"The device lacks important security and quality fixes."

Sebastian Hinca 1 Reputation point
2021-11-21T09:54:37.85+00:00

Hi there,
Today my computer had some issues.
I started off the day by turning on my pc. After I logged on, both of my monitors went black for a second. After that, it said that I need to install the latest drivers for my graphics card. So I did.
After that, I rebooted the pc, and it said that it's preparing windows and that I shouldn't turn off the pc, but guess what I do, I get impatient, and I restart the computer because I thought it was bugged and that it wouldn't update. After I restarted, I got the screen again and logged on to my computer. I decided to look into the Windows Update settings and I see "The device lacks important security and quality fixes." I try and install updates, but it gives me an error screen with the error 0x800f0831. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

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  1. Reza-Ameri 16,826 Reputation points
    2021-11-22T16:24:11.3+00:00
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  2. Juan Sobrado - MSFT 401 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2022-01-21T03:50:52.447+00:00

    Hello @Sebastian Hinca

    There is a possible CBS Store Corruption. To understand what package/component might be corrupt you need to check in CBS.log (C:\Windows\logs\CBS) for error: 0x800f0831. If the error is present please share the entries for further steps.

    Regards,

    Juan Sobrado

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