Another customer had a problem with Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates. This time their Microsoft Windows 1709 operating system upgrade from Microsoft Windows 1607 failed. They kept receiving two hexadecimal Microsoft Windows operating system errors.
Here is their initial communication:
It will not update Microsoft Windows ten. It has said on different occasions the following Errors 0xc80248007 and 0xc1900208. I have version 1607 and need version 1709 on another occasion that I have version 14393 but need version 16299 and the latest is that I have an external syskey but require an internal syskey.
The computer is working OK. What is going on!!!!
Syskey.exe is an old school encryption tool also known as serial access memory lock tool. However, this was retired way back in the Microsoft Windows two thousand and new technology operating system days. I asked this individual if they had encrypted their hard drive, and they claim that they did not encrypt it.
Syskey was an external utility. I performed a search of their hard drive for this tool and did not find any traces of it. Perhaps this was one of those proverbial false positive Microsoft operating system errors.
I could not find any information for 0xc80248007 error. Perhaps it was mistyped. However, I did find some information pertaining to error 0xc1900208.
I decided to use Microsoft’s Windows update troubleshooter this time. This is an easy and free download for Microsoft Windows seven, eight, and ten operating systems. This troubleshooter claimed it found some corruption in the Microsoft Windows operating system update cache and fixed this problem.
However, I tried using Microsoft Windows operating system updates in Settings in order to download Microsoft knowledge base KB4093120 again. What a mistake this was. It took forever to download and then it ended up failing again with the same error earlier in this blog post.
I was able to fix this error 0XC80248007 and upgrade to Microsoft Windows 1709 by manually downloading and installing knowledge base KB4093120. I have used this tactic for a few years now. When you manually install a knowledge base download you are using Microsoft's Windows operating system updates standalone installer.
You have to browse into Services by typing services into a search box, and then stop the Microsoft Windows operating system update process. Once the process stops, you then set it to Manual. You will want to double click Windows Update in Services.
Then you will want to choose Manual from a Startup type: drop down list. Then you can click on Apply and then OK. Now you will want to double click on the knowledge base KB4093120 download to begin the install.
This download was over one gigabytes in size. It can take awhile to initialize. Also, it will check for other Microsoft Windows operating system updates not already installed. Eventually, it will start saving updates to the Microsoft Windows operating system update cache.
Finally, it will begin installing. Eventually, this update will successfully install and prompt you to restart your computer. You will want to click on restart and then your Microsoft Windows ten operating system will be upgraded to Microsoft Windows version 1709.
@Ricardo Miguel Marin Gonzalez
Yes Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates are nothing short of a disaster. When Microsoft first rolled out Windows ten operating system, you could not control the automatic updates. As of now you can disable automatic updates.
However, the last update I installed, I noticed I started to download the update. Then a few hours later it rebooted the computer without my permission. I was just going to begin the download and install later.
Aaron