[SOLVED] Windows keeps reverting updates and I don't know why?

[denniskuz]

So i remember using the registry editor a while ago to disable auto updates (it was interfering with my work). However i'm at the stage where I do want to update and get the latest build however whenever I do, it installs everything as it should then I get a screen which reverts it back. I get no option in the matter. I have a feeling it's to do with the policies however i'm unsure which ones I need to change?

Any help would be appreciated. Or if my idea as to why i'm having this issue is wrong, i'm all ears!

IMG 1 - Updates pending in windows update
IMG 2 - Configuring updates
IMG 3 - Installing updates
IMG 4 - Undoing changes made to your computer

 

[USAFRet]

Did you undo whatever Registry thing you did originally?

 

[denniskuz]

Did you undo whatever Registry thing you did originally?

That's my issue. I changed them so long ago i'm unsure what to change back or what directory they're under.

 

[USAFRet]

That's my issue. I changed them so long ago i'm unsure what to change back or what directory they're under.

That may well be/likely is the problem.

 

[denniskuz]

That may well be/likely is the problem.

Yeah, that's what I think the issue is too, but i'm not sure what directory I need to go into so if someone on here does know, i'm all ears.

 

[COLGeek]

Time for a fresh install of Windows. That is the easiest way to solve this issue.

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[denniskuz]

Time for a fresh install of Windows. That is the easiest way to solve this issue.

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I have so many personalised bits, after a fresh install, it'd take me hours to get back to where I was so I need to figure this out another way.

 

[COLGeek]

I have so many personalised bits, after a fresh install, it'd take me hours to get back to where I was so I need to figure this out another way.

Or spending hours to track down an errant registry hack AND then re-installing Windows anyway.

Just something to keep in mind.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah, that's what I think the issue is too, but i'm not sure what directory I need to go into so if someone on here does know, i'm all ears.

No one knows exactly what you did, and what subsequent changes there might have been that followed on from that Reg hack.

There isn't a universal "go here and Undo" thing.

 

[USAFRet]

I have so many personalised bits, after a fresh install, it'd take me hours to get back to where I was so I need to figure this out another way.

Hours?
vs weeks trying to flail around trying to "fix" this. And still never getting it right.

A clean install, and you'll be up and running by this time tomorrow.

 

[Bob.B]

So i remember using the registry editor a while ago to disable auto updates (it was interfering with my work). However i'm at the stage where I do want to update and get the latest build however whenever I do, it installs everything as it should then I get a screen which reverts it back. I get no option in the matter. I have a feeling it's to do with the policies however i'm unsure which ones I need to change?

Any help would be appreciated. Or if my idea as to why i'm having this issue is wrong, i'm all ears!

IMG 1 - Updates pending in windows update
IMG 2 - Configuring updates
IMG 3 - Installing updates
IMG 4 - Undoing changes made to your computer

Some reading.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dis...AB4AIABSIgBqgqSAQIyM5gBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

 

[denniskuz]

Figured it out for anyone in the future who may read this. It wasn't the reg edit policies, it was the local group policy edit programme. Computer config/admin templates/windows components/windows updates. Make sure everything in the folder is set to "not configured". I had multiple bits disabled.