Windows not updating

[GoreckiA]

Hey all as the title suggests for some reason my windows won’t update, I have it set so they don’t update automatically , but when I try download them they just stay stuck at 0% or just fail and it says retry, sometimes when I restart my pc I just get the black screen saying waiting for updates and I have to turn it off and back on again, I really don’t want to have to re install windows if that is possible, any advice would be greatly appreciated , cheers

 

[ED209]

What version of Windows are you running? I am assuming its Windows 10 or 11.

Have you checked event viewer for any errors? normally when Windows update fails it gives you a code which may help.

On Windows 11 you can run the troubleshooter - Open Settings => System => Troubleshoot => Other troubleshooters => Windows update => Run

 

[wigster]

I was having problems with windows 11 not updating, I think it must have been a glitch within windows 11, as suddenly it started updating after pulling out my hair. The small glitches with Windows 11. It's been ok since just a bit slower pulling updates where my windows 11 laptop updates straight away.

 

[triggerthat]

It might be stuck on a certain update. Have you tried expanding the progress window to find out what might be causing it?

 

[GoreckiA]

I ran event viewer to see if I could find the source of the issue and ran update troubleshooter which did nothing, in the end I just left it and one day it just updated, it’s windows 11 I’m using