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"Failure configuring updates" message - advice please!
Hi everyone,
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium on an HP laptop and I have automatic Windows updates activated. Earlier today when I finished a session, 6 updates were installed. I've just switched the computer on again and got the message "Configuring Windows updates" as often happens following these updates.
However, on this occasion, it remained on 0% complete for several minutes and then eventually displayed the message "Failure configuring updates - reverting changes". Following that, the boot-up sequence went OK.
Does anyone have any ideas about why the configuration process might have failed and what the implications are? I'm wondering whether Windows might attempt to re-apply the updates when I end this session, with the same outcome. In fact, I can see that there are currently updates to be done, so I suspect they are the same ones. If so, I suppose I might need to disable the automatic Windows updates facility, although I would be reluctant to do so.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Your advice and help as always will be greatly appreciated. :)
Edit: I've just checked the Windows Update log. Only one update is listed as having been done today - that is shown as:
Update for Microsoft Windows (KB2506928)
So does that mean that the other 5 updates failed for some reason? I wasn't attending the computer while the updating was happening, so I don't know whether any messsages might have been displayed at the time.
Last edited by BruceUK; 27 Apr 2011 at 12:39. Reason: Extra information.