To do it, you have to boot from the installation disk or the boot flash drive for Windows 8. In Windows 8, you can add the option of booting in the Safe Mode as a separate item in Windows Boot Manager. Windows Update TroubleshooterĪs to the method 3, Windows 8 Update Troubleshooter can be run only from the working system, but since it won’t boot, let’s try to perform the diagnostics in the Safe Mode. Methods 1 and 2 do not need any comments. This article suggests to perform these actions (one by one, starting from the first one and going to the next solution if the previous did not help):Restart your computerDisconnect all removable media or external hard drives from your computer and reboot againCheck your system using Windows Update TroubleshooterPerform a system restore (booting from the installation disk/boot drive and rollback to one of the earlier recovery points)Reset Windows 8 using a Refresh or Reset featureReinstall your OS Generally, Microsoft has described this problem in one of the articles in its knowledge base –. You watching: Windows 8: after hours of 'failure to configure updates'
However, this message often appears on every boot and it becomes impossible to get rid of it and log on to the system normally. In some cases it’s really worth waiting for some minutes/hours to let the system roll back the last updates correctly.
