These days I do a considerable amount of data recovery for my clients, and as you might expect, when dealing with failing drives, it isn’t always possible to recover all of the information. If you’re a repair tech or sysadmin, check out WUInstall Pro today! Posted in Case Studies | Tagged Error code, Failure, Reverting Changes, Windows Update | 16 Replies Repairing the. I won’t cover those procedures in any more detail here as it isn’t really needed, but if you’re in need of help, leave me a comment and I’ll elaborate! The standalone package is always the first thing I try, followed by the Windows Update System Readiness Tool, and finally more advanced/invasive measures, such as resetting the SoftwareDistribution store or running Microsoft Fixit 50202 in Aggressive mode. This is often the best solution anytime Windows Update chokes on one or more updates. Once you’re finished with this, perform the remaining updates once more. You can find the standalone package here:
All that’s required is for you to first download and install the standalone update package for KB2647753 separately. The error code (0x80071A90) isn’t very helpful, either.įortunately, the solution to this one is easy. Upon rebooting, the PC repeatedly entered the “Reverting Changes…” step of Windows Update that occurs when one or more updates fails to install properly. This weekend I was working on a client’s PC that repeatedly failed to install these four updates.