Windows Update not Working - Microsoft Surface

Hello!
I have recently browsed XDA and people were reporting an update so I decided to check. As I opened Control Panel and navigated to Windows Update but the window just froze and became unresponsive.
Anyone else have this issue?

No... have you applied any hacks to your device?

Haven't seen this issue yet. One thing you can try to blow out windows update is to stop the windows update server, go to your windows directory and delete softwaredistribution and then start the windows update service. This clears out all updates and history and can fix a slew of update issues.
GoodDayToDie said:
No... have you applied any hacks to your device?
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Or try to restart your Surface. My Windows Update in modern settings and Store updates kept spinning. I tried for two nights. Last night, I just restarted the Surface and both of them updated fine afterwards.

dreamcryer said:
Or try to restart your Surface. My Windows Update in modern settings and Store updates kept spinning. I tried for two nights. Last night, I just restarted the Surface and both of them updated fine afterwards.
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had same issue, solved by a restart

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Marketplace problems today 5/5/11 anyone else?

"Can't get this information at the moment. Check again in a little while."
When i try to download or update apps.
also get "Can't play try signing in with your Windows Live ID or synchronising again." when trying to stream music with my zune pass
I Rebooted the phone, changed my live ID password, synced phone with Zune, took the battery out of the back, deleted the offending apps (now i cant redownload them and use them get same message), I am doing all these updates via Wifi, the router is about 10 feet from the phone in same room so no connection issues.
It's really annoying me now. I really want to like this OS but all the little bugs like 3rd party live tiles not updating, marketplace bugs, no call duration information in call log etc are starting to wear me down, factory resetting the phone is not a solution, having to reinstall all your apps and resync 10gig of music and files every time this OS has a hiccup is ridiculous.
I am having the same problems with my markeplace ever since I updated my phone this morning, please tell me I wont have to hard reset my phone!!!
It seems to be widespread. I'm hoping for a crazy billing update of some kind
"Can't get this information at the moment. Check again in a little while."
When i try to download or update apps.
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Yeah i have been getting that today also am hoping it goes back to normal soon.
Yeah, I'm having the same problems. Ticking me off because I have two app updates and I want to download Square Off. Its not a bug though since its widespread, MS is probably doing something to the servers.
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Microsoft is aware of the problem. Its affecting NoDo builds. They haven't released any fix as of yet. Started five hours ago or so.
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Ah well makes me feel better it's not just my phone been stupid.
Marketplace is back up and I'm dowloading all my updates!!
Mines started working again too, yay!
yes i too !!!
i tried to start marketplace but it don't work HELP!!!
It's still not accessible on my phone. Strange thing is, when i use the app Marketplace Search and select an app i'm redirected to the Marketplace site of that app.
I have updated my phone yesterday with the latest security update.
I have problem too. I get try later message.
I have an HTC Arrive which came with NoDo and did not have any trouble today at all.
Mine is fine now, must have been coincidental that the problem started just after I updated.
I've seen this happen a few times in the past. It always seems to go away after a little bit.
I also faced it today morning and rebooted multiple times with no luck. Afternoon it resolved by itself.
I think marketplace was down for a while. It's okay now.
Had same problems til 2pm...Working now
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Yes me too, yesterday. Microsoft's resolved then I can accessing now.
Mines not working again now...........what the heck is Microsoft doing

[Q] "Attention Required. Press Here" during updating Apps from Marketplace

Dear All,
I am having a prob for the past week or so. This happened after the marketplace in my phone was updated (my marketplace search bar shows Applications and Games Search now. The music search is gone.).
The problem is that whenever any of my apps have an update, I click on Update All and then instead of downloading the new updates, all the Apps show "Attention required. Press Here".
1. I pressed and retried. Didn't work.
2. I long pressed and retried, that didn't work either.
3. I long pressed and deleted the update, and tried updating again and that didn't help.
4. Restarting phone was of no use either.
Can anyone please help me with this? The only way I update now is delete the app altogether and re download the app. This is quite annoying as I lose the settings on some apps and have to enter them again.
I am using a T-Mobile UK unlocked Samsung Omnia 7 with the NoDo update.
Thanks!
Read this thread.
Also
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/apps/download-apps-and-games-faq.aspx
And for future reference and search:
Why do I get an "Attention required. Tap here." message when I try to download an app or game?
Your phone might have temporarily lost its Internet connection, or you might be trying to download an app that's too big to download over your phone's cellular data connection. If you're trying to download an app larger than 20 megabytes, you'll need to connect to a Wi-Fi network, or connect the phone to your PC and use the Zune software.
Cheers. I did search before a few times and did not find what I was looking for. Thats why I posted here to hopefully find some answers. Thanks again.
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I have read all that before plenty of times and none of the solutions have worked for me. It doesnt work over wifi and the apps I download are all less than 1mb. Moreover, I know that anything greater than 20mb required me to download through Zune connection. My phone software is also up to date.
So back to square 1 for me.....
just wait.. it is a temprary problem..
Ok. Will wait for a fix....
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Where it says "Pending" did you try holding your finger there and hit retry? (After you established a wifi connection)
It won't auto download it till you do.
No I haven't. But will definitely give that a try next time.
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I am actually having the same issues sometimes in UK Marketplace. However, after a while, they "mysteriously" go away and I can download.
Which makes me think it's either a temporary issue on the server or something like that.
In other cases, it worked when I switched 3G off, but I think that's more of a network provider problem.
Know what im talking about
Hi Guys,
ive had this issue when NoDo first came out, i updated to NoDo with the ROMS on here and was still receiving same message for any application i was reqesting from Marketplace, i rolled back from NoDo and my markeplace worked again. so i tried few things different by installing different roms and updating and so on, and still got the same issue when the final update was NoDo.
one thing i did notice was that my app would install over 3G but not over wifi which was the strange part, and 3G is extremely expensive when you downloading games and large apps so that definitly was not an option for me.
i am still using the latest release just before NoDo, because of this issue and i hope some smarty can figure it out or Microsoft release a fix for this soon.
ive scavaged the internet and found zip info that helps ! others tried methods that worked for them but none work for me.
btw i have HTC Mozart and in South Africa

RT sticks at "Reverting Updates," also doesn't activate

A few days ago the Windows Store suddenly stopped letting me install apps. I traced the problem to Windows Firewall being turned off. Attempting to turn it off from Action Center resulted in an error, attempting to start the service manually from Services also resulted in an error.
Not really knowing what to do, I refreshed the surface (RT) and that seemed to fix the problem.
Now, however, with my refreshed Surface, ANY update that I try to install fails and hangs the Surface at the "Reverting Updates" screen (forever. literally. I have to power off and on multiple times). I then tried a hard reset, but that didn't change anything.
I don't know if this is related to my original problem or not, but I'd really like to get out of Office Preview. Also, since the refresh, Windows has been unable to activate, and is unable to even give me an error code ("Activation Error Description Not Found"). Help!
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kb2962407 causing jailbreak to hang

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Lumia 800 marketplace not accessible

Hi,
I purchased a Lumia 800 yesterday and I cannot download any app from the marketplace. It says "There is a problem with your live id. Try again or sign in with a different Windows Live id".Formatting the phone didnt make a difference. Neither did using a different id on format. Someone please help
Update: Just found out that my phone isnt listed in the devices section in my live account. any tips on how to solve this issue?
Update: Seems I need to keep hitting the download button. Sometimes it downloads on the 20th attempt, sometimes on the 3rd attempt. Its random and absolutely frustrating. Someone else facing this issue?
ya irritating error
chaitanya91845 said:
Update: Seems I need to keep hitting the download button. Sometimes it downloads on the 20th attempt, sometimes on the 3rd attempt. Its random and absolutely frustrating. Someone else facing this issue?
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yes, unfortunately.
this bug is still alive for several month... and looks like MS will not fix it (because the WP7 is not supported by MS since Oct 14, 2014).
and yes, you are right, the only way to install some app is just keep hitting the download button. :silly:
Microsoft stopped everything about WP7.X 2yrs back

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