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Konstantinos Tsoukalas

Konstantinos is the founder and administrator of Wintips.org. Since 1995 he works and provides IT support as a computer and network expert to individuals and large companies. He is specialized in solving problems related to Windows or other Microsoft products (Windows Server, Office, Microsoft 365, etc.).

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  1. kevin
    September 11, 2023 @ 1:43 pm

    These don't always work but #3 is the closes. The only way we were able to resolve these, you need to jump through some hoops.

    1) “Right click” on “CMD” then “Left click” on “Run as Administrator”.

    2) In the “Command” window copy and paste the following command:
    reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” /v UseWUServer /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
    3) Press the “Start” button, then in the “Search Bar” type “PowerShell”.

    4) “Right click” on “PowerShell” then “Left click” on “Run as Administrator”.

    5) In the “PowerShell” window copy and paste the following command:
    Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name NetFx3~~~~
    NOTE: After the command completes it will show you some additional information.
    Successful:
    Name : NetFX3~~~~
    State : False
    Display Name : .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)
    Description : .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)
    Download Size : 72702771
    Install Size : 247885750

    NOTE: If it says “State: True” you can skip the next step (14) and continue with the step after.

    6) In the same “PowerShell” window copy and paste the following command:
    Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name NetFx3~~~~

    NOTE: If the status bar inside PowerShell does not make it past 6 or 7 segments in 30 minutes, you may need to reboot the PC.

    7) In the same “PowerShell” window copy and paste the following command:
    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "NetFx3"
    NOTE: After the install command completes it will show you a status.
    Path :
    Online : True
    Restart Needed : True

    8) In the Elevated Command Prompt run the following command to remove the registry key.

    reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v UseWUServer /f

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