I have tried a number of times to download the windows updates. It shows that there are 71, but it won't download them. I tried the windows update troubleshooter which showed not fixed and missing or corrupt files detected. Can anyone tell me how to find out which files and how to fix them??? Thanks for any help. It won't let me upgrade to 8.1 either.
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The original poster, Ruth, is experiencing issues with Windows Updates failing to download and install, including problems upgrading to 8.1, despite running the troubleshooter. Saltgrass suggests using the DISM and SFC commands in an administrative command prompt to repair system files and potentially resolve the update issues. Overall, the thread reflects troubleshooting efforts to fix Windows update errors.
The original poster, Ruth, is experiencing issues with Windows Updates failing to download and install, including problems upgrading to 8.1, despite running the troubleshooter. Saltgrass suggests using the DISM and SFC commands in an administrative command prompt to repair system files and potentially resolve the update issues. Overall, the thread reflects troubleshooting efforts to fix Windows update errors.
Solution
One thing done to repair certain problems on Windows 8 is opening an Administrative command prompt and running the command:
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
It should check the system and correct certain types of problems. After you run that, you might want to run:
SFC /scannow to see if it finds any corrupt system files.
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
It should check the system and correct certain types of problems. After you run that, you might want to run:
SFC /scannow to see if it finds any corrupt system files.