Comments on: How to remove and reinstall all Windows Updates

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:24:32 +0000

@Jeff, sometimes deleting the updates one by one does not help. Something has gone wrong with the folder, etc and you have to delete all the updates and start over. I had a problem like that where something got corrupted and this was the only method that worked.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:58:49 +0000

Interesting and useful – thank you … but I think you can achieve same in XP by going to “Change or Remove Programs”, tick “show updates” – then delete them one by one ! This should be the same as deleting the contents of Windows\SofwareDistribution … but then also the updates are lsited in Windows\ folder directly by KB number – if these are not “deleted” I think/guess you could end up with the names doubling ?

Jeff

By: brownhound

brownhound — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:12:19 +0000

Wanted to give you a big thanks on this. I was having problems with Windows Update Agent on a Vista Basic machine. wuauserv.exe was using high cpu cycles of about 50%. After digging around for a couple of hours, I tried reinstalling the update agent, reinstalling .net framework, and a host of other things. Your solution worked – THANK YOU! Your site is getting bookmarked.

By: Purplepixii

Purplepixii — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:33:23 +0000

Wow! After 3 hours searching for a fix and trying various fixes that were as useful as a chocolate fire guard I came across this site.

Your suggestions worked for me – yipppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Thankyou!
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By: Troubleshoot Windows Update fails to install updates

Troubleshoot Windows Update fails to install updates — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:23:41 +0000

[...] ALL else fails, you can try to delete all Windows Update and reinstall them from scratch. Note this is not the same thing as performing a repair installation, this will delete [...]

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:43:15 +0000

My Mother-in-law pulled out a program disc halfway through installation, which jammed up windows installer. I fixed that by finishing the installation (putting the disc back in), but during the time she had the problem, which was right when she got the computer, 97 or so Windows Updates downloaded to the computer, but couldn’t install.

These files include everything from the service packs (which are supposed to install by themselves), to critical updates. The computer is very slow at startup, and wants to install the files at shutdown.

I just want to find the file where the downloads are sitting, wipe them out, and start again. Any ideas?

By: mmg1818

mmg1818 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:09:28 +0000

Some vista download from internet have error for update.

Code 8024D00F

Code 8024001B

Thanks.

By: Pavan Kumar

Pavan Kumar — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:10:28 +0000

That’s a very useful info… Thanks for that…