KB5001716 & update issues

Hi, it's odd that you're still on 21H2- have you done anything to ensure that's so- for example, have you used 'target feature update' (see the searchable Tutorials section for an explanation e.g.).

MS does have a 'safeguard hold' system (see the searchable Tutorials section for an explanation e.g.) to prevent upgrades being delivered to PCs deemed incompatible.....

As for KB5001716:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...0-b9551cfa6e13

- complete with downloadable installers- note - both cab and msi installers.

It doesn't state what changes should be apparent.
News section thread:
KB5001716 Update for Windows 10 Update Service components

Your Update History appears to show it's repeatedly installed, then a further install attempt fails. Also odd, suggesting it installation was incomplete or didn't really succeed.

You can check the WU install logs.

Is this what you mean by

Reset_Reregister_Windows_Update_Components?

Reset Windows Update in Windows 10

What you did is appropriate, but if the tutorial is more complete than what you did, try that.

MSiinstaller event id 10005
(I can just make it out I think from your screenshot- really tiny even with the image expanded as far as it will)
- no good finds on that so far. Feel free to research.

You can try manually downloading the update, disconnecting from the internet, uninstalling the update, running the reset WU tutorial, then manually installing the update.

Also run some basic integrity checks as a matter of course:
Check your disk(s): e.g. Hard Disk Sentinel (covers SSDs) - excellent- just launch the program and look.
If ok, from an admin command prompt run
chkdsk c: /scan
If ok, similarly run
SFC /SCANNOW

And thank you for your reply.

I thought your post previously included a link to a MS forum thread which indicated a solution for this repeated attempt to install this and then failure... or am I mistaken?

(2) safeguard hold - you can't, directly. Anyway, that's irrelevant as you said you have target feature update in place which explains why you're on 21H2.

I did suggest you could try manually installing it, plus checks and inspecting logs.

Please see this for a specific possible fix:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...a-ac34c3e5dccb

Note- the error number is the same as yours, so hopefully will help.

Its a very small but vital update What does kb5001716 do?
This update includes a new user interface (UI) functionality for Windows Update in Windows… When this update is installed, Windows may attempt to download and install feature updates to your device if it is approaching or has reached the end of support for your currently installed Windows version.

so i was curious as to why this kb5001716 error occurs and not just looking for something Ms suggests to throw at it to "fix" the update issue.

I don't think you'll be lucky with that. We are users, not MS staff. Only someone with the appropriate analytical tools and expertise would be able to tell you what you seek.

Feel free to look at the update logs, but I doubt you'll gain much from those. Other than that, you can of course search in hope of a deeper understanding.

well, we're still on 21H2 (which is good) and Windows Update seems to have magically sorted this out
I think a manual install of KB5032189 may have fixed things. We are now running build 19044.3693.