Win 10 machine. Got it yesterday, it was checking for updates fine last night. In this evening and I thought I'd do a manual check but it's been running as checking for updates about 15 mins now. Is this normal. There is no way to cancel the check and kick it back off acain
Yes, it's normal. Well, it is for me at times. Usually when it runs that long it will eventually timeout with an error code. Speculation is that MS servers are busy or there are other network anomalies. I usually have to wait a few hours and then the updates run as you would expect. I often use Resource Manager to see if Windows Update (svchost - netsvcs) has any network activity.
My Windows 10 update got stuck this afternoon while downloading/installing, i did the following to reset Windows Update;
Open a CMD prompt with administrator privileges
Use the commands below to stop the update service:
Now got to 'C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution' and delete all files within this folder.net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
Now use the following commands to start the update service again;
Reboot your PC and search for new updates.net start wuauserv
net start bits
My Windows Update immediately found updates and installed them without any problem
You could download my file and run it as admin, it will do what is said above, just a little easier.
I tried to download your little file but was refused for 'invalid user name or password?
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