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Is It Safe To Just Ignore A Security Update Forever? ugh

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  1. Dima M.
    @ember_rider

    my family PC has been trying to install a security update for a week, it downloads, asks to restart, gets to 100% and then says its undoing changes... back in Windows, i get this:

    Windows Update

    Windows Update
We couldn't complete the updates.
Undoing changes. Don't turn off your computer.

Error code: 0x800f0922

    error 0x800f0922. I've rebooted more times than I can count. I'm worried that if I keep ignoring it I'll miss important security fixes. is there something broken on my drive?? I've also checked that there's plenty of free space, and the internet connection is stable the whole time. it feels like teh family PC is fine until the very last step, then it simply gives up.

    cry

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  2. Una L.
    @frame_fox318

    hmmm reset teh update components before trying again:

    net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
net start bits
net start wuauserv
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  3. Dario Bauer
    @packetotter

    came here to say exactly this... reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets worked for me anyway 🤷

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  4. Dario Bauer
    @packetotter

    oh ive been there lol 0x800f0922 often means the update couldn't write to the System Reserved / EFI or recovery partition because it's too small. Open Disk Management and check those partitions. Since you resized partitions earlier, that's a strong lead.

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  7. Dario Bauer
    @packetotter

    ahh classic following, having the same problem

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  8. Una L.
    @frame_fox318

    @ada_regex nah thats not it, family has nothing to do with it idk maybe im wrong lol

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  9. Ada Kowalski
    @ada_regex
    in reply to @frame_fox318

    yeahhh if a VPN is installed, disconnect or disable it during the update. 0x800f0922 can also appear when the machine cant reach update sevrers mid-install. lmk how it goes

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  11. Otto Iqbal
    @lambdadeck
    in reply to @lambdadeck

    oh ive been there lol repair teh component store, which update installs depend on:

    DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

    Then look at C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log around the failure time for the actual failing component.

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  12. Quinn
    @packettinker

    As a fallback, download the exact update package from the Microsoft Update Catalog and install it manually. If that also fails, an in-place repair upgrade with the Media Creation Tool keeps your files and apps.

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  13. Una L.
    @frame_fox318

    @packetotter did u ever fix it?. lol this thread is gold

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  14. Dario Bauer
    @packetotter

    ugh. lol this thread is gold pls help 🙏

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  15. Ada Kowalski
    @ada_regex

    +1 same here. @frame_fox318 what did u end up doing in the end fingers crossed 🤞

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  16. Una L.
    @frame_fox318

    pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo recovery-partition from scratch

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  18. Ada Kowalski
    @ada_regex

    respectfully disagree, i tried that and it made family worse

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  20. Otto Iqbal
    @lambdadeck

    @ember_rider what did u end up doing in teh end

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