![]() ![]() It’s the easiest method to try, so go ahead and run it first. Windows includes a built-in troubleshooter that may be able to help fix a stuck update. Hope this help whoever suffer from same issue as i did. It shows the updates from year 2014 to the date of 15/5 and couldn't find any other updates through search manually,so used the url up to fix it. I checked this : as i am on a laptop that had to do the factory install of windows 8 and did the upgrade to windows 8.1 and after finishing all. If any still have the problem of update windows 8.1 not showing the updates or keep searching for hours without any result. You can download ISO image of Windows 8.1 from Microsoft website. If it still does not work, you may try to re-install first Windows 8.1 from scratch before taking the steps above. Even if it is fixed, it may take a while to check for updates, so be patient. Re-start your computer, then re-activate internet connection. You may be prompted that installation will be done without internet connection: press the button to agree. Stop your internet connection (unplug LAN cable, switch to airplane mode) ![]() To save space you may also delete the SoftwareDistribution.old or SoftwareDistribution.bak folders you can find. C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution): right click on the folder and Delete with administrator rights. It has the advantage to stop windows update service.ĭelete %windir%\SoftwareDistribution (e.g. It looks like the manually downloaded updates are also stuck on "Checking for updates." if the internet connection is available.ĭownload KB3173424, KB3172614 and KB3138615 from Microsoft website taking care to select 圆4 for a 64 bit machine and x86 otherwise, and to select the original language of the system of your computer.įrom control panel, run the troubleshooter “Fix problems with Windows Update.” with administrator rights. After testing a lot of options, finally, the key was the point suggested by William Burgess: cut your internet connection before installing the manually downloaded updates. None of the solutions proposed worked for me (and I did not want to use non Microsoft signed apps). Open Change Settings again, select the option you want (check and download, automatically update etc) and Click OK.Open the Windows Update window, click on Change Settings, set Windows to NEVER check for updates, click Ok.Start the Windows Update Service through the Services manager.C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution and delete all the files in that folder (it may prompt you for administrative access, click Ok) Open %windir%\SoftwareDistribution e.g.Start services.msc (or Open Task Manager and click on Services), locate the Windows Update service (wuauserv).Run dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth.From the Administrative command prompt (clean up any errors). ![]() So I found my answer here (after searching all over)Ĭopy pasting the steps I used to get it to work: ![]()
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