the solution is to use the microsoft show or hide update tool, to hide the old, obsolete update that windows update is repeatedly trying to install.
here are instructions for using the microsoft show or hide update tool:
Hide or Show Windows Updates in Windows 10
There was a solution here in the Microsoft Support Community that worked for me. I had the exact same issue as you have. See the URL supplied by Sascha Markham.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-bd58113adfd4
It's not old.
MS routinely re-issues this KB using the same KB number every time.
The current one is dated 5th March 2024 according to my WUMgr.
You don't really need to bother reading KB5001716: Update for Windows Update Service components - MSSupport but do note that the article lists Feb 2024 dates for the update contents so it is not the same as last October's version.
For x64 Windows 10 Version 22H2***, the direct download link is
https://download.windowsupdate.com/c...8840bcfff1.cab
You'll get one of those This is not a secure site warnings.
The filename contains its hash [the d92aa5a45222707542efa229d9cb0a8840bcfff1 bit] as normal if you want to check it after downloading it.
According to sandyt post #30 & BleepingComputer, the older version of KB5001716 needs to be uninstalled before the new one is installed.
This seems very odd.
I'm often lazy about making new system images before Patch Tuesday. I think I'll make a new one now given the strange comments about it here & in the TenForums News thread [which is where sandyt posted].
*** For others, I think you'd need to get a direct download link from WUMgr as I did for mine.
All the best,
Denis
Last edited by Try3; 12 Mar 2024 at 15:22.
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