Hi Thomas,
I'm Christine, a Windows user like you. I can see here that you're getting error while trying to install Windows Update. No worries, I'll do my best to help you.
May I know the version or build of Windows that you're running? (Please press Windows key+R and type winver and hit enter)
Please follow the steps below:
- Windows Update Troubleshooter
Windows 11
Please Click Start menu and type Troubleshoot
Hit Other troubleshooters
And select Windows Update
Finally, Run the troubleshooter
- Reset Windows update services:
Please click start menu and type cmd, right click on it and choose run with admin
Kindly copy and paste the command lines below and hit enter:
net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver
Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
Ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old
net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver
Please check if the issue persists.
- Please try to run the sfc scannow to check if there's a corrupted system file. Kindly follow the steps from the link below:
Please click start menu and type cmd, right click on it and choose CMD with Admin.
Type sfc /scannow and hit enter. NOTE: There's a space between c and /
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-t...
Please restart and check if the issue persists.
Please let me know the result. I'll be happy to assist you all the way until it's resolved.
Thank you,
Christine L
Independent Advisor