Windows can't complete Update

All of a sudden I'm having trouble with Windows Update. Every time I shut down my computer Windows tells me it's updating and don't turn off the computer. It does its thing and then shuts down, as usual. Then when boot the computer up Windows tells me it is completing the update and to not shut the computer down, as usual. Then when it gets to 100% it says, "We couldn't complete the updates, undoing changes, do not turn off your computer. Then it restarts and goes back to "undoing changes". Then finally it boots up.

This whole process, over and over again is taking a lot of time! Probably about 10 minutes to boot up! Obviously Windows is trying to install the same update over and over and it keeps failing. When I go into Windows Update it tells me the failed update is KB3185614, "Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1511 for x64 based systems"

Should I turn off automatic updates? Can I delete this update? Anyone else experiencing this? Other updates were installed successfully on the same date.

Thanks in advance.

I am having the same problem. Troubleshooting program says "Troubleshooting couldn't identify the problem". Glad to hear it is just not me.

Well @EdTittel I really thought you had it figured out. The trouble shooter found a problem and said that it fixed it. Trouble shooter said, "Windows Update Components must be Repaired ------- Fixed". But then when I did the update the exact thing happened again. Tried it twice, both times trouble shooter identified the same problem and both times it said it had fixed it and both times the update failed.

What do we try next?

I am also getting this update loop for KB3185614, every time I have finished with the PC the PC goes through the same process of trying to install the update, and when it restarts it undoes the update as it was unable to complete the process.

Is the forum dead or do they just don't know how to fix this issue?

I'd like to bump this thread back to the top! This is still an issue. I was successful in stopping this endless update loop, for update KB3185614, only by blocking the offending update with wushowhide. Now windows update is trying to install "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1607" and I am having the same problem. Every time I run the troubleshooter for Windows Update it says it finds and fixes the following problem, "Windows update components must be repaired ----- fixed", but it must not be fixing it because it finds this problem every time I run it and the update still will not complete successfully.

Other security updates for Windows are being successfully installed but not these big cumulative updates, why? Is my only real option just to hide it with wushowhide? I know others are having this same issue, any ideas @EdTittel or any of the other experts! Twenty minute boot times just don't cut it!

Astrolite said:

All of a sudden I'm having trouble with Windows Update. Every time I shut down my computer Windows tells me it's updating and don't turn off the computer. It does its thing and then shuts down, as usual. Then when boot the computer up Windows tells me it is completing the update and to not shut the computer down, as usual. Then when it gets to 100% it says, "We couldn't complete the updates, undoing changes, do not turn off your computer. Then it restarts and goes back to "undoing changes". Then finally it boots up.

This whole process, over and over again is taking a lot of time! Probably about 10 minutes to boot up! Obviously Windows is trying to install the same update over and over and it keeps failing. When I go into Windows Update it tells me the failed update is KB3185614, "Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1511 for x64 based systems"

Should I turn off automatic updates? Can I delete this update? Anyone else experiencing this? Other updates were installed successfully on the same date.

Thanks in advance.

App Readiness Service must be enabled

I tried to do a manual install of the update using the media creation tool and it said this "Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because your current version of Windows might be installed in an unsupported directory, or you're trying to install an older version of Windows."