About the Error 0x800F081F
Users who ended the installation with error 0x800F081F reported the issue happened when installing the KB4512508 update for Windows 10 version 1903. The most common reported errors are 0x800f081F, 0x8024200D, 0x800f0845, 0x80073701 and 0x800f0982.
A user has reported the issue at German site Dr. Windows:
“I always get Error 0x800f081f with 2019–08 Cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1903 for x64-based systems (KB4512508) — […] With the *.msu downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog, the installation also failed.”
Unfortunately, it is not always easy to try to figure out some of the error codes with limited information provided by Microsoft. Here is an explanation of the error 0x800f081F- when the installation device is corrupt, unavailable, or if you don’t have the appropriate permissions to the file, this error will occur.
In addition, a support file regarding to .NET installation errors is released by Microsoft. The information provided by Microsoft is that the files or folders referenced during the update are not found. You can use Windows 10 installation media to fix this problem, Microsoft recommends.
Inplace Upgrade is the only fix option available because most of you don’t really get these tips, which means under your running Windows 10, the setup.exe will be ran from an appropriate Windows 10 installation medium.
This forces Windows 10 to be installed on existing Windows 10 to preserve data and programs. However, in this way, the missing features are installed so that the updates can be installed later. When the error 0x800F081F appears, you can try this way.
About the Error 0x8024200D
The error 0x8024200D stands for WU_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILED, which means that Windows Update cannot download the required packages from the Microsoft server successfully. Third-party tools like third-party virus scanners can cause this error.
Usually, the error 0x8024200D appears when an update requires multiple download steps to fully install and one of the steps fails. You can try rebooting your computer to see if the update continues or try again.
Microsoft did not order it and followed the required update package installation sequence during installation. In fact, you must install the latest Service Stack Update (SSU) before the cumulative update (CU).
However, this will fail periodically and Windows Update will install the CU first. Then the installation fails and Windows Update will install the SSU. After rebooting, it can find the CU again and install it successfully.
About the Error 0x800f0982
In addition, sometimes Windows Update ends with the error 0x800f0982. When “devices with some Asian language packs installed”, this 0x800f0982 error was displayed with previous Windows 10 updates.
The error 0x800f0982 makes the installation become more difficult, and there isn’t a direct description to decode the error. But you can attempt to decode the error code 0x800f0982.
“0x8” represents an error, and “f” in 0x800f represents a so-called facility code. This represents the system service, which is responsible for the error. In this case, the value F covers four different sources, from RPC calls to COM/OLE errors. But it is not a Win32 error, nor a certificate error.
The rest is the actual error code “0x0982”. You will find the error 0x800f0982 associated with the modified ISO installation (e.g.nLite) if you search the Internet. Thus it could also be a broken update package or a popular tool for cleaning up.
Final Words
Although the errors appear when installing the KB4512508 update, Microsoft has not acknowledged this problem until now, you can repair or delay the installation of updates until the official reply.
Originally published at https://www.minitool.com on August 19, 2019.
