The latest cumulative update (KB3147458) will not install. A google search on this update shows many, many people are having the same issue. When you reboot it will try to install the update, get to 30%, then say unable to complete update rolling back changes or something to that effect.
I’ve tried all the fixes suggested so far. Running the Microsoft troubleshooting tool to fix updater. Disabling antivirus. Nothing works.
Is there a way to disable until Microsoft comes up with a fix? Anytime I do reboot it tries to install the update, then i have to wait for it to roll back when it’s once again unsuccessful. I know how to uninstall an update that actually completed successfully. But not a pending one.
Set the the update service (in the services widget ) to disabled.
open services
- control alt delete, task manager, services, “open services” at the bottom,
or
2, open control control panel (you can find it in the file manager explorer widget.),
then administrative tools then services
Find “windows update” (order by name helps…) and right click, properties… disable…
Windows update then goes silent, unless you run the widget and it reports the error, and then if you ran the troubleshooter it would probably enable the service. Security status checkers may warn you about the service being disabled ? But anyway that should all be quiet enough to tolerate , disabling the service turns off the annoying popups.
Yikes.
Are you seriously suggesting to disable all Windows updates? No wonder all that bullshit viruses from the 90’s won’t die. Fighting ignorance, and all that, yadda yadda, etc, to umptillionth power. 
If you look in the Windows Event Viewer, there should be a log entry for the failed update. The log entry will have a numeric error code (which will look something like 0x803f7001 - NB: that’s just an example - the number will be different).
Google the error code, along with keywords such as windows update failure - or use keywords from the messages that appeared on the screen when it happened. Look for a microsoft-owned site (technet.microsoft.com or support.microsoft.com) or a well-known tech third party site such as Experts Exchange, Tom’s Hardware, Tech Republic in the results. More often than not, this leads to a solution.
Next time the update comes up right click on it and select “hide this update”
If at a later date the problem has been fixed you can go to “Hidden Updates” and unhide it to get the download again.
It depends on which version of Windows 10 the OP is running.
This only works in Windows 10 Home if you are able to install the update in the first place. In that case, Microsoft has a tool to uninstall and then block the update.
From what I can tell, the OP is out of luck until Microsoft releases an updated version of the patch (unless they can fix the problem using the method suggested by Mangetout).
Yep.
I did use Mangetout’s suggestion. And no luck.
A google search on “(KB3147458)” will show this is affecting lots of people. I understand that shit happens, but its really irritating that i cant opt out of continually trying to install then uninstall a failed update on every reboot. Maybe they will address this in the future.
relax, quintas … i had the same issue 5-6 months ago … continued for appx five weeks. eventually, it stopped appearing. what i think was happening, the “install” couldn’t find a certain corresponding file on your hard-drive … then, once all the other updates succeeded, finally the required file linked to the problematic update … and installed successfully.
my suggx would be to try installing once per boot(providing you reboot daily) … and then moving the window/interface off to the side so you can resume whatever you were doing. and remember to religiously update your av reference files.
Im not sure what you mean. The issue is that I appear to have no choice in the matter with win10.
My options are update and shut down or update and restart.
The cumulative update for May has been released. (KB3156421). I hoped it would fix the issue I and many others were having with last months update (KB3147458).
Nope. Gets to 51%, reboots, retries, reboots, retries, reboots rolls back, reboots, continues to roll back, reboots and finally you have your computer back.