Windows 10 Pro 21H1 makes my main gaming pc Windows Updates get stuck on Checking for Updates screen :(

[timltimmy]

It never finishes. When I go back to the previous version of Windows 10 Pro it starts to work fine again. Should I hold off on 21H1 ?

https://i.imgur.com/DhikB7X.jpg

My Windows 10 Home VM updated fine. No Problems.

[tango777]

This is what I do. First of all you have to goto your computer start Menu and type services.msc and open services window then stop Windows Update Service.
Once it's done open CMD as a administrator. Then put dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup"" command and press enter.
After completion, Goto your computer C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution location and delete all the folder and files under SoftwareDistribution.
Once it's done again open services windows and start the Windows Update Service.

[timltimmy]

Sorry for taking so long to get back. It stuck at 10% after putting dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup command in a CMD prompt as admin is this normal ?

https://i.imgur.com/v9HFlzJ.jpg

[timltimmy]

Thanks it still stuck even after trying that :(

I did get it to go to 20% then say complete after the command dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup command in a CMD prompt as admin

Though like I said still stuck checking for windows update like in the first screenshot.

[iceman1980]

Originally posted by timltimmy:

Thanks it still stuck even after trying that :(

I did get it to go to 20% then say complete after the command dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup command in a CMD prompt as admin

Though like I said still stuck checking for windows update like in the first screenshot.

But before the below.

 
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth -Verbose

Bypass windows update.
Do this if image repair fails. You may have to run it a few times. After repairing the image till there is no component restore corruptions reboot. DISM / Repair-WindowsImage MUST be run as an Administrator / Root level task otherwise it will fail. Sometimes when DISM looks like it's stuck it actually is not. If you go to

 Windows >> Logs >> DISM >> dism.log 

you can see it working away in there.

 
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
Get-WindowsUpdate

[_I_]

after a major windows update, reinstall all drivers
ms does a horrible job at guessing what hardware you have and finding drivers