How to fix you Windows Update issue?Try all these setups

⚠️ Important: Run as Administrator!

Make sure you’re running everything as an Administrator or from an elevated Command Prompt / PowerShell.

🧹 Step 1: Reset Windows Update Services

Let’s try resetting all the Windows Update components manually.

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator
   Press Win + S → type cmd → right-click → Run as administrator.
2. Run the following commands one by one:

net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver

Rename software distribution folders:

ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 catroot2.old

Restart the services:

net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver

🔐 Step 2: Fix Permissions (if you’re still getting “Access Denied”)

The patcher might’ve messed with permissions on Windows services or registry keys.

Using PowerShell:

# Open PowerShell as admin and run:
Set-Service -Name wuauserv -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service -Name wuauserv

If that fails with Access Denied, you’ll likely need to reset ownership and permissions.

Reset Permissions via Command Prompt:

1. Take ownership of the service registry key:

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

Use SubInACL (Microsoft tool) to reset all permissions
This works if the patcher changed permissions globally.

• Download SubInACL
• Create a script (e.g., reset.cmd) with this content:

cd /d "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools"
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f /grant=system=f

Run it as Administrator. It may take a while.

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🔁 Step 3: Use Windows Update Troubleshooter

1. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot > Additional troubleshooters
2. Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

🔧 Step 4: Forcefully Reset wuauserv (Windows Update Service)

We’ll now force kill and repair the stuck service.

🔴 Step 4.1: Kill the wuauserv process manually

1. In the same Admin Command Prompt, run:

taskkill /f /fi "SERVICES eq wuauserv"

Then try starting the service again:

net start wuauserv

🕵️‍♂️ Why It Might Be Stuck at 96%

With Windows Update Blocker 1.4 in your past, there could still be:

1. 🛑 Leftover registry blocks or services policies
2. 🔄 Corrupted update files
3. ⏳ A Windows Update component (like TrustedInstaller) stuck
4. 🔌 Driver or optional feature update that’s timing out