What I think might be the most important part: Install the Windows Updates a few at a time. Then restore his files and call it a day. I am completely stuck and have tried everything on this feed. I am also sitting here with the same problem. You can do this by holding the power button for 5 to 8 seconds until the screen goes black, and then pressing the power button again.
You will find it in the services window as well. Conflict between third party applications or external devices. It just goes to this screen and stays there. Reply to the post with updated status of the issue to assist you further. Do you have a recovery disk? If there were numerous updates or if some of the updates were large, it can take a long time to finish reverting the changes and download them again.
Save your settings, boot into windows and run updates. Step 2 If you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista, skip this step and go to step 3. But there is a really simple tool to make a linux pen drive. In my case shutdown took more than 30 minutes. If you've installed updates, it probably created a restore point before they were installed. This is the folder where the downloaded update files and index record is kept. Yes, I ran the startup repair.
The messages stayed on screen for probably one to one and a half hours. When you have finished, reset the Windows Update settings to update Automatically. Here fallow bellow to do This Open a Run command window Windows key + R. First I tried a safe boot. Make sure you back up any files you have before you perform this method. If I manually restart using the power button, the cycle repeats itself.
We waiting one more hour to see if any changes. You can also navigate to it through the Start menu. If you need to remove a disk with the computer off, you insert the unfolded end of a paper clip into the manual disk eject hole. The reverting will only take a few minutes Takes a little longer but it beats the hell out of the alternative of waiting for reversion. Then run Windows Update and see if you get the error.
I contacted Microsoft online for help. Afterwards, start Windows Update service and Background Intelligent Transfer Service just like the way you stopped them previously. Ten seconds staring at an error screen can feel like an eternity doing nothing. Only problem is i can not get to the point where i can run this. This error frequently appears when people attempt to upgrade to newer versions of Windows especially on Windows 8, which had a short lifespan and is no longer supported by Microsoft. Many messages could appear once the scan is complete.
The reverting will only take a few minutes Takes a little longer but it beats the hell out of the alternative of waiting for reversion. Also, it was not even marked as Important under Windows Updates but as Recommended. I've been thru the reverting changes about 10 times now and before the last time I installed them manually from within Windows update. On the Windows 8 forum it states that the revert will take 30 mins and then the logon screen will reappear. I cant even log in. Just focus only on system updates and scurity updates, the rest leave it.
After that go to the drive where you installed windows, usually C drive. I have not tried any other options. Have you tried everything suggested here? Hopefully, repairing Windows Updater will resolve your Failure configuring Windows error. Oz prompts online marketers to quickly flood the internet. If Windows 8 requires some sort of special manual selection and weeding of updates, I simply don't have the time or inclination to be bothered with that.