It is very recurrent that problems occur in Windows updates. For example, the error? 0x80240fff? appears in Windows 10 when there is a bump in the search for available updates. Possible reasons for this problem could be a bad update cache or connection errors with Microsoft update servers ..
Microsoft knows that the Windows Update Center keeps giving new issues that prevent improvements by installing new updates. For this reason, there is a tool that automatically solves most of the problems in the Windows update system and is found in the Windows 10 settings, in the? Update and security ? >? Troubleshoot ?
You can open Windows configuration in the configuration icon in the start menu or with the key combination [Windows] + [i] .
Start the troubleshooter to fix the error? 0x80240fff? in this way. Finally, in most cases all you have to do is wait. The troubleshooter runs without the need to do anything else. At the end, it will show you if the problem has been solved or not..
There are various programs and settings that can adversely affect the connection to Microsoft's update servers. The internet connection itself may be the cause of the error? 0x80240fff ?. Especially, the following scenarios are possible:
In many cases, it is advisable to wait a bit and repeat the update later. If you can rule out that the cause of the problem is the internet connection, optimize the programs and settings:
Over time, Microsoft has collected various tools for repairing update problems in the Windows support database and has collected the most important functions in the Windows Update Agent or Reset Tool . This suite of applications is often helpful when simple Windows update troubleshooting fails.
To make use of this option, download the Reset Windows Update Tool from the Microsoft-supervised script center and then run it. To do this, unzip the ZIP file you have downloaded to a folder on your hard drive and start the script file that you will find inside,? ResetWUEng.cmd ? with administrator rights by clicking the right mouse button..
Previously, you must deactivate the security programs of external providers, since these applications in many cases block accesses that are too close to the system.
Each of the components of the troubleshooting suite is executed by entering numbers. To fix the 0x80240fff error, you must successively boot from component 1 to 14. In most cases, this error will not appear again in subsequent updates.
The error code? 0x80240fff? it can also be the result of a faulty update cache. To fix the problem, you can clear the cache by doing the following:
Then, go to the Windows 10 settings page? Update and security ? In many cases, you can immediately find one or more updates there. If not, first click on? Check for updates? and then click? Download ?.
In many cases, it is useful to restart the computer to repeat the search for updates.
