Windows 10 – Fix Update Stuck in Initializing Status

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Question:

I am trying to update one of my Windows 10 operating system, but it has been stuck in Initializing status.

The update in question is: [Internal – Corpnet Required] 2018-08 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems (KB4343909)

windows update stuck

I tried to search for [Internal – Corpnet Required], but there are no results. I'm not sure why Windows Update is stuck. The strange thing is, I was able to successfully install update (KB4343909) on my other Windows 10 machine.

Does anybody know what [Internal – Corpnet Required] is? And why it would be causing my windows 10 update to be stuck in Initializing status?

Here is the result of running winver:

winver

Update:

Running the Fresh Start utility seems to have fixed my issue with Windows Update.

windows 10 update is fine now.

Update 2:
After running the Fresh Start utility, I reinstalled software on Windows 10 such as TeamViewer, Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition and SQL Server 2017 Developer Edition. Afterwards, I am getting the same Windows 10 Update issue all over again.

same problem again

Best Answer

When having problems with Windows Update, here are a few possible actions:

  • Run PC Settings, Update & Security, Troubleshoot, and choose Windows Update

  • Run Microsoft's Windows Update Troubleshooter

  • sfc /scannow - check Windows integrity.

  • After resetting Windows Update as in the first point above, rename C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download as explained in this answer and reboot. If this doesn't help, redo again but rename instead C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution and reboot.

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