Tyler asks:
I have recently upgraded to Windows 8, and I am having several stability issues. I believe these issues can be solved through an update (of which there are 14 available in Windows Update) but when I start the updates, my PC always crashes when configuration reaches 13%. It’s been doing this for several weeks now. Is there anyway to update my system without crashing it?
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System: Windows 8
Tagged: microsoft windows, software crash, upgrade operating system, windows 8, windows update
System: Windows 8
Tagged: microsoft windows, software crash, upgrade operating system, windows 8, windows update
16 Answers -
ha14
November 18, 2012can you use windows restore point to revert back earlier prior windows update install.
try to download each update from microsoft and install.
susendeep dutta
November 18, 2012Try the tool WSUS Offline Update to update your OS offline -
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Signatures-Updates/ct-Offline-Update.shtml
Nikhil Chandak
November 18, 2012check out the links here https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Why+does+Windows+8+crash+when+I+try+to+update&hl=en&prmd=imvnsufd&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=UuSoUJObIs_qrQffkYCICA&ved=0CEUQqAI&biw=1241&bih=640
I think u must be using net for updating ……. ur net may not be working …
Dave Rimmer
November 18, 2012You could try the the Windows 8 Refresh just in case anything got corrupted with your upgrade. –
http://www.pcworld.com/article/251527/windows_8_refresh_feature_makes_it_easy_to_start_with_a_clean_slate.html
Nika Lee
November 19, 2012Check your computer configurations, try to download the update one by one from Microsoft and then install it. If it still does not work, suggest you contacting the tech supporters.
^^THIS! Nika Lee knows exactly what’s going on. I had the same problem recently on my laptop (my 2 desktops install all updates without a hitch).
Install each update individually!
Go into Windows Update and also change the settings to “Let me choose which updates to download and install.”
November 20, 2012It seems like trying to install too many updates at once causes Update to crash for some reason.
Yes!
I had to do the same thing, one update at a time.
That fixed my problem (laptop)
November 21, 2012Douglas Mutay
November 19, 2012Can you try to download manually each update from Microsoft website and then try to install one by one and see if it will complete for each of them.
Abhay Pathak
November 19, 2012try WSUS OFFLINE.
Aswin Kumar Nayakann
November 20, 2012There may be any one of the below problem.
Your OS might not be origonal.
Your system may not support windows 8.
Any of the files in your updater can be corrupted.
Timothy Liem
November 20, 2012go back and stick to Windows 7 then
Benjamin Trotter
November 20, 2012the easiest thing to do is google ‘windows update’ + the update code number to. And download the individual update from each microsoft page.
Steve
November 20, 2012Back everything up and do a fresh install?
jonas
November 20, 2012here is an example of an update that doesn’t work and how to make it work.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Window-8-Update-Fails-on-KB2770917-307875.shtml
Dave Rimmer
November 20, 2012Do you get any error messages.
Samer Rustom
November 20, 2012i liked the offline WSUS tools, thanks
jonas
November 21, 2012i tired installing such updates,too and they reverted back. when i installed them manually, it says that those updates are not applicable to my computer.i don’t really need them?
Jamshid Rasulev
November 21, 2012I bing for the each update file separately, download and install each one by one