Your Device Is at Risk Because It’s out of Date & Missing Important Security & Quality Updates
By Timothy Tibbetts |
If you're updating Windows and receive an Update Status error, it should be a simple fix. The entire message reads "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 (0x8024402f)." Your actual error code might be 0x80073712, 0x800705B4, 0x80004005, 0x80070002, 0x80070643, 0x80070003, 0x8024200B, 0x80070422, or 0x80070020. After that, you might see "Your device is at risk because it’s out of date and missing important security and quality updates. Let's get you back on track so Windows can run more securely."
Some might suggest you create a system restore point here, but we don't think you should create a restore point of Windows while it's not working correctly.
1: Click the Retry Button
Let's address the elephant in the room. Windows is suggesting you click on Retry. Odds are you already tried this so let's move on.
2: Check Windows Updates Settings
It's possible you (or a third-party app) disabled or paused your Windows Updates. While the settings seem to change continually, click on Advanced in Windows updates. Poke around here and be sure nothing is stopping your updates. It might be worth checking your restart options and active hours as well.
3: Reboot
We have repeatedly found that a reboot will almost always "unstick" Windows Updates. Windows Updates will scare some people off from with a message warning you not to reboot. If we had a buck for every time we rebooted regardless of that message; we'd be in the Bahamas permanently. Instead, we're here rebooting and you should too.
4: Run the Windows Update Troubleshooter
Download and click on the Microsoft Windows Update Troubleshooter. Follow the prompts, however, note there's are a couple of advanced options when you begin. The first is to run as administrator, and we recommend you turn that on as often you will be asked to later anyhow. The second option will apply repairs automatically and is on by default so we'd leave that alone.
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Some might suggest you create a system restore point here, but we don't think you should create a restore point of Windows while it's not working correctly.
1: Click the Retry Button
Let's address the elephant in the room. Windows is suggesting you click on Retry. Odds are you already tried this so let's move on.
2: Check Windows Updates Settings
It's possible you (or a third-party app) disabled or paused your Windows Updates. While the settings seem to change continually, click on Advanced in Windows updates. Poke around here and be sure nothing is stopping your updates. It might be worth checking your restart options and active hours as well.
3: Reboot
We have repeatedly found that a reboot will almost always "unstick" Windows Updates. Windows Updates will scare some people off from with a message warning you not to reboot. If we had a buck for every time we rebooted regardless of that message; we'd be in the Bahamas permanently. Instead, we're here rebooting and you should too.
4: Run the Windows Update Troubleshooter
Download and click on the Microsoft Windows Update Troubleshooter. Follow the prompts, however, note there's are a couple of advanced options when you begin. The first is to run as administrator, and we recommend you turn that on as often you will be asked to later anyhow. The second option will apply repairs automatically and is on by default so we'd leave that alone.
Similar:
Will Windows 10 Receive Windows Updates if It's Not Activated?
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