# Tagged windows update URL: /tags/windows-update --- Posts tagged windows update, newest first. - [Windows 8 Won’t Boot after Windows Update](/technology/windows-technology/windows-8-wont-boot-after-windows-update.txt) (2012-10-28) - I am currently investigating an issue that deals with Windows 8 Updates. When I run Windows Update, and Reboot, the system hangs at the black screen with the blue logo and white spinning circle. If I turn off the machine, and reboot, it tries to go into Automatic Repair mode, which also hangs. Luckily I had the 1 to 7 USB duplicator plugged in while I was performing an important task. It automatically transferred a few files and saved them on a backup drive. After much frustration, I tried a Windows Refresh, which also didn’t work, it wouldn’t even try… - [Fystemroot – Fix BITS for Windows Update after Virus Removal on Windows XP](/technology/repair/fystemroot-fix-bits-for-windows-update-after-virus-removal-on-windows-xp.txt) (2010-08-29) - Biggest pain in the @$$ issue I have seen so far on Windows XP. You remove tons of viruses, get everything working, and then all the sudden Windows Update doesn’t work anymore, gives a dumb error. [Error number: 0x8024D007] The first issue is that windows wont update. The second is that you start getting locked out of all kinds of things due to system administrative policy issues. So I decide to download Microsoft’s Fix it tool for Windows Update Issues to have it fix it for me. NO SUPRISE IT DIDN’T WORK, well sort of. It couldn’t initialize BITS, and… --- [Back to Index](/llms.txt)