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Originally Posted by bob47
My computer keeps trying to download and install Windows 2021-02 Cumulative Update (KB4601319) for weeks and every time it ends up with the message: Failed to install and the error is 0x8007000d.
If you Google this, it is pretty common but there is no reliable solution that I can find.
Does anybody know a reliable solution to this?
Will the next cumulative update which will probably come out in March install if the 2021-02 update is not installed? The 2020-11 Cumulative update installed OK.
By the way, I can't pause the updates because I stopped them for a while to avoid having this error every day and my pause limit has been reached.
Please no comments on the advantages of other operating systems. Just suggestions on dealing with this issue. Thanks.
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The link he posted above by Village tinker pretty much covers everything.
90% of the time when I've had machines that wouldn't take an update, clearing that software distribution folder resolved the problem.
You didn't mention if this was a laptop or a desktop. Do you have any cards plugged into slots in either case?
Remove all peripheral items, even including an external mouse if you're on a laptop(use the touchpad instead). Any docking stations, any cameras you use for zoom, etc. Everything. The machine should be as bare as it can be. If there are TV tuners, headphones, flash drives, whatever plugged in, remove them. If you have a wireless NIC in a card slot, run a hard wire to the router and yank the NIC out temporarily. You need to get the machine down to the absolute bare minimum.
Then try the update.