Noteworthy Administration Gotchas from the Past
This is NOT a teaching page, but rather a list of things that I have had to do to keep my systems running.
Windows Server
Symptom |
Windows update is not installing and instead gives you the option to "retry" but continually fails. There are several errors that it could show, mine was 0x80248007 |
Fix |
Stop the Windows update service (services.msc). Then find and delete the following directory contents: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore, and C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download. Then restart and retry the windows update. See: https://appuals.com/windows-update-error-0x80248007/ |