Windows 11 users are wrestling with yet another Windows Update installation bug

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https://www.windowslatest.com/2023/01/30/windows-11-users-are-wrestling-with-yet-another-windows-update-installation-bug/

According to posts in the Feedback Hub, Windows 11 updates are failing to install for some folks, a problem that has been going on for several months. This issue can also be reproduced when installing Microsoft’s monthly round of patching released last week and earlier this month.

KB5022303, the mandatory security update and essential for Windows 11 users, is failing with mysterious error messages, with 0x800f0831 being the most common error code. This bug is also hitting KB5022360, which is the latest optional update for Windows 11.

“My HP laptop has been unable to successfully install the most current update: 2023-01 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5022303) in which the following message/error code is given: “Failed to install on 1/15/2023 – 0x800f0988”, one of the affected users noted in a Feedback Hub post.

“The =update has been trying to install for over a week and continues to the down error 0x80070005. I have tried restarting, signing off, shutting down, purging caches etc. The same issue continues,” another user added…

What is worrying is that similar Windows Update problems were reported in December, November, October, September and even August. In worst cases, PCs are going into a reboot loop, but this issue doesn’t appear widespread, according to reports we received…

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