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Windows 10 Update failed, error 0x80240034

Anonymous
2019-11-24T17:15:50+00:00

Hi,

Need some help with this particularly stubborn problem. Whenever I try to update windows it fails giving me error 0x80240034. I'm running windows version 1809, build 17763.437.

I have tried every fix I can find on the internet, including running update troubleshooter, resetting windows update, running SFC, and DISM.

Dism gives me some strange results, DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth works, saying the component store is repairable. But then DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth fails, saying that the specified package is not a valid Windows package, error 0x800f0805.

I have also tried to update using the update assistant, but this too fails. After the update is downloaded and my computer restarts to finalize the update and it fails, saying that changes to my PC are being undone. 

Using the ISO to update also fails in a similar way to the update assistant.  I can't remember the exact words, (and I unable check either as now the media creation tool refuses to make a new ISO saying that an error occurred,) but it was along the lines of "failed during copying of windows files".

There are many other things I have tried, so many I cant remember them all.

Any help or insight would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Charlie.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Virginia M 41,000 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-11-24T17:31:48+00:00

    Have you tried resetting the update components?

    Open cmd prompt/powershell with admin & enter:

    net stop wuauserv

    net stop cryptSvc

    net stop bits

    ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

    ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

    net start wuauserv

    net start cryptSvc

    net start bits

    Restart the PC & try updating again.

    Click start & find run, enter regedit & find: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

    Try deleting the entries WUServer and WIStatusServer in the right pane if they’re there, if not don’t worry.

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  2. Virginia M 41,000 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-11-26T17:12:11+00:00

    If you don’t have any further questions please feel free to mark one of the replies as the answer &/or rate my help: 1 star means you are very unsatisfied with my help and 5 stars means you are very satisfied with the help I gave you.

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  3. Virginia M 41,000 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-11-24T19:02:10+00:00

    Hopefully someone else will have a suggestion.

    I use Macrium & although it has served me well earlier this year I had to clean install Windows which fixed many minor problems.

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  4. Virginia M 41,000 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-11-24T18:00:15+00:00

    Are you using a third party antivirus? If so try disabling it or even uninstalling it temporarily.

    Are you using wifi to download? If yes then can you connect an Ethernet cable & try again.

    In the end it may be that your PC is unsuitable for 1909.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-24T17:56:38+00:00

    Hi, thanks for the reply.

    I had tried those steps before, but I tried again anyways, no luck, same error.

    Also I didn't have those registry entries.

    I was able to download to the windows ISO using the media creation tool though and the error it gives on failing is:

    "0x8007001F - 0x20006

    The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during REPLICATE_OC operation"

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