windows 8.1 updates not installing

[iamthenugget]

i have an old toshiba c660d laptop and recently purchased windows 8.1 however whenever i try to update it it keeps telling me the update failed and its uninstalling updates. does anyone have a clue what may be causing this

 

[ED209]

does it give you any error codes or anything after its failed?

should normally give you a error code, is the date and time correct and time zone on the laptop?

I have installed 8.1 a few days ago and it updated with no issues.

 

[jp7152]

Try the Windows update diagnostic

The link is at the top of this page

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/troubleshoot-problems-installing-updates#1TC=windows-8

 

[quackers]

As mentioned above, check the time/date and then give this a go:

https://www.404techsupport.com/2013/01/how-to-delete-cached-windows-updates-in-windows-78/

That's worked for me in the past on problem windows 7 machines