130. Reno Kurnia Ramadhan Wastiko
    December 25, 2014 @ 5:36 am

    perfect, its totally worked

    Reply

  131. meme
    December 25, 2014 @ 1:06 pm

    thank yo so much thank you thank you thank you

    Reply

  132. Pasha
    December 25, 2014 @ 2:39 pm

    there is only 3 words to your solution: Simple but effective
    thanks a lot!

    Reply

  133. Kat
    December 26, 2014 @ 2:45 am

    Thank you so much, I have tried for months to get this resolved. You are an absolute champion!

    Reply

  134. Pranav vijay
    December 28, 2014 @ 12:15 am

    I've got the error, but Windows Update service isn't listed! Also BITS is missing.

    Reply

  135. Pranav vijay
    December 28, 2014 @ 12:33 am

    Checked windows Update ""Windows Update Cannot Currently Check For Updates, Because The Service Is Not Running. You May Need To Restart Your Computer". "
    Unable to find Bits and windows Update service in services.msc
    Ran Windows Update Troubleshooter, Microsoft fixit-failed to fix the error
    Given full permission to Bits and wuauserv
    in registry
    Downloaded new bits and wuauserv registry and merged it successfully, restared . but issue seems to persists.
    I have checked the possible solution all sites by only getting below same TBS.
    •go to services and stop Windows update service
    •locate C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution folder and delete all its content
    •start Windows update service
    •check for updates

    The problem is Windows Update service isn't listed! Also BITS is missing.

    According to all suggestion,I have verified all the setting are perfect than also its shows same error.

    Reply

  136. JTO
    December 29, 2014 @ 11:09 pm

    Quick, easy and simple to follow. Thanks. Will be coming back for more.

    Reply

  137. Mark W
    December 29, 2014 @ 11:26 pm

    skipped the folder deletion step and still worked fine. service (along with Windows Defender and firewall had somehow been switched to "stopped" and had to be manually restarted from within this program. never used this before. worked great.

    Reply

  138. Wayne
    December 31, 2014 @ 12:59 am

    So damn simple – after HOURS of trying to fix this, this is the only solution which worked. Thank you

    Reply

  139. Brad
    December 31, 2014 @ 5:10 pm

    Hi,
    I am hoping you can help. I followed the above step, went to hit "start" and got the message "Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect."
    Now what?

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      January 2, 2015 @ 12:11 pm

      Set 'Windows Update' service to 'Automatic' and then restart your computer.

      Reply

  140. Capthmm
    December 31, 2014 @ 8:47 pm

    Thanks for the fix. Once again it appears that MS has failed to properly document a workaround as you have done.

    Reply

  141. Carl
    December 31, 2014 @ 11:58 pm

    Thanx that work so fine :)

    Reply

  142. Alex
    January 2, 2015 @ 7:51 am

    Thanks, worked perfectly!

    Reply

  143. Widagdo
    January 2, 2015 @ 8:18 am

    thanks a lot friend

    Reply

  144. Naeem Shah
    January 2, 2015 @ 10:34 pm

    Great yr Thanks Bro

    Reply

  145. Steve J
    January 3, 2015 @ 7:18 pm

    OUTstanding. Thank you, and much whuffie!

    Reply

  146. DaveS
    January 5, 2015 @ 1:02 am

    Is wuauserv the same as windows update file I'm looking for in the service control panel? I otherwise don't see the windows update service

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      January 5, 2015 @ 1:01 pm

      @DaveS: Where do you see the "wuauserv" ? in services?
      Advice: Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

      Reply

      • Mark
        January 27, 2015 @ 9:20 pm

        In the list of services its just called Windows Update. If you use the command line then its called wuauserv

        Reply

  147. Nigel
    January 5, 2015 @ 3:46 pm

    Muchas Gracias! solución efectiva!.

    Regards from Chile!.

    Reply

  148. DENNIS
    January 5, 2015 @ 4:01 pm

    THANX MAN

    Reply

  149. Burnymill
    January 5, 2015 @ 4:21 pm

    It worked! Been trying for months to resolve this problem. IE would not upgrade to IE11 because Service Pack for Windows 7 was not installed. Now Update is running fine, SP1 installed, IE upgraded – thank you so much!!

    Reply

  150. Merc Doc
    January 6, 2015 @ 1:09 pm

    Simple fix, Brilliant stuff

    Reply

  151. Meseret
    January 6, 2015 @ 9:24 pm

    Solved. Thank u!

    Reply

  152. Ahmed Ayman
    January 7, 2015 @ 2:51 pm

    Thank you toooooooo much

    Reply

  153. Joby
    January 7, 2015 @ 4:28 pm

    Thanks alot….. you are genius….

    Its loading now.

    Reply

  154. Nikos Papadopoulos
    January 8, 2015 @ 3:52 pm

    thank you a lot!!!

    Reply

  155. John
    January 9, 2015 @ 4:37 am

    Seems to have worked. Thank you. It's been months of trying various "solutions." This one worked. Easy.

    Reply

  156. Mike
    January 9, 2015 @ 6:00 am

    Holy Crap! I tried all the "solutions" on Microsoft's website (and some were pretty complicated!) and none worked. But this did and it was a 30 second solution!

    Reply

  157. Alex
    January 10, 2015 @ 8:57 am

    Thanks a lot!

    Reply

  158. whymicrosoftwhy
    January 10, 2015 @ 11:15 pm

    Thanks!!! Perfect…
    If Microsoft ever bought the company that made my car, I would start taking the bus to work.

    Reply

  159. vvs
    January 13, 2015 @ 9:43 pm

    MANY THANKS!!!

    Reply

  160. AD
    January 14, 2015 @ 11:07 pm

    WAAAAAAW..THANKX ALOT…I wont fix this without you man…thanks alot….ma NIGGA

    Reply

  161. Max
    January 17, 2015 @ 1:30 am

    You are the man!

    Reply

  162. Vishal
    January 17, 2015 @ 2:14 pm

    Perfect!!

    :)

    Reply

  163. Mark
    January 19, 2015 @ 11:16 pm

    Great Directions. Very simple and works!!!!

    Reply

  164. Tim
    January 20, 2015 @ 3:47 am

    Thank you

    Reply

  165. k
    January 20, 2015 @ 7:07 am

    Many thanks

    Reply

  166. keyann
    January 20, 2015 @ 7:07 am

    Many thanks

    Reply

  167. Yam SC
    January 20, 2015 @ 6:24 pm

    Thank you very much. Can help me understand why deleting the folder will help to resolve the problem

    Reply

  168. Edgar L. Garcia
    January 21, 2015 @ 7:18 am

    Problem solved! Thank you!!!

    Reply

  169. Robert Alder
    January 21, 2015 @ 8:51 am

    Found this easy solution to the Windows Update issue and saw all the "Thanks You" posts and figured I'd finally found a solution!!!! I've been fighting this for three days, including hours and hours with MS Support, all to no avail. Tried all the MS FixIt stuff. Nothing.

    So, I was optimistic. Alas, it didn't work for me and I"m so depressed and have no ideas now. Also did the re-booting afterward (which some of you needed to do) and also resetting updates to Automatic (as one person suggested). Nothing seems to fix the sucker.

    Any other hints on what to try?? I'm bloody desperate.

    Reply

    • Mark
      January 27, 2015 @ 9:20 pm

      does not work for me either…

      Reply

  170. kaushlesh shukla
    January 21, 2015 @ 11:42 am

    Thank's dear it's working now….

    Reply

  171. Robert Alder
    January 22, 2015 @ 8:06 am

    Nyoni (Dec 24, 2014 posting) . THANK YOU so much1 All of a sudden light bulbs went off. I have a smaller cloned backup drive that UPDATE functioned when plugged into my C:drive slot. But Update wouldn't work on my main 1 TB drive normally mount in the C:drive position. So I installed the new driver and BINGO. Everything works! So, thank you Nyoni, whoever you are. Why the hell MS tech couldn't diagnose such a simple, basic problem and solution when they slaved over it for two days is beyond me. Thanks for nothing Microsoft support. Love this site.

    Reply

  172. Cam
    January 23, 2015 @ 8:53 pm

    Thank you worked like a charm

    Reply

  173. Joe
    January 25, 2015 @ 2:43 am

    Thanks, man!

    Reply

  174. Bev
    January 26, 2015 @ 3:35 am

    Thank you it worked!!

    Reply

  175. Francois
    January 26, 2015 @ 8:32 am

    Reinstalled a recovery copy from Dell Data Safe, needed to clone on to a smaller SSD, would not boot to SSD till first HDD was disconnected, then Win 7 Pro booted fine, but LOST Win update. Tried for hours till found your solution. Thanks a million! All is fine now, updating a load of files needed since recovery disk of 2010!

    Reply

  176. Jeffrey
    January 27, 2015 @ 7:19 pm

    Thanks !! It worked !!

    Reply

  177. The DarkKnighT
    January 29, 2015 @ 3:21 pm

    You are a genius my boy!!!

    Reply

  178. Jack
    January 30, 2015 @ 4:32 am

    Thank you ! Your solution it's the only one that works.

    Reply

  179. t smith
    January 30, 2015 @ 7:39 pm

    No help for me stop is not available for me- it is greyed out. Only start is an option.

    Reply

  180. Rob Nichols
    February 3, 2015 @ 6:54 pm

    I've been working this problem for two hours plus. I found this page and had it fixed in less than two minutes. Thank you so much!!

    Reply

  181. michael adams
    February 4, 2015 @ 8:16 am

    Thank you! Very simple to follow. And it worked.

    Reply

  182. steve
    February 4, 2015 @ 9:08 am

    Can't find the fix at MS website but found it here. Thanks.

    Reply

  183. Jin Kamachi
    February 4, 2015 @ 1:27 pm

    thanks a lot!! it was creating lot of problems.

    Reply

  184. Hesienberg
    February 6, 2015 @ 5:19 pm

    Thank you very help full

    Reply

  185. Lakminda
    February 6, 2015 @ 7:19 pm

    Great help thank you brother…:D

    Reply

  186. Ken
    February 6, 2015 @ 10:26 pm

    You are one BAD ASS!!!! Rock on!!!
    It worked.

    Reply

  187. TH
    February 8, 2015 @ 8:11 am

    Thanks, man. It works.

    Reply

  188. Daniel
    February 10, 2015 @ 11:45 pm

    Thanks a lot, great tutorial :), it works!

    Reply

  189. Rudy
    February 11, 2015 @ 9:23 am

    thank you very much

    Reply

  190. Ha
    February 12, 2015 @ 7:31 am

    You are a saint…..like everyone else I tried ever other method and this one seems to be the easiest and most painless but most important it worked. Thanks a million!

    Reply

  191. Anindya
    February 14, 2015 @ 12:18 am

    Thanks. Finally someone has a solution.

    Reply

  192. Gerry
    February 14, 2015 @ 9:07 pm

    Worked like a charm. Bless you!

    Reply

  193. Priam
    February 16, 2015 @ 3:34 am

    Worked!

    Reply

  194. Ryandi
    February 17, 2015 @ 6:23 am

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! YOU'RE THE BEST

    Reply

  195. Johan
    February 17, 2015 @ 12:59 pm

    thanks, works flawlessly
    and i use this method to fix problem due to error installing .net 4.5 -_-
    thanks a lot mate

    Reply

  196. stan
    February 23, 2015 @ 12:36 pm

    Just fixed my updating problem on laptop with this solution.
    Many thanks.

    Reply

  197. Jen
    February 24, 2015 @ 2:36 am

    PERFECT! THANK YOUUU! You are so awesome.

    Reply

  198. Nick
    February 24, 2015 @ 4:06 pm

    BIG THANKS

    Reply

  199. Patrick
    February 27, 2015 @ 6:46 pm

    Awesome! Thank you!

    Reply

  200. d
    February 28, 2015 @ 12:28 am

    awesome best solution!

    Reply

  201. Bob
    March 1, 2015 @ 10:52 pm

    Bless you :)

    Reply

  202. Tiffany
    March 2, 2015 @ 12:41 am

    I wish I'd found your site sooner. Tried five other "fixes" which didn't solve anything. Not only was your suggestion the simplest is was also the least time consuming. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

    Reply

  203. balaji
    March 2, 2015 @ 7:41 am

    It works!!!!!!

    Reply

  204. Ram
    March 2, 2015 @ 12:44 pm

    Thanks ! !
    Really

    Reply

  205. BJF
    March 5, 2015 @ 2:31 am

    Thank you so much! Awesome. It worked

    Reply

  206. Juan
    March 5, 2015 @ 4:21 pm

    Working on windows vista too

    Reply

  207. YC
    March 5, 2015 @ 8:04 pm

    Worked like a charm, thank you

    Reply

  208. Sephoy
    March 7, 2015 @ 10:31 am

    Hi! I'm having a trouble following this solution. I tried to search windows update in the services.msc as stated, but the windows update service is not listed. I tried sorting the names maybe I just couldn't find it and then I also tried to search for it, but it's really not there. I think I might've accidentally uninstalled it. Could you help? Thanks!

    Reply

  209. Deb McCarthy
    March 7, 2015 @ 3:38 pm

    Thanks so much. I also tried other so called "fixes" that didn't work and I wasted so much time. Yours worked first time and was so easy. Fantastic !!!

    Reply

  210. Superfly4505
    March 9, 2015 @ 6:24 am

    Worked perfectly. Thanks !!

    Reply

  211. slah
    March 10, 2015 @ 9:57 am

    it working perfectly. thank you dear :)

    Reply

  212. sdfs
    March 12, 2015 @ 2:07 pm

    it work

    Reply

  213. Terry K
    March 14, 2015 @ 2:47 am

    1000 thank you's. Worked wonderfully.

    Reply

  214. Brian
    March 14, 2015 @ 9:40 pm

    It didn't work for me. When I right clicked windows update, the "stop" was gray and could not be pressed. Any alternatives you can offer?

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      March 15, 2015 @ 11:54 am

      Brian double-click to open Windows Update service properties and set the 'Startup' type to 'Automatic'. Restart your computer and try again.

      Reply

  215. Zohra
    March 15, 2015 @ 10:15 am

    Thanks, Wonderful and Great solution.

    Reply

  216. Susan
    March 16, 2015 @ 2:12 am

    Thank you so much. I'm not great on the computer but found this easy..ish to follow. Having been looking ages for remedies my computer is right now downloading and installing updates. I guess it's easy when you know how. I wouldn't have had a clue. Thanks again!

    Reply

  217. JTX79
    March 19, 2015 @ 6:57 pm

    Thanks a lot….. working for my laptop after a few day searching to solve this problem.. thanks bro..

    Reply

  218. dev
    March 22, 2015 @ 10:23 pm

    you are awesome…..:)

    Reply

  219. ME2111
    March 26, 2015 @ 5:23 am

    Tnx :* :* :*

    Reply

  220. Jay
    March 27, 2015 @ 6:06 pm

    Finally !! Thank you.

    Reply

  221. Ryan
    March 30, 2015 @ 6:27 pm

    THANK YOU – THANK YOU – THANK YOU!!

    Reply

  222. Matt
    March 31, 2015 @ 10:16 am

    Superb – fixed it for me first time. Microsoft troubleshooter has nothing on this fix! THANK YOU!

    Reply

  223. Jay Ferguson
    April 5, 2015 @ 8:59 am

    You guys are awesome! You fixed it for me finally!

    Reply

  224. Peter
    April 12, 2015 @ 11:53 am

    Many,many thanks.

    Reply

  225. jess
    April 15, 2015 @ 1:19 pm

    thanks for the solution. It's working again now.

    Reply

  226. Jalopy Style
    April 17, 2015 @ 7:22 am

    GREAT WORK MATE! THIS LINK SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WHEN SEARCHING FOR THIS ISSUE!

    Reply

  227. Deta
    April 21, 2015 @ 8:22 am

    Have done it three times, and deleted the old folder, still not working, and suggestions? switch off laptop then try again?

    Reply

  228. osama
    April 26, 2015 @ 4:20 pm

    thanks thanks thankyou so much……I was so much panic and was thiking to delete my windows stay blessed :)

    Reply

  229. irishblend
    April 30, 2015 @ 2:49 am

    Thank you, worked like a charm

    Reply

  230. Simon
    May 3, 2015 @ 3:30 pm

    Worked like a dream for me. Updating a windows 7 machine after 2 years of non-use. Thank you.

    Reply

  231. Sjoerd van den Nieuwenhof
    May 7, 2015 @ 11:11 am

    Worked like a charm. Thanks.

    Reply

  232. Abidemi
    May 11, 2015 @ 5:15 pm

    You're a genius

    Reply

  233. Mike
    May 16, 2015 @ 8:42 pm

    CHEERS!

    Reply

  234. Aubrey
    May 19, 2015 @ 11:09 am

    Thanks!!!! you are the Man :)

    Reply

  235. Christabel Aurora
    May 21, 2015 @ 6:00 am

    WOW thank you.

    Reply

  236. Naresh reddy
    May 21, 2015 @ 8:14 am

    ThanQ very much ..

    Reply

  237. CKelly
    May 22, 2015 @ 6:08 am

    Great instructions. two thumbs up!!!

    Reply

  238. Kevin Marchelak
    May 23, 2015 @ 1:40 am

    Just DOWNLOAD the drivers listed above – worked first time.
    REALLY DOES!
    Kev
    Thanks to all

    Reply

  239. Anand Kadam
    May 23, 2015 @ 10:14 am

    Thank you very much. It worked……:-)

    Reply

  240. Carol Smith
    May 25, 2015 @ 8:53 am

    Thank you so much. This worked the necessary magic and saved me yet another day of frustration. Genius!

    Reply

  241. Sri Ram Kumar P
    June 2, 2015 @ 5:50 am

    Seriously i worked like a dream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
    Thanku thanku thankuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

    Reply

  242. Stan
    June 2, 2015 @ 9:07 pm

    Come and get some $$$$$ man it worked, after so many trials with different info. thank you

    Reply

  243. TonyK
    June 2, 2015 @ 10:12 pm

    THANY YOU !!!!!!
    THANY YOU !!!!!!
    THANY YOU !!!!!!
    Worked 1st time I tried!!!
    Excellent Help, THanks

    Reply

  244. Nvrdie
    June 3, 2015 @ 2:51 am

    It worked great. Awsome! Thanks!

    Reply

  245. Roberto Murillo
    June 4, 2015 @ 10:55 am

    Thank you very much!! I learned something new from you but the truth I prefer GNU/Linux for desktops and especially for servers.

    Reply

  246. Marcus
    June 4, 2015 @ 9:13 pm

    After checking many other solutions, including Microsofts own solutions, I almost gave up. But this easy fix worked! Thanks!

    Reply

  247. IB
    June 8, 2015 @ 3:17 pm

    Hey buddy.. thanks alot.. brilliant! (–)"

    Reply

  248. mbrozo
    June 9, 2015 @ 11:23 pm

    works like a charm !

    Reply

  249. FirstPages
    June 12, 2015 @ 5:47 am

    As a Linux guy, I don't normally drive Windows boxes, but ran into this problem in a Windows 7 VM I had been painstakingly building over two days.

    To the author, thank you. I cannot thank you enough. It is 04h45 as I post this. Have been trying to fix this for hours, but your solution worked like a jiffy.

    Between thinking I had screwed up something in the VM, and the many useless 'fixes' on the net, I don't have much hair left.

    Give me a shout the next time you are in South Africa. I definitely owe you a beer or two.

    Reply

  250. Gola Magola
    June 19, 2015 @ 2:15 pm

    Thank u so much buddy……FINALLY IT WORK…

    Reply

  251. Jos van Keeken
    June 21, 2015 @ 10:21 am

    Great!
    Thank u so much!!

    Reply

  252. Rattlefox
    June 23, 2015 @ 6:59 pm

    Thank the gods! You are a genius and smarter than the whole internet and my company's IT dept. I would pay you to go around posting this answer in all the forums where people have this problem.

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      June 23, 2015 @ 7:48 pm

      Thank you for the kind words! Actually, you can pay me by going into these forums (at least some of them) and pointing people to this article by saying why and how it worked for you :)

      Reply

  253. Julius
    June 24, 2015 @ 8:13 am

    excelente TIP !!!

    Reply

  254. Emily
    June 24, 2015 @ 9:50 am

    Thank you so much, I haven't been able to install updates in months. You are a hero! Thank you for the super easy and well written instructions. I felt like a computer wizard.

    Reply

  255. Sourabh Nath
    June 29, 2015 @ 6:15 pm

    Hats off….finally something worked after so much efforts!!

    Reply

  256. PeterO
    July 1, 2015 @ 9:04 pm

    Worked! Thanks, Gracias, Eskerrik asko!

    Reply

  257. Raider
    July 2, 2015 @ 7:49 am

    Thanks a lot for solve my problem. You are awesome :) i really thank you!

    Reply

  258. kusma
    July 5, 2015 @ 2:40 am

    never find this problem until now, but your solution is really worked! thanks man.

    Reply

  259. Heba Hmood
    July 6, 2015 @ 5:29 pm

    Thank you ….Thank You man,,,you are the best! (Y)(Y)(Y)

    Reply

  260. Paul
    July 9, 2015 @ 7:02 am

    work playa…thank so much

    Reply

  261. Avishay
    July 9, 2015 @ 5:24 pm

    Thank you for easy and quick solution.

    Reply

  262. Blake
    July 9, 2015 @ 7:23 pm

    any other ideas?
    I tried solution 1, stop, rename folder, restart service = didn't work
    I tried solution 2, running the Intel updater, didn't work
    I tried running the MS fix it, didn't help

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      July 9, 2015 @ 7:43 pm

      @Blake: Make sure that the following services are running. (Startup type=Automatic):
      Windows Update,
      Cryptographic Services,
      Background Intelligent Transfer Service,
      Windows Event Log
      Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

      Reply

  263. Blake
    July 10, 2015 @ 1:20 am

    ok, I'll check tonight

    Reply

  264. Blake
    July 10, 2015 @ 9:09 pm

    Thanks! the fix worked, I'm back in business!

    Reply

  265. Chris
    July 13, 2015 @ 4:43 pm

    Many thanks, problem solved! Now why can't Microsoft provide fixes for their products that work?

    Reply

  266. Gianne
    July 23, 2015 @ 11:38 am

    Thank you SO MUCH!!! By the way, do I need to delete the software distribution folder forever? (From the recycle bin) Won't I need it again in the future? Thanks again!

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      July 23, 2015 @ 3:50 pm

      Welcome Gianne. Yes, you can delete it…you don't need it anymore.

      Reply

  267. JR-doa
    July 29, 2015 @ 5:16 am

    oh, It,s worked. Many thanks for you.

    Reply

  268. Althaf
    July 29, 2015 @ 9:11 pm

    thanks I think it will work. now its checking for update, dont know what happen nxt

    Reply

  269. Nick
    July 30, 2015 @ 11:44 am

    Worked!!
    Thanks a lot!

    Reply

  270. Gord
    July 30, 2015 @ 3:44 pm

    Thanks for the help. It worked perfectly.

    Reply

  271. Akhil
    July 31, 2015 @ 4:31 pm

    its worked..thx

    Reply

  272. Shivam Sharma
    August 5, 2015 @ 4:31 pm

    Thank you very much. Appreciated!

    Reply

  273. Jessica
    August 15, 2015 @ 5:24 am

    I have tried EVERY fix I came across and was about to resort to a factory restore when I found this. It worked…and so easily. THANK YOU!

    Reply

  274. irshad ahmad
    August 17, 2015 @ 8:05 am

    Thanks for the help. It worked perfectly.

    Reply

  275. TDK Iraq
    August 17, 2015 @ 1:39 pm

    At first it didn't do anything when I pressed check for updates . but now it has that error message and thank you for fixing it !

    Reply

  276. John Lloyd
    August 20, 2015 @ 7:36 am

    Thank You very much! it works!

    Reply

  277. Gerhard W
    August 25, 2015 @ 9:23 pm

    IT WORKS! Thank you very much. (why is there no hint on Microsoft pages?)
    Now it is looking for updates since a while.
    Any hint what happens to the old distribution information?

    There may be an error with code
    What does it mean? Essentially nothing, you need to retry as often as necessary to catch all missing updates. If using WSUS only, not much. First of all this will only occur on new clients that have not synced with WSUS or clients which have had the datastore removed (%windir%\softwaredistribution). Second, the clients will only fail during the first scan but succeed on the second (or sometimes third).
    Details: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sus/archive/2008/09/18/wsus-clients-fail-with-warning-syncserverupdatesinternal-failed-0x80244010.aspx

    Reply

  278. Gsry Venter
    September 7, 2015 @ 9:23 am

    OMG – finally something worked! Why can't windows just work?

    Reply

  279. Joe Peach
    September 12, 2015 @ 6:16 pm

    WORKED! WORKED! WORKED!
    I have been fixing computers for many years and I have searched for a lot of problems. A lot of the time they don't work. This did and I thank You. Just a word to the readers, if you were helped by this website in a most annoying problem (this one), please bookmark the page and frequent it. Sites like this are like good friends, show some love.

    Reply

  280. Richie
    September 18, 2015 @ 11:45 pm

    hi,the problem has not be sorted to my dell laptop latitude E6330.
    i went to service and stopped the windows uptade,
    then i went to disc c and deleted 'softwareDistribution then back to start windows update..
    after that i went to control panel, windows update and in setting i selected 'check for update but let me choose whether to download and install them'.then when i try to check for updates, the error is there..
    did i miss a step or what is wrong??

    Reply

    • lakonst2012
      September 19, 2015 @ 10:00 am

      @Richie: Start the Windows Update Service, or restart your computer.

      Reply

  281. Raguvaran
    September 20, 2015 @ 8:35 am

    U r my life safer.. thanks a lot bro.. it works perfect. bravo..!

    Reply

  282. A
    September 24, 2015 @ 10:58 pm

    haaa finally.. some1 who hack3d it.. thanks man

    Reply

  283. Sakinah
    May 4, 2016 @ 5:30 pm

    SORTED! MANY THANKS!!!

    Reply

  284. BRIGHT EDEH
    May 7, 2016 @ 9:38 am

    wow!!!1 this is most outstanding moment of my life …………been on this for like a month with a my techniques but could not solve it………this handled it with ease …thumbs up!!!

    Reply

  285. arjun
    May 25, 2016 @ 9:32 pm

    Thanks it worked!

    Reply

  286. mayank
    June 5, 2016 @ 11:04 am

    there is no windows update in services…

    Reply

  287. Hitesh
    June 8, 2016 @ 7:21 pm

    WoooHooooo!!!!!!!
    It worked for me, THANKS!

    Reply

  288. Mark W
    June 9, 2016 @ 7:23 am

    I don't have a Windows update file in the services. Therefore this didn't work for me. Any suggestions.

    Reply

  289. NATHANIEL
    June 23, 2016 @ 1:33 pm

    THANKS A MILLION…ITS DEFINITELY A DONE DEAL…

    Reply

  290. Suresh
    July 5, 2016 @ 3:26 pm

    Thank you very much. It worked. It relived from a great tension about my system. I even couldn't fix it with microsoft utility kit.

    Reply

  291. Deepak
    July 6, 2016 @ 3:05 pm

    took less than a minute to do this and it worked perfectly. What more can I ask? Thanks a bunch!

    Reply

  292. ucihaafiq1227
    July 15, 2016 @ 10:02 pm

    Thank You Very Much

    Reply

  293. GRRR
    July 30, 2016 @ 11:49 am

    I TRIED THIS AND IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL! I AM SO FED UP! MICROSOFT SUCKS!!

    Reply

  294. ugh
    August 17, 2016 @ 1:01 am

    i didnt work for me either.i have windows 7 pro reinstalled to this computer and i doesnt seem to find any updates and it has gotten stuck,forming the infinite loop.

    Reply

  295. ugh
    August 17, 2016 @ 1:18 am

    the separate KB update doent seem to have effect either,also ending in similar results:got stuck in a loop that goes on for all eternity,and if i cancel that and restart the separate update it fails stating"this upgrade doesnt include your computer".

    Reply

  296. Ciccio
    August 26, 2016 @ 12:19 pm

    You Genius!!! Thanks

    Reply

  297. jameelsalga
    August 28, 2016 @ 9:33 pm

    It confirmed work, May Allah enrich your knowledge Many Thanks.

    Reply

  298. LOUD
    September 10, 2016 @ 8:58 am

    THANKS YOU

    Reply

  299. Evidence
    September 11, 2016 @ 3:17 pm

    Waoh, It worked for me.

    Reply

  300. Mohamadreza Moosapour
    September 30, 2016 @ 10:51 pm

    WORKS FINE FOR ME. THANKS

    Reply

  301. Blackhat
    October 6, 2016 @ 5:35 pm

    Wow!! Thenks thats perfect. i hit the restart and kabooom..everything was back to normal

    Reply

  302. Tom Njiri
    October 13, 2016 @ 12:18 pm

    Hi,

    Whoever you are and wherever you are, thank you very much for such a simple, straight forward solution that REALLY works!!!

    My sincere appreciation!

    Tom Njiri

    Reply

  303. Charly Sullivan
    October 24, 2016 @ 8:21 am

    Ane mewakili dari Indonesia,dan berhasil jhon,sekarang dalam proses cek untuk apdet

    Reply

  304. Jeremiah
    November 4, 2016 @ 5:04 am

    You are a genius man. Many many thanks

    Reply

  305. Alex2016
    November 11, 2016 @ 10:09 pm

    Huge thanks from late 2016. people still needing your help..

    Reply

  306. Abu 7la
    November 11, 2016 @ 11:55 pm

    thank you so much !!

    Reply

  307. subranshu saha
    November 22, 2016 @ 10:52 am

    Really nice work. The plus point is simple and straight solutions rather than giving any kind of extra ordinary knowledges and after that no solutions.. Thanks for the simple solution..

    Keep it up!!

    Reply

  308. uday bhan
    November 26, 2016 @ 6:08 am

    Thank you sir, it's really perfect

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  309. Tsegazeab
    December 1, 2016 @ 7:33 pm

    thank you i appreciate your talent

    Reply

  310. sai sankar
    December 31, 2016 @ 9:51 pm

    wonderful working thank you very much……..love u

    Reply

  311. Special K
    February 3, 2017 @ 6:08 am

    You are the Bomb!!!! Thank you!

    Reply

  312. Ravi Chand
    February 7, 2017 @ 10:18 am

    good solution

    Reply

  313. D
    February 15, 2017 @ 7:10 pm

    I tried all of these and what worked for me was updating the driver for my storage device. I had just installed a new SSD. I did this using SlimDriver .

    Reply

  314. Tieanne
    February 19, 2017 @ 7:09 pm

    Thanks for sharing! :)

    Reply

  315. Paras Arora
    February 27, 2017 @ 5:55 pm

    Thanks a lot.
    It solved my problem in just 30 secs. :)

    Reply

  316. Freddy Fudpucker
    April 20, 2017 @ 6:56 am

    F**k'en Genius

    Reply

  317. krakatoaloma
    June 10, 2017 @ 6:04 am

    Thank you so much, it still works

    Reply

  318. Minh Toan
    June 17, 2017 @ 10:28 am

    Done ! Thank you very much ,

    Reply

  319. Mrat
    August 20, 2017 @ 12:16 pm

    this works perfectly

    Thank you

    Reply

  320. Sawan
    September 10, 2017 @ 2:10 pm

    thanks you sir. its worked for me..

    Reply

  321. Noam
    September 16, 2017 @ 3:14 am

    highly appreciated.

    Reply

  322. AJA
    September 16, 2017 @ 12:31 pm

    BRILLIANT SUGGESTION…THANK YOU…REALLY WORKED FOR ME…

    Reply

  323. nandagopal
    September 19, 2017 @ 8:55 pm

    thank bro..

    Reply

  324. Matt
    December 5, 2017 @ 10:00 pm

    Great simple, quick fix! 5 stars! Somehow my update files were corrupted and Win 7 refused to update. I went to several sites that had long convoluted instructions, but I tried yours first and wow! Worked right off the bat! Thanks again!

    Reply

  325. Zuhaib
    December 6, 2017 @ 9:10 am

    Many Many Thanks, it works for me too.

    Reply

  326. JEKN
    December 7, 2017 @ 12:10 am

    Wow. You are the man!

    Reply

  327. Jo-Anne
    March 7, 2018 @ 2:17 am

    Thank you so much. It's now checking for updates.

    Reply

  328. Pawan Kumar
    March 23, 2018 @ 10:51 am

    Thanks a lot.

    Reply

  329. Nav
    May 17, 2018 @ 4:47 pm

    Thank you! Still wondering why this happened!!

    Reply

  330. Henry
    December 12, 2018 @ 4:56 am

    Thank you! Seems to be working now.

    Reply

  331. lengiby
    June 7, 2019 @ 3:20 pm

    OMG! this really worked for me too. who knew its such a simple thing to do but not in Microsoft's knowledgebase. shame on them! Thanks so much for this quick resolution. You're the BOMM!

    Reply

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