Here we go again: KB3197954 causing issues on many PCs

Nov 1, 2016 08:50 GMT  ·  By

Windows 10 cumulative updates are certainly pretty helpful for the majority of users running Microsoft’s latest OS version, but at the same time, they are turning into a sort of nightmare for others who can’t simply install them successfully.

Issues with Windows 10 cumulative updates have been around for a while, and Microsoft has tried to fix them on several occasions, but for some reason, they keep coming back pretty much in the same form.

KB3197954 makes no exception, and after being pushed to Windows 10 users last week, it appears that it fails to install on a number of machines due to a cause that’s yet to be determined.

More than just installation issues

Posts on Microsoft’s Community forums are pointing towards various problems experienced with cumulative update KB3197954, including system freezes, but in most of the cases, it’s the typical “failing to install” issue that makes it impossible for some users to deploy the patch on their computers.

“Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3197954) keeps failing to install on my system. The install starts fine but while restarting claims the install has failed and reverts everything. Windows update history only tells me that the update ‘failed to install,’” one user is reporting, adding that the error that he gets is “Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x800F0922: Update for Windows (KB3197954).”

Microsoft is yet to acknowledge these issues, but judging from the number of reports that are currently online, it seems that a fix would be needed this time as well.

For the moment, however, given the fact that we’re just one week away from Patch Tuesday when Microsoft is projected to release new cumulative updates, a fix might not be released. Since these updates are cumulative, installing the latest one always brings a computer fully up-to-date, so even if you’re experiencing issues with this one, successfully installing the next should do the job.