How To Fix Microsoft Windows Updates Stuck at Preparing to Install

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How To Fix Microsoft Windows Updates Stuck at Preparing to Install

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In this tutorial, I will show you how to fix the issue of Windows updates being stuck at "Preparing to Install."

Thankfully, if you run into an issue or an error (for example, 0x80070020, 0x80240438, 0xC19001E2, 0x80070424, 0x80242006, 0x8007000E, 0x80D02002, 0x80070070, 0x80096004, 0x80080005, 0x8007000D, or 0x80240034), you can use a number of troubleshooting steps to fix Windows Update on your installation.

Issues addressed in this tutorial:

Restarting your computer
Running Windows Update Troubleshooter
Resetting Windows Update components
Manually downloading and installing updates
Checking for enough disk space
Clearing Windows Update cache
Disabling antivirus software temporarily

This works on Windows 10, Windows 11, PC, Laptop, and Desktop.



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