Windows Updates Failing on Windows 10 1803

[Windows 10 User]

Seems like the issue is microsoft's fault, you can read some information here (but very carefull as the site is known to have potencially unwanted ads):
https://windowsreport.com/kb4338819-issues/

When installing this update can´t finish installing on reboot, the same could apply when it is integrated, it fails on first reboot where it applies the integrated update.

But maybe nuhi could confirm the issue.

Weird, I don't have it if I don't remove a thing with NTLite.

I still have it while upgrading to the latest CU (KB4345421) having the previous one integrated.

 

[Zoom7000]

I've just had a look on my PC and it seems the July update is also failing now. I believe that the (5) is where it's tried to install the update 5 times.

 

[Zoom7000]

Weird, I don't have it if I don't remove anything with NTLite.

This. I don't believe it's a problem with the update as it installs fine on a vanilla copy of Windows. It only fails if I remove system apps using NTLite.

 

[Tefty]

Somethings not right when using the latest NTLITE with Education Win10 ISO's at the moment.
Spent 2 days troubleshooting a usual easy imaging process because when deploying the image I would get "Why did my computer restart?" after deployment and everything I tried failed, this was on an image I used NTLITE to remove all other editions and make some minor app removals.
Took the vanilla ISO and deployed, no issues...

 

[Zoom7000]

Somethings not right when using the latest NTLITE with Education Win10 ISO's at the moment.
Spent 2 days troubleshooting a usual easy imaging process because when deploying the image I would get "Why did my computer restart?" after deployment and everything I tried failed, this was on an image I used NTLITE to remove all other editions and make some minor app removals.
Took the vanilla ISO and deployed, no issues...

Is it just the Windows 10 Education ISO that is affected? Has anyone tried a build with Windows 10 Professional?

 

[Clanger]

I read earlier today there is now a 3rd CU for July. This could be part of the problem. 3 CU's in a month.

 

[Windows 10 User]

It looks like I don't have this problem if I only integrate the updates (the one before the latest CU and the latest SSU) with MSMG ToolKit or NTLite or remove some things without integrating them but if I integrate them and afterwards remove some things with NTLite I have it. Weird. Unfortunately, I won't integrate updates this way.

 

[Richard Salazar]

The DISM is disabled in Win10 by default. Could it be that by activating it, we solve something?

 

[Windows 10 User]

The DISM is disabled in Win10 by default. Could it be that by activating it, we solve something?

Don't know. Does NTLite use it to integrate the updates? How can it be activated in NTLite?

EDIT:

This. I don't believe it's a problem with the update as it installs fine on a vanilla copy of Windows. It only fails if I remove system apps using NTLite.

I removed everything except the system apps and I still had the problem.

 

[Richard Salazar]

Even with the latest version of NTLite I still get the error when finishing the integration of the update in the last restart

 

[nuhi]

Richard Salazar, I would gladly check that, but your preset shows nothing removed.
Can you please double-check and attach the real preset which demonstrates the issue?
Or this is simply the case of a Windows question, in this case a missing servicing stack update.
Please try KB4340917 (instead of 4338819, which is now obsolete) with KB4343669 (servising stack update) to integrate latest 1803, let me know if that helps.
Btw there will be a new Windows update released on next Tuesday.

 

[Windows 10 User]

Now intel microcode update (KB4100347) shows up in Windows Update unlike before (it doesn't show up in WHDownloader). What would happen if I integrated it and installed Windows 10 in a PC with which it isn't compatible with?

 

[nuhi]

Now intel microcode update (KB4100347) shows up in Windows Update unlike before (it doesn't show up in WHDownloader). What would happen if I integrated it and installed Windows 10 in a PC with which it isn't compatible with?

Thanks for the heads up, the Intel Microcode updates were indeed updated on August 20th, I have now updated the Downloader server list to reflect those.

You won't be harmed if the microcodes do not apply, but are installed.

 

[Clanger]

New microcode updates

 

[Windows 10 User]

Thanks for the heads up, the Intel Microcode updates were indeed updated on August 20th, I have now updated the Downloader server list to reflect those.

You won't be harmed if the microcodes do not apply, but are installed.

Ok.

 

[Zoom7000]

I'm still having this issue. Just tried downloaded the latest ISO from the VLSC. The label is SW_DVD9_Win_Pro_Ent_Edu_N_10_1803_64BIT_Eng_Intl_-4_MLF_X21-87131

I loaded up Windows 10 Education N and made some changes, removed all Windows Apps. Installed on a VM and the latest cumulative update for August (KB4346783) fails to install with error 0x800f081f.

I tried to create another build this time using Windows 10 Pro N, used the same XML file to make the same changes and the updates has again failed to install.



I'm going to try the same again, but this time not removing any apps. I suspect it will work, but I'll report my findings. XML attached for reference.

 

[Zoom7000]

Just rebuilt the image using Windows 10 Education N with the exact same settings in the XML, except I didn't remove any apps. Ran Windows Update and all the updates installed just fine:



Any ideas what could be causing this? I'd really like to remove the standard Windows Apps as I want a "clean" basic build, but removing them causes major issues with Windows Update.