Tried all the others on this site and others and was down to considering a rebuild, but the Intel RTS install . Verified these steps re-enabled Windows update on 5 different PC’s running both 32 & 64 bit Windows 7 without having to do anything else and without losing any of the previous update history. Initially made the mistake of stopping the service through the control panel, then I followed the directions exactly and it worked, quick and easy. I’m so thankful that it’s the first time I ever donated to a web site like this. So simple, compared to many of the other lengthy & complicated options from IT experts, which do not work anyway. This fix should be widely distributed to save lots of wasted time researching & reading other possible solutions – that in the end do not even work.

I changed the settings from Update, to the “Install automatically ” THEN went for the PC Restart. Solution 4 worked for me, I have an 9 yo HP laptop, Windows Update stopped working when installing HP drivers on a fresh Win 7 Ultimate x64 installation at some point . Thanks a lot, because the HP drivers page of my model does not include the patch you suggest. For 18 months I had resigned myself to the fact that Windows 7 on my PC would no longer update. I had not tried any of the ‘fixes’ shown on this web page.

That allowed the Windows update utility to work just fine… and probably should be the first step everyone tries. Also what eventually worked for me was simply running a "Disk Cleanup" mode and cleaning everything out including the system files. Thanks for all of the options…#2 is the one that restored my update capability. Thank you so much for giving your time and effort to help others that don’t have your skillset or knowledge on the subject.

Solution 2 works if you restart the PC once you have started the WU service. If the service is not set to automatic, start it again after the reboot. I also had ran all the diagnoses and fixes that windows caries and still looking for a solution. Please let me know if I can provide any detail about the hard SSD HD and or my system. Updates working now, don’t know if it was just the Intel Rapid Storage Technology that was disabled which was stopping the Windows update from not working. I am not an expert in computer and was afraid of dealing with program files.

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I have also face this issue for some time but could not find any way of solving the problem. And also I have gone through various blogs regarding these but did not find any blog of my satisfaction but, yeah at last your blog was very useful and satisfying. Search for Windows Update service, then right click on it and select Stop.

On the bright side, it’s good to see Microsoft withholding an update on account of it not being ready, because a rushed release could lead to similar problems to those listed below. Luckily, GSOD is basically the same thing as BSOD, so it’s not like it’s necessarily more serious, but it’s still a cause for concern, much like any broken Windows 10 update. Lenovo users seem to be disproportionately affected by the unwanted side-effects of this August 2020 update. While BSOD errors are bad, at least there’s a familiarity to them and a sense that the Windows OS feels designed to do something about them. Green screens of death, on the other hand, are much rarer, and therefore scarier, and that’s what some users are reporting with this recent “bug-fixing” update. Just this past Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a bunch of patches for those on Windows 10 versions 1903, 1904 and 2004.

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But your instructions were download drivers precise and I could execute the steps without any problem. I have been installing Windows for friends and own PC/Notebook for years and didn’t encounter such problem until my latest notebook. Tried MS’s FixIt, WindowsUpdateDiagnostic, etc. but nothing worked until I read this posting. It showed error again but after about 1 minute, it started updating automatically.

The version number can be found on the bottom right of the Minecraft home screen. As always, I very much appreciate this ongoing article. W10 is such an abomination that each update is fraught with risk.