When you try to install some important updates, you may sometimes receive a Windows 10 update error 0x800705b4. How to fix such a failure will be discussed in more detail below, but first you need to understand what is the cause of this phenomenon, and only then make a decision on troubleshooting. Several basic methods are proposed that can correct the situation within a couple of minutes, but without taking into account the virus exposure, which could cause disruption to the Update Center and related services.
Windows 10 Update: Error 0x800705b4. Reasons for the appearance
First, look at the description of this failure. When an error occurs, the system in the message may give an additional description: Something went wrong while updating (error code 0x800705b4), which in the translation can be interpreted as "Something happened during the update." In other words, the system itself “does not understand” what the cause of the error is. In this case, the installation of updates is impossible, and all updates are blocked. Incidentally, the error updating Windows 10 0x800705b4 on a phone running this operating system in the form of a mobile version can also occur, and its elimination is carried out practically by the same methods that are provided for stationary systems.
As for the causes of the problem, three of the most significant are distinguished among the main ones:
- DNS service failure
- problems with graphics drivers;
- violations in the work of the "Update Center".
Windows 10 update error 0x800705b4: how to fix the simplest methods?
The simplest and most accessible methods for any user are considered to be an immediate reboot of the system (if this is a short-term failure) or a rollback to a certain point when there were no problems with installing updates.
But this helps infrequently, and the Windows 10 0x800705b4 update error occurs again. How to fix the situation if the reason is the functioning of the DNS service components? First you need to check the quality of the Internet connection itself. In the case when the whole thing is in the router, the router should simply be rebooted: first completely disconnect it from the power supply, sustain a 15-second pause and turn it on again.
If this does not help, you will have to check the IPv4 protocol settings and make sure that all parameters are set to receive them automatically. For DNS servers, you can use alternative public configurations with the input of values like two eights and two fours (or vice versa), one four and three deuces, four eights, etc. (this technique, by the way, is best suited for mobile devices) .
In some cases, disabling the installation of updates for other Microsoft products helps (you just need to uncheck the activation checkbox from the corresponding item in the "Update Center" settings).
Sometimes the Internet connection can be blocked by antiviruses or even the built-in firewall of the system, so you should turn them off while searching for and installing updates.
Driver issues and re-registering system components
But that is not all. One of the reasons for the failure may be a situation where updates for the system were installed and the video card driver did not update, which caused a conflict, and, as a result, a Windows 10 update error 0x800705b4 appeared. How to fix this situation is probably already clear.
In the "Device Manager" you just need to update the graphics accelerator driver yourself. To simplify such actions, it is better to use special utilities like Driver Booster, which allow you to install the latest control software for all devices without user intervention, downloading drivers directly from the sites of equipment manufacturers.
As for system components, the first optimal solution is to check for a holistic state. To do this, use the command console launched on behalf of the system administrator, in which the sfc / scannow line is written.
If checking the results does not work, you may have to re-register one of the system components responsible for the operation of the Update Center. Again, for this you need to call the command line and enter the commands shown in the image above.
Using specialized tools
Finally, the problem of how to fix the Windows 10 error update 0x800705b4 is completely solved by using the free Windows Update Troubleshooter utility from Microsoft, which can be downloaded directly from the official site.
After it starts, it will detect existing problems and then automatically fix the problems.
As you can already see, the tenth version of Windows, although it is one of the newest and most advanced systems, still inherited some of the failures associated with the search and installation of updates that were present in earlier versions. And users often have to manually fix such problems.