[FIX] Windows Update Ran Into A Problem. Error Code 8024A008

hi Kapil,

I followed your steps on this page to be able to do windows updates. It worked but when i tried doing it normally it still gives me the same error. what else can I do?

Thanks for your help.

Hello.
Can you explain more about how that powerShell module works? I am quite of a power user, so a geeky explanation is not a problem.

Thanks

Thank you for the reply.

I have successfully followed the steps above. I have installed all updates present in the PS ISE.
However, after restart, in Windows Update, the problem still occur. To make things interesting, the error code is exactly the same as the one shown in this article.
I will now do a WU reset (seven forums has this covered) and will see if I could solve this issue. In the mean time, if you could tell me what to do, please do so.

If else fails, I might need to depend on such PS module just to update my Windows 8.1.

Thank you in advance

For me the last part didn’t work, had to search for Powershell ISE manually in windows search, then right click run as administrator (wanted to share this)

After updating it still will not check for updates, and hang at checking for updates. (I did update it with ISE tho)

Hi Kapil,

I followed your steps but I got stuck at Windows PowerShell ISE. When I typed the commands above and tried to execute them, I got error messages in read and could not continue from there. Any comment?

Thanks in advance,

P.

So I am working on all the steps and right now my computer is running through the updated in PowerShell ISE and they are all failing… is that okay? Will it still work?

I’ve been having the problems with my windows update since I first got it and have always just bypassed the update and now that I’m finally looking for a solution, I feel it might not work.

I tried every step twice but when I open powershell ISE
I paste commands I doesn’t do anything I run it as administrator aswell
its not working

By the way when I type the import module windows update command, I don’t get a result like the one that you show. I only get a return to the next line and a new PS C: prompt line. Also I have downloaded the trouble shooter and run it and it claimed to find problems and fix them but nothing is changed..

Thanks for posting this. It is working. But recently I went into some trouble doing this. Powershell downloaded almost 900mb of updates, but before it could install there was a power failure and I had to shutdown the computer. Now what are my options?

Can install these downloaded updates later? If I can’t I can definately re-download, but I will need clean up this large chunk of unused updates which will be taking space in the HD. Can please let me know how do I clean this data?

Thank you very much.

Thanks for your reply.

This link is concerned with clearing the history of Windows updates. My concern was to either free up 900mb data, or install from it.

I am specifying the size as it was displayed in the Powershell before downloading. I wanted to know if there is any option to remove the failed updates.

Hello!, I am having the same trouble! i tried everything you said but when I get to Windows PowerShell and i run it as Administrator I get errors in Red for the second and third Comand Prompt.

For the prompt (Import-Moudule PSWindowsUpdate) It goes something like this:
Import-Module: The specified module ‘PSWindows Update’ was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory. (Then it says more stuff).

For the prompt (Get-WUInstall) it goes like:
Get-WUInstall : The term ‘Get-WUInstall’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file or operable program. etc.

Please help me you are my only hope.

My laptop is a Sony Vaio SVF14N13CXB

Installed a third party app that cleared all the failed updates. Thanks for all this info, really helped a lot. God bless.

hi, i m having the same problem of windows updates. i followed your 1 to 3 steps successfuly and executed the first command but second command fails to find the directory of pswindowsudate…….! troubled!

Thank you so much for this, its the only thing thats worked for me.
The problem I’ve now got is updading to Windows 10- Windows update checks for updates for ever and apparently “most recent check for updates: Never” and “Updates were installed: Never.” The powershell starts downloading windows 10 but fails after several attempts. Any ideas?

When i type “Get-WUInstall” nothing occurs… Just “Running script / selection. Press Ctrl + Break to stop.” Or it takes so much?

Hello :) Does it really take that long ? And also some of it failed because its for 64x bits , My laptop is at 32x bits only . Is it really like that or does all of it have to be accepted ? Please help :)

Still no reply on what to do when you enter the commands in PowerShell and only get a return to the next line and a new PS C: prompt line without any error message. Running as admin, did everything twice… Nothing happens

Ohhh . So that means I cant update my laptop to Windows 10 ? :(

Wait ohh I have been mistaken, I have a 64x bit operating system sorry :) I just checked my operating system . I thought it was the Adobe one’s. But when I try to update them . Does it really take this long and also why does some of them fail ? I have 64x bit and all of the updates are 64x bits but why are some of them are failed to update ? please help

Hello, I did all this, and it was successfully completed, but my windows update is still getting the same error “8024A008”. Are there any other thing I could do to fix this?

Hi, This worked perfectly on Windows 8.1. Now, as I am on Windows 10 Pro, can I use this technique to get manual updates from Microsoft? The update process in 10 is completely automatic and it downloads a lot of unnecessary updates. Powershell was giving a manual way to select the updates we want in 8.1. Can I use this in Win 10 too? please let me know.

Did it in windows 10, worked like a charm. This is an amazing solution to the forced updates in Win 10. I am keeping the automatic update Service disabled in Win 10 and getting updates in this fashion. It allows me to choose what to install.

I think a lot of people are searching for this solution after upgrading to Win 10 that is forcing automatic updates. The automatic updates are creating lot of inconvenience in users. This can be a very fitting solution.

Thank you very much. :)

Thanks, this helped a lot. I had a few laptops that were not updating but are good now. Also, for those who had any errors you can run the second command manually as:

Import-Module “C:\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\PSWindowsUpdate\”

Or

Import-Module “C:\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\”

In my case it created a subfolder in the folder and couldn’t find the module. Or you could just check if there is a subfolder and copy that over instead.

Kapil,
First off, Thank you kindly for taking the time to explain this–much appreciated. I’m failing at the second command “Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned”. Every time I’ve entered (as Administrator) the failure says it cannot execute because “Format.ps1xml is not digitally signed.” Please help if you’re able. I’ve tried to follow each step exactly, but I’m not a programmer, so I could’ve missed something obvious.
Thanks again.

Kapil,
Never mind. I solved it through entering command “Set-executionPolicy Unrestricted”. Thanks again.

After typing import- module pswindows update. The list is not shownlike yours

After I gave 2nd command nothing popped up like yours

Is there any trick to copy PS windpwsupdate

When i run get-WuInstall it does not seem to do anything. within 2 second im presented with “PS C:\windows\system32> “

Hi Kapil, I followed your steps, it installed all the updates, however there was this one update – Malicious tool removal software for Windows 8 and 8.1 which took 15 hours to install. So I just stopped the process in the Powershell ISE module. After that I restarted the computer and all the updates are now installed, except the one that I stopped. I hope this isnt a problem. Anything additional that I should do? Thanks.

hi,
But it is showing after given command

PS C:\WINDOWS\System32> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Set-ExecutionPolicy : Access to the registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell’ is denied. To change the
execution policy for the default (LocalMachine) scope, start Windows PowerShell with the “Run as administrator” option. To change the execution policy for the
current user, run “Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser”.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (:) [Set-ExecutionPolicy], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetExecutionPolicyCommand

PS C:\WINDOWS\System32>

“What I do for next?

i have followed the steps over and over and yet I don’t get the same output as shown a running the second command everything was done as you showed but it just returns the prompt. please help

This solution can be applied to Windows 7 too?

Do you think this solution could work, for the big and general problems going on for about a year with Windows 7 updates? Thanks in advance.

FYI I used powershell successfully: copied windowspowershell module into system32 folder and by setting remote command on the right side of the window then went directly into the command windows just typed the 2nd command hit enter, then the 3rd command hit enter. It ran after waiting for a minute or two for it to process the setup.
After watching it for 6 hours downloading 250 updates successfully I was happy for that but sorry to see that Windows 8.1 still would not automatically download updates not matter what I tried. Have to deliver it to the customer without auto updates working. DO NOT understand why 1 of the 20 things I tried did not fix auto updates. Just hangs at checking for updates (3 days).

I’m not getting any output to the window, just says Running script / selection after 3rd command. How can I tell if it is working?

Thanks for your guidelines, Kapil Arya. It does pinpoint me to whee my issues are.

Everything is Ok until the Get WUInstall. Running with -verbose I get the message “”Connecting to Windows Updat”. Please Wait”. I run 8.1 x64 Pro, have no proxy in place (and reset using netsh winhttp reset proxy). I closed down the Defender and I can access the update.windows.com website. The catalogue website returns error 8DDD020 though.

How do I troubleshoot this connection?

(BTW: I could do the aug-2016 rollup with manual msi/msu download, so should be reasonably up to date. Reverting to “standard” update checking UI, and when observing the network adapter status I see 100Mb in in the first 10min, then it slows down).

(RESOLVED? Letting it run throughout the night, it some seems to have gained some speed again, and came back with quite some updates despite the aug2016 rollup. Now see if maintenance proces stabilizes and whether catalogie becomes accesable)

(NOT RESOLVED after all: Tried wifi over iphone hotspot, but no improvement. Currently struggling to download .NET 3.5. Failed due to timeout…)

i hope i could ask for help. running win 8.1

transfered unzipped folder to modules folder
ran the 1st command – hit yes
ran the 2nd command – nothing showed just said below “completed”
ran 3rd command – running script / selection seems like nothings happening.

i checked the router if any data is moving but nothing.

any help?

Running windows update from the powershell worked for me. Be greatly patient. After an hour I aborted the process and went to try other solutions. Nothing worked. I went back to this and let it run over night. It worked. Thanks, Kapil.

Import-Module : The specified module ‘PSWindowsUpdate’ was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (PSWindowsUpdate:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

COPIED THE UPDATE FOLDER but after given command it asks to give command nothing hapens after a command it just goes on next line for a command

I know this is an old thread, but thought I’d leave a comment here anyway. I got the same error during the Import-Module command as some of the others (Red letters saying no valid module file was found). In order to fix it, I opened the extracted “PSWindowsUpdate” folder. Inside of it was another “PSWindowsUpdate” folder. Copy the second “PSWindowsUpdate” folder to the Modules folder. That worked for me anyway.

Administrator: Windows PowerShell ISE (x86)

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
Import-Module : The specified module ‘PSWindowsUpdate’ was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any
module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (PSWindowsUpdate:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WUInstall
Get-WUInstall : The term ‘Get-WUInstall’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-WUInstall
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-WUInstall:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

No Dice, it doesn’t work…

Hi, i tried all the steps but in windows powershell ise, when i tipe the first comand nothing hapends, go to the next line. i ush win 8.1

I fixed my win 8.1 with this method which also occurred with my copy of windows 7 : First download two files KB3173424, and KB3172614 save to harddrive. Then disconnect computer from the internet. I disabled the windows updater in the update settings as well. If you donot disable windows from trying to update itself this won’t work.
Now go to the location of your downloaded files as above and you must install them in sequence. first KB3173424. (I could not get anything to download and install until I did it by this method), reboot.
Then install KB3172614 and reboot. Then restore windows updater to normal operating settings that you want and reconnect to internet . The updater as in my case returned to its normal function after a short delay and downloaded about 1 gb of updates Good Luck, Growbag

After entering the last Wuinstall cammand..it says running for a very long period of time… i am kid of stuck there…

@Growbag Thanks wery much. This solution works for me! Win 8.1

The first time i did the steps it wasnt in admin mode, will there be any problems if i just do it again in admin mode?

The downloaded zip file is empty, can you please check?

Hi, I stuck in command 2, please help!

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
Import-Module : Fehler beim Laden der Formatdatendatei:
C:\Users\Michael Milde\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\PSWindowsUpdate.Format.ps1xml, ,
C:\Users\Michael Milde\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\PSWindowsUpdate.Format.ps1xml:
Die Datei wurde wegen folgender Validierungsausnahme übersprungen: Die Datei “C:\Users\Michael
Milde\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\PSWindowsUpdate.Format.ps1xml” kann nicht geladen
werden. Die Datei “C:\Users\Michael
Milde\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\PSWindowsUpdate.Format.ps1xml” ist nicht digital
signiert. Sie könnend dieses Skript im aktuellen System nicht ausführen. Weitere Informationen zum Ausführen
von Skripts und Festlegen der Ausführungsrichtlinie erhalten Sie in “about_Execution_Policies” unter
“http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170″…
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Import-Module], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatXmlUpdateException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Excellent work. Its working

I am having problem installing updates. It gets to 98 percent then says failure in configuring and then reverts changes. Why?

Hi I got as far as attempting to open powershell ise, on entering the screen popped up and then disappeared, so I entered just powershell, then entered commands, first went in fine, second didn’t recognise import pswindowsupdate, I have managed to zip and put into a folder. Any ideas?

Hi, all of it has worked until the last part. The third command is running but isn’t completing for some reason. What should I do?

Hi, all of it has worked until the last part. The third command is running but isn’t completing for some reason. It’s been 5 minutes and its still running. Any solution?