Configuration of new updates stops at 98%, fails, and reverts changes with no error message, meanwhi

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Got this computer (an HP Pavilion G6 running Windows 8 64-bit) for Christmas as a very unexpected Christmas gift, so just now getting around to setting it up.

 

Attempting to install the following updates via Windows Update:

 

KB2769166KB2750149KB2756872KB2769165KB2770917KB2779768KB2785094KB2795944

 

What happens: I download the updates, reboot when it tells me to.

 

It comes up with the green "Configuring Windows Updates" screen, as normal. Reboots, as normal.

 

Continues on as normal, still configuring, until it gets to 98% complete. Then? "Failure to configure updates. Reverting changes" 5 minutes later, it reboots...The same "failure to cinfigure updates" green screen comes up, and 5 minutes later it reboots

again. The same screen comes up, but this time it eventually moves on to booting up as normal.

 

I check Windows Update - there's no update history anymore, this after I've installed 30-odd updates over a few days. I check the troubleshooter for Windows Update with admin permissions, and find out Windows Update has been corrupted. It supposedly fixes

that. I check for updates again...Get the same updates coming up again.

 

Rinse and repeat as frustration builds. Came here after my 5th attempt failed. Fortunately, everything else is working fine, it's just Windows Update that appears to be broken.

 

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