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How to check Windows Update errors quick and easy

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Updating can be sometimes quite annoying, especially if you have some important things to do on the computer. There are many users and administrators out there who run into updating issues onWindowsmachines.

For example, in the past year, we’ve seen many updates that caused some several issues on Windows 10 OS. For example, the updates KB3081424 and KB3194496 have caused issues on computers all over the world.

Because of this, Microsoft has also released a “Reset Windows Update Agent, which is a tool that is designed to fix the updating problems. So, if theWindows Updatedoesn’t work correctly, this is a great tool that you can use in order to make sure that your updates are installed properly.

How To Check Windows Update Errors Fast And Easy

It is good to know that Windows is keeping an update log where it is listing all update-related events. These logs can be found in C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsUpdate and they can be analyzed by using various tools.

However, you can also use a simplePowerShellcommand in order to turn the Event Trace Log files into a single text log that you can then check for errors or other issues that are related to the updates on Windows.

Here is how you can do that:

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Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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