Windows Update Error 0x80070424

Question

Dear Microsoft,

I've been encountering this issue for a week now, all of a sudden when I was checking for windows update it started showing me this message "There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x80070424)", I tried everything I could try but nothing worked, I saw older questions and answers but when I tried the solution it didn't work, any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi there,

Windows update error 0x80070424 indicates your machine could not install the latest OS updates.

I would first suggest you try getting the updates manually and see you can install them.
You can get the updates by KB number from the below link
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx

You can also temporarily disable all your antivirus and try installing the updates.

If this manual update fails you can then try using the SFC & DISM command to check for any corrupted registries and try the update installation after the restart.

Here is the link for the scan commands
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e

If the scan yield no result then try the Inplace update which will surely sort this issue out.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-perform-an-in-place-upgrade-with-windows-10/7f0b236e-3c6c-4913-9691-c4baa2a6190a

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