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How To Fix Windows Updates Stuck At 0%

Last updated August 28, 2019 By Abhishek Prakash

How do you feel when you log in to Windows after a month, see there are updates to
install, and try installing them, only for Windows Update to get stuck at zero percent?

Why am I talking about Windows updates on a blog dedicated to Linux and Open Source?
Because I prefer to dual boot Windows with Linux. While I use Linux as my main desktop,
once in a while I do log in to Windows. The most annoying thing to see after logging in to
Windows is updates. It has happened to me on several occasions that Windows Update
has stopped working. I choose to install the updates, but the installation get stuck at 0
KB downloaded and 0% complete, like this:

In this tutorial, we shall see how to make Windows Update work again. The tutorial should
be applicable for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.

Fix Windows updates stuck at zero percent

Please bear in mind that Windows updates can get stuck at any percent and that, for
partially-installed updates, the trick which we are going to use would require you to install
those updates again. I hope you won’t find it too inconvenient. If you are ready, let’s see
how to fix this Windows Update issue.

Step 1:
Press Windows+R. This will prompt a run dialogue box. In here, type services.msc:

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Step 2:
Now it brings us to all the services installed on Windows. These services are listed in
alphabetical order. Scroll down and look for Windows Update Service. Right click on it
and stop it.

Step 3:
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