Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Update Issue

Question

Hello there

As seen in the attached picture, when I try to update the windows server on one of my virtual servers that I use in my business, I see that it constantly performs the same update, sometimes successful and sometimes fails. Although I did many programs and windows repair, I could not succeed. I would be glad if you would help me with this subject. Because every time the update process is completed and the installation process is over and the system restarts, the system gets back to its original state. I started to think that the system will crash in the future.

Answer 1

@Selcuk CELIK
Double-click on the update which failed to install and we could get the detail error information. Please share the error information on this forum. In addition, here is a screenshot in my environemnt for your reference:

In addition, I found a refernece link for you.

Please feel free to keep us in touch if there are any updates of the case.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Rita

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Answer 2

Hello @Selcuk CELIK

This happens when a successful update is corrupt or the system fails to detect that has been installed. First, you should uninstall the update by going to Control Panel, and then open the Programs & Feature. Here click on Installed Updates to see the Windows Update history.

Please try the next to rebuild the repository:
From a CMD as Administrator run:

taskkill /f /fi "SERVICES eq wuauserv" (Do this multiple times)  
net stop cryptSvc  
net stop bits  
net stop msiserver  
ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old  
rmdir C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore  
rmdir C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download  

If that throws any error, you can try this alternative:

Net Stop bits  
Net Stop wuauserv  
Net Stop appidsvc  
Net Stop cryptsvc  
Ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.bak  
Ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 catroot2.bak  
Net Start bits  
Net Start wuauserv  
Net Start appidsvc  
Net Start cryptsvc  

After that, restart the client and retry the update.

Hope this helps with your query,

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Answer 3

The error code it gave is available in the attachment.