Windows 10 installation working on updates taking forever

Question

I installed Windows 10 and I let it run overnight and now it is on working on updates and it is stuck at 91%, should I restart my computer or wait?

Answer 1

Hi

My name is Bernard and hopefully, this will help answer your question, I highly suggest to wait for more couple of hours as it might cause a bluescreen of death (BSOD) if you interrupt the process, let's say give at least 3-4 hours more and interrupt it afterwards, if you can boot normally and it will undo the changes, I have here a solution to update the Windows easily and without issues.

Method 1. Reset Windows update components and Windows Defender using notepad.

Open a notepad and copy the command below:

net stop bits

net stop wuauserv

net stop appidsvc

net stop cryptsvc

Del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\*.*"

rmdir %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution /S /Q

rmdir %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 /S /Q

sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)

sc.exe sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)

cd /d %windir%\system32

regsvr32.exe /s atl.dll

regsvr32.exe /s urlmon.dll

regsvr32.exe /s mshtml.dll

regsvr32.exe /s shdocvw.dll

regsvr32.exe /s browseui.dll

regsvr32.exe /s jscript.dll

regsvr32.exe /s vbscript.dll

regsvr32.exe /s scrrun.dll

regsvr32.exe /s msxml.dll

regsvr32.exe /s msxml3.dll

regsvr32.exe /s msxml6.dll

regsvr32.exe /s actxprxy.dll

regsvr32.exe /s softpub.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wintrust.dll

regsvr32.exe /s dssenh.dll

regsvr32.exe /s rsaenh.dll

regsvr32.exe /s gpkcsp.dll

regsvr32.exe /s sccbase.dll

regsvr32.exe /s slbcsp.dll

regsvr32.exe /s cryptdlg.dll

regsvr32.exe /s oleaut32.dll

regsvr32.exe /s ole32.dll

regsvr32.exe /s shell32.dll

regsvr32.exe /s initpki.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wuapi.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wuaueng1.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wucltui.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wups.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wups2.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wuweb.dll

regsvr32.exe /s qmgr.dll

regsvr32.exe /s qmgrprxy.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wucltux.dll

regsvr32.exe /s muweb.dll

regsvr32.exe /s wuwebv.dll

netsh winsock reset

netsh winsock reset proxy

net start bits

net start wuauserv

net start appidsvc

net start cryptsvc

• Then click save as and name it windows update.bat and Save as type : All files
• right click on Windows.bat then click run as admin.

-Once done restart the device and check for updates.

-Go to settings> Update and security> Windows update> Check for updates

If none will work from the above solution I suggest to do an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Note: before doing this make sure to create a restore point: https://support.microsoft.com/en-hk/help/402753...

1. go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...
2. Select Download tool, and select Run. You need to be an administrator to run this tool.
3. On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.
4. On the What do you want to do? page, select Upgrade this PC now, and then select Next.
5. After downloading and installing, it should fix the issue.

Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

Note: Interrupting the process of update is not recommended as it might have system failures.

Let me know how does it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

How do I boot out of the blue screen that is still at 91%?

Answer 3

Hi thanks for replying, actually bluescreen is very critical it might makes your PC not booting up, better to secure another pc and a blank usb drive in case the method below will not work.

In other scenario when you are in the state of Bluescreen just restart the pc 3-5 times and it will go to Windows recovery wherein you can either do system restore or go back to previous version

Answer 4

Also, I think the hard drive is still reading and writing data because the light on the hard drive is still flashing, so I don't know if I should interrupt it.