How to Deal With: Failure configuring Windows updates.

Let me guess, you're here because a this annoying piece of text is occupying your computer screen?

"Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. 

Do not turn off your computer"

Because for what other reason would you search this essay up? 

You want to get rid of this annoying situation? Well then, as Yunalesca from Final Fantasy X would say: 
"let me be your liberator." 

PS. This is for Windows 8 only.

The reason behind Windows update configuration failure is either because you have too many updates happening that your computer is unable to configure them all at the same time, or your antivirus is blocking something that makes it impossible for your computer to finish its process. Consequently, your computer either displays this message and then reverts back correctly, allowing you to access your homepage, or your computer keeps showing this text for the next 6 hours until it dies of exhaustion. If your computer is doing the latter, then it's because it's in a constant loop. 

In order to solve the failure configuration, you need to access your homepage, turn off the antivirus program, and manually install the updates. 

What to do if you're unable to access homepage:

1. Power off the computer completely by pressing down the power button for a while until the computer "chokes" and dies.
2. Turn the computer back on.
3. Before any text shows up on the screen, quickly hold the shift button down (the arrow up button below CAPS LOCK) and press F8 on the keyboard repeatedly. You need to be reaaally quick when doing this! Repeated tries on this stage may be necessary if your computer doesn't bring you to the next step.
   
   or, as some of my readers suggested. Hold the shift button + F8 button down before pushing the power button to turn on the computer.
   
   or, if F8 does not work, try F9 instead as it worked for some people. You can try both and see which one works.
   
4. Then your computer will bring you to several options. Click on "TROUBLESHOOT"
   
   
5. Then choose "REFRESH YOUR PC."
   
   
6. Your computer should then bring you to your homepage. 

If the method above doesn't work, then try system restore, which you can access by clicking on "ADVANCED OPTIONS" and then on "SYSTEM RESTORE" but note that this may wipe out some of your installed programs.



If you don't have a system restore point, then you may have to reset your whole computer and choose "RESET YOUR PC" which will bring your laptop back to its initial stage, with everything (programs, files) deleted.

I'm not gonna teach you how to turn off your antivirus because that's stupid.

HOW TO MANUALLY INSTALL THE UPDATES.

Once you have accessed your homepage, swipe your mouse from the right corner and down, so you access the list of options. Click on SETTINGS and then on "CONTROL PANEL."

Click on "System and Security"

Click on "Check for updates" under "WINDOWS UPDATE." It'll lead you to this page:

Uncheck the box for NAME and check the individual updates below you want to install. 

My suggestion to you is that you only install maximum 13 updates at a time. If you install too many and they crash, you'll end up with the same situation as in the beginning. 

The installation of updates will take some time, ca. 15 minutes per 13 updates? You have to restart the computer after each installation finishes also, so it's a pretty time-consuming process. You don't have to install all the updates immediately, but you should do them as soon as possible in order to avoid your computer getting put in a loop when it automatically checks for and installs Windows updates again sometime in the future (ca. every 2 days). 

Hope it helped. Have fun.