Fixes for Windows 10/11 Updates Are Underway Stuck
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del
In some situations, the update may be stuck at a particular part of the installation process. You can try to press
Ctrl + Alt + Del to see if the Windows login screen is presented. If so, log in to Windows as normal, which may let the update process continue successfully. If nothing happens after the operation, continue other troubleshooting tips.
Hard Reset Your PC
If the Windows 10/11 update installation is completely frozen, you can do nothing but hard-reboot. Thus, try to hard restart your computer if the issue “updates are underway Windows 10/11 stuck at 0, 100, etc. for a long time” happens.
Step 1: Press and hold the power button for about 5 seconds. This can turn the PC off. No lights can be seen near the power button.
Tip: For a tablet or laptop, you may need to remove the battery.
Step 2: Wait 30 seconds and then press the power button to turn it on again.
Run Windows 10/11 to Safe Mode
In Safe Mode, Windows only loads the minimum services and drivers that the system authentically needs. “Windows 10/11 updates are underway stuck at 0, 66, 82 or 100” can happen due to a conflict between another program or service and Windows updates. So, you can try to boot Windows 10/11 to Safe Mode.
If that’s the case, you can restart the PC from there and start the Windows update installation again. The process will finish and the PC can boot to the normal state.
Well then, how to boot your Windows 10/11 computer to Safe Mode on the stuck interface of “Windows 10/11 updates are underway 100 complete”?
Use a bootable drive or force restart the PC several times to enter WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment). Then, go to
Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart. Press
F4 to enter Safe Mode.
Tip: In Windows 10/11, there are many ways to access Safe Mode. You can find them in our previous post -
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Run SFC
In Safe Mode, you can run an SFC scan with System File Checker. This can help to scan the entire operating system for the corrupt Windows files and repair the corruption to fix your issue.
Step 1: Type in
cmd to the search box, click
Command Prompt, and choose
Run as administrator.
Step 2: Type
sfc /scannow to the CMD window and press
Enter to execute the operation.
Step 3: Wait some time until the verification finishes 100%.
Tip: Or you can boot the PC to WinRE, click
Command Prompt, and then execute the SFC scan.
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Rename SoftwareDistribution Folder
To fix “updates are underway Windows 10/11 stuck at 0, 66, 100”, you can try this way in these steps:
Step 1: In Command Prompt, type these commands one by one and press Enter after each command:
net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver
Step 2: Rename the update folder by executing the command -
Ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old.
Step 3: Restart Windows update services by running these commands in turn:
net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver
After that, go to check if the update installation process gets stuck or not.
Run Startup Repair
To fix “Windows 10/11 stuck on updates are underway”, you can try to run Startup Repair. This feature can help to fix issues that prevent Windows from loading. Here, you can also have a try.
Step 1: Boot your Windows 10/11 to WinRE using a bootable drive or force restart. (
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Step 2: Go to
Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Repair.
Run a System Restore
If you have created a system restore point before a Windows 10/11 update, you can get rid of the trouble – “updates are underway stuck Windows 10/11 at 0, 100, etc.”. Also, you need to run the PC to Windows Recovery Environment, and navigate to
Troubleshoot > Advanced options > System Restore. Next, choose a restore point, confirm the restoration operation and click
Finish.
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