Cumulative Update KB3189866 for Windows 10 stuck at 45%

[Jack]

Hello,
I'm trying to install the latest Windows Update - Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3189866) - however it's stuck at 45%. Restart won't help. Did you had this issue?

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I'm seeing posts all over the web from folks trying to install the latest Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) cumulative update. KB 3189866 is supposed to bring Win10 AU to build 14393.187, but reports say the installer gets stuck at 45 percent, 48 percent, 95 percent, and various other points along the way.

The problem's widespread, and Microsoft has known about it since shortly after the patch dropped. Since it's a cumulative update, there's no easy solution.

Microsoft will certainly figure out what's blocking the patch, but in order to fix it the company will have to release a new cumulative update. Unless it can find a magic way to modify a released cumulative update, the only solution is a new cumulative update that absolves the sins of the original. That's one of the big problems with these massive, one-way "as a service" patches. It's also a totally predictable problem, as I've been saying for almost two years.

If you're faced with this issue, be of good cheer: There's an easy solution. Some suggest that you crank up Internet Explorer and download the patch from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Bogdan Poppa at Softpedia has links for the 32- and 64-bit versions of Win10, but they require Internet Explorer and the installation of an ActiveX control.

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[Andytay70]

I had this issue but got it to install by manually downloading it myself!

 

[XhenEd]

It's funny that the writer was over-complicating the workaround solution, while we here, thanks to @Kardo Kristal , get the direct links, not requiring any of those things like IE and ActiveX Control.

 

[frogboy]

Went well on two machines, smooth as silk on the third machine i had to use the direct download method. Strange how it goes fine on some machines but refuses to install on others, my first hiccup with Windows 10.

 

[LabZero]

Thanks for sharing, I haven't got yet this patch (last check yesterday).

 

[shmu26]

I manually downloaded and installed the patch from microsoft update catalog, but there are a couple little updates that come after it, and they, too, are stuck...

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Sorry to hear your having trouble Jack, I installed this update without any issues.
Maybe feed the gerbils in that thing more lol j/k

 

[NZRADAR]

My PC still stuck at 45 percent, I have the direct download ready to install at will, but a big part of me would like to see how Microsoft resolve this via there own update mechanisms. Oddly other pc in house updated slowly but successfully, while mine stuck , this is a weird one in my book and curious to know what is the blockage reason.

 

[Sundaram999]

It stuck at 95% .I just restarted my pc and the process is ended))))

my first hiccup with Windows 10

 

[Deleted member 2913]

My PC still stuck at 45 percent, I have the direct download ready to install at will, but a big part of me would like to see how Microsoft resolve this via there own update mechanisms. Oddly other pc in house updated slowly but successfully, while mine stuck , this is a weird one in my book and curious to know what is the blockage reason.

Same here...stuck at 45% & I will wait to see how & when MS handles this prob.

Its my first time prob with Windows Updates on Win 10.

 

[frogboy]

Same here...stuck at 45% & I will wait to see how & when MS handles this prob.

You are a very patient person but it will be good to see how they handle this, please keep us informed.

 

[sona]

auto updated

 

[Lucent Warrior]

Installed perfectly on two machines and a VM guest here, 2 of which were clean installs, which i do ever time a cumulative update comes out "testing machine" to avoid issues as such.

 

[vindiesel]

Hello I it transferring yesterday manually, but thanks for your contribution.

 

[Viking]

I successfully installed this update on both my laptop and desktop, but only after I used the offline installer.

 

[NekoHr]

I just finished installing 4 laptops (Dell, HPs and Lenovo), 2 updated successfully and 2 stuck. One HP stopped at 48% and Lenovo at 53%. Didn't wait for them to finish or do manual cause they are not going in use yet so I'll finish them before giving them to users, hope MS witll fix update by then.

 

[Aura]

No problem installing that update whatsoever. Usually when I encounter an update like this, I just download it straight from the Microsoft Download Center and/or the Windows Update Catalog website and install it manually (if it says that the update isn't applicable to the system, I install it using DISM).

 

[DardiM]

I checked "yes, no issue", but because I installed with direct link @Kardo Kristal gave here (after the 45% stuck) :

Windows 10 - Microsoft releases Windows 10 builds 14393.187 and 10586.589 for PCs

 

[mlnevese]

I had to download and do a manual install as well. First time I had to do this in Windows 10.

 

[viktik]

I was stuck at 45% for more than 12 hours.
then it got stuck at 95% .
Finally, it got downloaded today.