Windows 8 hangs on trying to update? This is really irritating as you cannot update anything on the system. Outdated drivers can give rise to several other issues on the system. However, Microsoft allows auto update feature but many users prefer manual update rather the Auto update. But if you find that you are not able to update Windows manually or say system hangs when trying to update. Here are some possible fixes to fix this issue on Windows 8.
Though Auto update feature are available but is disabled and you prefer using manual update over it and you find that manual update is causing conflicts like hangs and other on the system. There can be several reasons causing this issue on the system. Here are some fixes to resolve the Windows update hang issue on Windows 8.
Upon trying to update any App you find that you are unable to update it rather the system completely becomes unresponsive. Or say the update feature is completely not responding. On clicking on updates the system hangs. To fix this kind of issue on Windows 8, try different ways to go to the update page. Like use Win + X menu to open control panel and go to updates and update the apps you want to.
Often it has been noticed that third party Anti-virus prevents the updates from running. Disable AV and try running Updates.
Try running updates one by one instead of running several updates all at a time. Open Control panel using the start screen tile or power user menu. In the control panel, go to System and Security and then to Windows Update.
If the Windows Update service itself is unresponsive, then look for the service in system configuration. Press Win + R to open RUN dialog box and type in services.msc. Here look for Windows Update Service and disable it.
Next, look for SoftwareDistribution folder in C: Drive. If such folder doesn’t exist create one. Remove all the contents from the folder and reboot the system. On system startup, again open services.msc and this time enable the Windows Update Service that was previously disabled and run the update. Hope this works and Windows gets updated without any hangs.
Disable Anti-virus other than MSE or Windows 8 defender and see if this helps in updating the drivers or OS. Often AV creates conflicts and prevents updates from running leading to system hang and freeze.
Run system file checker to fix or replace the corrupted files on Windows 8.
This is how you can fix the update issue. Hope the fixes described above help you fix issues with Windows update hangs the system.
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