Windows Update stuck on Checking for Updates in Windows 10 & 11 {Quick Fix}

Windows Update stuck on Checking for Updates in Windows 10 & 11 {Quick Fix}

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Unable to Update Windows and Windows Update stuck on Checking for Updates? It’s quite easy to fix the Windows Update issues.
Right click on Windows Start Button – Windows Powershell Admin. Copy paste the following commands.

net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver
ren C://Windows//SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution2
ren C://Windows//System32//catroot2 catroot22
net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver

Right click to paste. Hit the enter key to continue if the commands are stuck without running. Please restart your computer and continue to update your windows!

These commands basically do this

1- Stop Four windows services from Services initially.
net stop wuauserv – Stops Windows Update.
net stop cryptSvc – Stops Cryptographic service.
net stop bits – Stops Background intelligent transfer service.
net stop msiserver – Stops Windows Installer Servie.

2- Renames two folders
ren C://Windows//SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution2: Renames SoftwareDistribution folder from Drive C – Windows
ren C://Windows//System32//catroot2 catroot22: Renames Catroot2 Folder from Drive C – Windows – System32

3 – We stopped four services at first to completely stop windows update service in the background and rename two folders SoftwareDistribution and Catroot2. Now we need to start these four services to continue the updates!
net start wuauserv – Starts Windows Update
net start cryptSvc – Starts Cryptographic service
net start bits – Starts Background intelligent transfer service
net start msiserver – Starts Windows Installer Service

Hope this helps!
Iviewgle

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