{"id":18290,"date":"2015-09-22T23:46:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=18290"},"modified":"2015-09-22T23:46:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T22:46:01","slug":"windows-10-update-kb3087040-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=18290","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Update (KB3087040) Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 tried to update yesterday for a known Adobe Flash Player vulnerability. However, the update repeatedly failed (a further three times today) with an error 0x80004005.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows Update history\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/518;border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Windows Update history\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_update.gif\" width=\"524\" align=\"left\" height=\"518\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<p>Until Microsoft fixes it, the workaround is to install the update manually. Download either the <a title=\"32-bit KB3087040 installer\" href=\"http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/d\/msdownload\/update\/software\/secu\/2015\/09\/windows10.0-kb3087040-x86_86b760ce3097391e6896df374d69aff46b769b02.msu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">32-bit<\/a> or <a title=\"64-bit KB3087040 installer\" href=\"http:\/\/download.windowsupdate.com\/d\/msdownload\/update\/software\/secu\/2015\/09\/windows10.0-kb3087040-x64_ad0f78efb7b122fa9472dbb8050c4f358aceab49.msu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">64-bit<\/a> installer (use the link that is relevant to your system) and run it. Then run Windows Update again just to make sure the KB3087040 install is confirmed \u2013 it should now report that your machine is up to date and checking your update history will show a successful install.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the update installs on Windows 7 and 8 system with no trouble. It\u2019s just Windows 10 where there\u2019s a problem \u2013 and even then, not with every Windows 10 machine if reports are true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 tried to update yesterday for a known Adobe Flash Player vulnerability. However, the update repeatedly failed (a further three times today) with an error 0x80004005. Until Microsoft fixes it, the workaround is to install the update manually. 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