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I keep getting the same windows updates and I check my history and it says installed successfully, why is that? Is it installing multiple instances of the same updates? Should I be concerned?

Anonymous
2023-06-21T07:08:21+00:00

As the question says, I keep checking windows update and finding it wanting to download and install the exact same updates again and again. Even though, when I check the update history, it says they were all successfully installed with no errors. It also takes several hours for the updates to even install. I am also having problems with the file explorer being very very slow and fan speeds ramping up for no reason. I should mention, I'm running Windows 11 Home edition on the Steam Deck after dual booting. I gave it a 650GB partition to use and as far as I can tell, Windows uses possibly around 1% of that. I have no idea what's going on with this, but it was working fine for the first 2 days of use, then all of a sudden, it just started being super slow for no reason. Thanks for reading and any help is appreciated.

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  1. John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-06-23T03:02:42+00:00

    Hello Jordan,

    Hope a clean Install of either Windows 11/10 works on your device. Good luck and have a great day.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

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  1. John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-06-21T08:36:55+00:00

    Hello Jordan,

    You may try using the “Show or Hide Updates” troubleshooter to hide the windows updates. Window Update won’t install hidden drivers or updates. Run the troubleshooter then please try to hide the windows updates you are still getting that appear in the list. You can try restarting your pc if that helps.

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/2/F2...

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-21T08:37:02+00:00

    Update: I opened services and found that the Background Intelligent Transfer Service wasn't running, so I started it. But it didn't say stopped, so maybe it never started for some reason? Windows Update service is running though. But there's a lot of other Windows services that aren't running, so is there any other ones I should start? I'm attaching a picture of the Windows services

    SFC is now at 4% verification complete

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-21T08:23:52+00:00

    So, firstly, I can't use the Windows Key since, it's a Steam Deck. So I wouldn't be able to take a screenshot, so I took a picture with my phone and attached it here.

    Secondly, I've already tried some of those things before when trying to fix this whole problem. I used the Windows update troubleshooter and it didn't find anything. And I just now used DISM.exe and it said "The restore operation completed successfully. The operation completed successfully." And I am using SFC and it's taking a long time. About 10 minutes already and DISM took a long time as well. About 10-15 minutes.

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  3. John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-06-21T07:44:58+00:00

    Hello Jordan,

    Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

    Always getting the same updates even after they are successfully installed is not normal. Can you take a screenshot of the windows updates and post it in your next reply?

    Please try the following methods below.

    **Run the Windows Update Troubleshooter

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win...

    **Make sure Windows Update and Background Intelligent Transfer services are available and running.

    Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: services.msc

    Press Enter to open Services app

    Double-click Background Intelligent Transfer Service.

    If the Startup status lists Stopped, click Start and then click OK. If the status is Running, right click then select Restart

    Double-click Windows Update.

    If the Startup status lists Stopped, click Start and then click OK. If the status is Running, right click then select Restart

    **Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/usi...

    After that, restart your computer

    **Reset Windows Update Components

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/reset-windows-upd...

    Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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