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Windows 10 KB3124200 Issues: Failed Installs, Broken Apps, Outlook & Edge not Opening
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Updated onDecember 12, 2019
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The recent cumulative update KB3124200 for Windows 10 users was released a few days back, and at the time, we didn’t see to many issues being reported. There were only a few users complaining that the update failed to install, and now we’re getting many more similar problems.
KB3124200 Update problems on Windows 10
As I was saying, the most commonly encountered problem seems to be the one with failed installs of the KB3124200 update. Here are just some of the complaints sent by users.
One of them says that he is getting the following messages – “Configuring windows update 59%” and “we are unable to complete the update. undoing the changes“.And it seems that this specific message has been confirmed by more users; so do follow the previous link to our specialized article on some potential fixes for this.
This is the third cumulative update that will not install. First KB3116908 then KB3116900 and now KB3124200. Several restarts later I can then log on and then Windows update shows that the update has failed. I have over the past 3 updates, tried all sorts of ways recommended to get an install but everything fails. As I have Windows 10 Home I cannot stop the installs repeating. I am still stuck in a never-ending loop of download, install, failure.
Somebody else has a similar problem:
Today I had a Windows 10 update called “Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems (KB3124200)”Upon my PC asking me to restart, I rebooted and it said that it could not apply the changes so it needed to restart to undo the changes, this happened 3 or more times before I was actually able to get into Windows. Now when I turn my PC off, I have this problem when I log back in, or try too.
There are many Windows 10 users who confirm problems with the KB3124200 update which keeps trying to install and there are some who claim that the update is missing on their PCs. Somebody else says his download has stopped at a specific percentage:
this update was downloading in the background when the laptop shut down due to low battery. Going onto mains power and restarting twice still has no effect. It is still showing 45% downloaded. Since I was affected by the original Nov problem with 1511 update, do I need to do the same fix, namely a clean reboot etc?
Here are some more issues which have been reported:
Potential fix for Windows 10 KB3124200 problems
As you can see, there are quite many errors and it seems that for the time being there’s no official fix. According to some users, manually downloading and installing the patch could be of some help, so follow these links to try and solve problems:
KB3124200 x86 for Windows 10KB3124200 x64 Windows 10
If you are afraid these issues will affect you, as well, then you can block the update until Microsoft provides a fix or until the next cumulative update. However, this could happen as late as January 2016.
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