Theyre the frequent necessary evil that keeps your machine safe and bugs patched.
Worse than this though is when these updates fail.
This article will help answer your questions.
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What Causes the 0x80070302 Windows Update Error?
Now, lets look at how to fix the problem.
To initiate the troubleshooter, do the following:
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Open controls and navigate to Update & Security.
Choose Troubleshoot and click Additional Troubleshooters at the bottom.
Hit Windows Update and then the Run Troubleshooter button.
The troubleshooter will scan and report any issues.
Heres how:
- initiate the app through the search bar.
Youll see a window popping up asking which disk to clean.
Choose your main hard drive.
The app will scan your drive.
Be patient as this may take some time.
Youll be able to choose the types of files to delete.
Temporary files and the Recycle Bin are usually the biggest offenders.
Its usually accessible from the system tray.
Try restarting the update and dont forget to reactivate your antivirus right afterwards.
Youll need to use the Command Prompt app to fix it.
Heres how:
1.
Open Command Prompt from the Search Bar and right-click to run as Administrator.
Next, stop all running processes.
pop in each of the following commands and press Enter after each.
Then, to reset the systems:
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Finally, restart all the stopped processes:
