Windows Update Issues

Got an issue with Windows Update Installations? Best bet is a reinstall after a reboot. Updates don't redownload and fail again? Clear the update cache. How?

1. Open Command Prompt by Start -> Run and type "cmd"
2. On the Command Prompt, type "net stop wuauserv". This is done so that you will terminate the windows automatic update service to allow us to delete the cache files
3. Still on the Command Prompt, type "cd /d %windir%" or "cd\windows"
4. Type "rd /s SoftwareDistribution"
5. Thats it, the cache has been purged. Now we need to restart the windows automatic update service again. To do that, type "net start wuauserv"

Not hard, quite simple. What are you doing? Deleting the folder C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\, and making sure that the Update service is stopped. That's it. Good luck.