Specifically I googled the update number and downloaded the appropriate version for 圆4 Windows 8.1 from the microsoft website. KB2538242 ARE INSTALLING MANY TIMES WINDOWS 8.1

Then I turned off wireless so the computer was not connected to the internet.Īfter downloading I saved the file instead of immediately installing. I then clicked on and installed the update in the download folder. KB2538242 ARE INSTALLING MANY TIMES DOWNLOAD After the computer rebooted I turned the wireless antenna back on, making sure that the connection was manually set to 2.4GHz (not sure this made a difference).Įventually the computer asked me to reboot and I did so.

I then went to the Windows Update in the control panel and clicked on 'Check for Updates'. After about 5 minutes it was still 'checking for updates' and I was about to give up, but suddenly it showed 'updates found' the critical updates could be downloaded and installed in <30 minutes and everything seems stable now. I had previously run the Windows Update Troubleshooter as you suggested, but it just deleted my update history and did not seem to solve the problem at all. KB2538242 ARE INSTALLING MANY TIMES UPDATE Hey man, I tried the 4th method and got something like this I never would have thought you would have to wait up to an hour for updates to be found! Thanks for your suggestion to continue waiting.

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