I tried updating my Windows 7 PC, but it received an error saying windowsupdate_80244017. Is this because of the hardware or the software spec of my PC?
How To Fix Windowsupdate_80244017
This error is not because of your hardware. This error is highly possibly caused by your registry or system configuration mistakes.
Disable the anti-virus as well as your windows firewall.
Now scan your PC using any of registry issue configuring tool. Now try updating.
Try this only if the above solution didn’t work.
Clean boot your PC by going through the blog uploaded in the Microsoft website. Now try updating your PC. If not, you can go to the same site for downloading and installing the update manually.
How To Fix Windowsupdate_80244017
If you keep getting this error when doing Windows Update, try using first the System File Checker utility. Press the Windows key then type without quotes “cmd” in the search field. Right-click “cmd.exe” in the search results then select “Run as administrator” to launch an elevated command prompt. In the command prompt window, type the following command then hit Enter:
sfc /scannow
Insert your Windows installation CD or DVD when you are prompted then continue. Wait until the process is complete. When it is finished, close the command prompt then restart the computer. If this doesn’t work, try resetting the Windows Update Components manually. Follow the same steps to launch an elevated command prompt. In the command prompt window, type the following commands then hit Enter after each command:
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
net stop cryptsvc
net stop msiserver
ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 Catroot2.old
ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
net start wuauserv
net start bits
net start cryptsvc
net start msiserver
When you are finished, try updating again then see if it works. If this doesn’t work, run DISM. Go to Fix Windows Update Errors using DISM for a complete list of operating systems. Download the program specific to your operating system and run it.
