Short Bytes:The Microsoft’s online forums are full of questions regarding “Windows update stuck at x%.” This issue can arise due to different reasons. To make sure that your updates are installed correctly for a secure computing experience, you may use Microsoft’s troubleshooter or force Windows to restart the update service. One can also use advanced tools like DISM for attempting the fix.
If we talk about Windows Update, things were pretty smooth, and users had complete control over the update process. They were able to choose which updates to install and which ones to ignore. But, with Windows 10, many users feel that they’ve lost a sense of control over their machine. Another common problem faced by the users is the “Windows Update stuck” issue.
This is an issue that Windows 10 users face often. Generally, on the update setting window, the progress bar is stuck at some number, and you see messages like “Downloading Updates 12%.” It might also be possible that the downloading is complete and Windows Update is stuck. For these different scenarios of frozen Windows Update, I’m going to tell you workarounds.
Windows 10 Update Stuck At “Downloading Updates x%”
Even before Windows could start preparing to install Windows Updates, there are cases when the update gets stuck at the first step, i.e., update download. It could freeze at any number, 0%, 12%, 33%, or anything.
The steps mentioned ahead can also be used if your Windows 10 Update is stuck at “Preparing To Install Updates x%” step, which comes after the downloading part.
1. Run Windows Update Troubleshooter
Microsoft also provides a Windows Update Troubleshooter program that can be used to fix frozen Windows Update issue. This tool can be used to fix some commonly seen error codes: 0x80073712, 0x800705B4, 0x80004005, 0x8024402F, 0x80070002, 0x80070643, 0x80070003, 0x8024200B, 0x80070422, 0x80070020, and others.
Download the tool fromhere.
2. Restarting Windows Update Forcefully
To take care of this, you can forcibly restart the stuck Windows Update download. To do so, you need to run few commands. Here are the steps that’ll guide you how to do it:
