It's no secret that many times Windows fails to install updates released by the Microsoft. In most cases the problem comes from the Windows Update service. Many times a restart of the service can solve the problem, and the update installation process can continue.
This can be done in a number of ways, including from your system's list of services (look for Services in Start menus and press Enter, find Windows Update and select the Restart option), but there is also a much easier way than the Command Prompt or PowerShell.
Below we will see two different commands. To run them you will need to open the Command Prompt or PowerShell with administrator privileges. (In the search, type cmd or powershell and when the icon you are interested in appears, right-click on it and "open as administrator")
First of all, we will stop the Windows Update service: copy and paste the following command:
net stop wuauerv
If you restart it computer your Windows Update service will start automatically. Otherwise, you can use the command below to start the service:
net start wuauserv
The above commands are only for restarting the Windows Update service, and not for resetting, as a reset is a much more complex process that includes many other commands.
We know that a simple reboot of Windows Update often helps Windows 10 updates that are stuck during the download process. The above solution does not work in 100 percent of cases.
In fact, it's proven that sometimes it does not work when they try to install cumulative updates, and in that case the only thing we can do is wait for Microsoft to provide a solution.
