Fixing Repeated Widows 11 Update Failures
I couldn't get my Dell Inspiron 17 7000 2in1 to install the recent Preview Update (KB5067036) (26200.7019). I had no problems on several other computers but, The Dell balked repeatedly. Here's how I solved the problem and hope it helps you the next time you run into a repeated update failure. Reset Windows Update Components (Safe & Reversible) Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run these one by one: net stop wuauserv net stop cryptSvc net stop bits net stop msiserver ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 catroot2.old net start wuauserv net start cryptSvc net start bits net start msiserver This clears cached update files without deleting anything critical. Next: Register OLE Control DLLs This targets the root of update error 0X8002807. In Command Prompt (Admin): regsvr32 ole32.dll regsvr32 oleaut32. dll You should see confirmation dialogs for successful registration. Next: Check for System File Corruption Run thes...