Fix Windows Update Problems Using Automatic Reset Script

Almost all Windows users are aware of the built-in "Windows Update" program or service which keeps Windows updated by downloading and installing latest updates, service packs, drivers and hotfixes released by Microsoft.

But sometimes users face various problems related to Windows Update such as not being able to download or install updates, getting random error messages, not being able to search for new updates, etc. These kind of issues can occur when Windows Update database or components are corrupted, one or more services related to Windows Update are not running, etc.

Today in this article, we are going to share a simple batch script which can help you in fixing various kind of issues related to Windows Update. This script can be used in all Windows versions.

This batch script simply resets Windows Update components such as system folders (catroot2, Software Distribution, etc) and services (Background Intelligent Transfer Service, Cryptographic Services and Windows Update or Automatic Updates Service) to troubleshoot the issue.

These can also fix Windows 8.1 update installation problem, but these commands will work in other Windows Update related issues as well.

If you are also facing any problem related to Windows Update in any Windows version, check out following simple steps to fix it:

STEP 1:

First of all you need to create the batch script. Open Notepad and paste following code in it:

@ECHO OFF
echo Simple Script to Reset / Clear Windows Update
echo.
PAUSE
echo.
attrib -h -r -s %windir%\system32\catroot2
attrib -h -r -s %windir%\system32\catroot2\*.*
net stop wuauserv
net stop CryptSvc
net stop BITS
ren %windir%\system32\catroot2 catroot2.old
ren %windir%\SoftwareDistribution sold.old
ren "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\application data\Microsoft\Network\downloader" downloader.old
net Start BITS
net start CryptSvc
net start wuauserv
echo.
echo Task completed successfully...
echo.
PAUSE

Now save the file with the name "WUReset.bat" (including quotes).

Or you can download the ready-made batch script using following link:

Download Windows Update Reset Script

STEP 2:

Now run the batch script. Right-click on the .bat file and select "Run as Administrator" option. It'll take a few seconds in executing the commands.

That's it. Restart your computer and now you should be able to download and install all updates using Windows Update without any problem.

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Microsoft Office 2016 Free Public Preview Available for Download

Finally Microsoft has released a free preview of its upcoming Office suite i.e. Office 2016 to public.

Previously this free preview was referred as "IT Pro and Developer Preview" and was only available to business, commercial customers, IT pros and developers. Also an "Office 365 ProPlus" subscription was required to download the free preview.

But now its open to public so everyone can download and install the free preview of Office 2016.

Things to Know Before Installing Office 2016 Preview:

1. Since its just an early preview version, it doesn't contain all the features which will be available in the final version of Office 2016. But Microsoft will keep adding new features to this preview version through monthly updates.

2. According to Microsoft, this preview will NOT run side-by-side with any previously installed Office version. So you'll need to uninstall existing Office suite from your system before installing this free Preview of Office 2016. Although we were able to install Office 2016 Preview side-by-side with Office 2013 and we can run both versions (2013 as well as 2016) of all Office programs at the same time.

3. This free preview can be installed in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

New Features in Office 2016:

Check out our exclusive review of Office 2016 containing details of new features and changes with screenshots:

[Review] What's New in Microsoft Office 2016?

Microsoft at Office blog has also provided a list of new features and functionality which you'll see in Office 2016 preview:

Highlighted Features:

• Addition of new dark and colorful themes (that will really make all people happy)
• Create, open, edit and save Office files in the cloud from your desktop
• Real-time co-authoring
• Tell Me - a new search tool in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Clutter - a new Exchange feature in Outlook
• Insights - powered by Bing to find contextual information from the web

Accessibility:

• Improvement in keyboard accessibility for high-value Excel features like PivotTables and Slicers
• Fixed readability issues in Outlook

Outlook:

Following improvements have been made to Outlook 2016:

• RPC-based sync replaced by new MAPI-HTTP protocol to support Exchange/Outlook connectivity
• Use of foreground network calls eliminated to make Outlook more responsive on unreliable networks
• Support for multi-factor authentication through integration with Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL)
• Improvements in email delivery performance such as downloading messages, displaying message list and showing new emails after resuming from hibernation
• New settings to better manage disk storage by only retaining 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days of mail on the device
• Improvements in reliability, performance and usability of Outlook search
• Integration of FAST-based search engine in Exchange

Click-to-Run deployment:

Office 365 subscribers will get new deployment features as following:

• Better network traffic management with the help of new Background Intelligence Transfer Service (BITS)
• Better integration with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to allow admins to efficiently download and distribute monthly Office updates
• New options to manage the frequency of feature updates and bug fixes download
• Simplified activation management to allow admins to manage device activations across users

Data Loss Protection (DLP):

In past DLP feature was available in Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, OneDrive for Business and SharePoint only. Now the same feature has been implemented in Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs of Office 2016. With the help of DLP, you can create, manage and enforce polices for content authoring and document sharing as a part of user restrictions.

Information Rights Management (IRM):

Implementation of IRM protection in Visio files to enable both online and offline protection of Visio diagrams.

How to Download Office 2016 Preview?

Office 2016 Preview is available in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) editions. You can download and install Office 2016 preview using following links:

Direct Download Link (32-bit Version)

Direct Download Link (64-bit Version)

Currently only an online installer (also known as Click-To-Run installer) is available to download and install Office 2016 Preview which downloads the required setup files to your computer at installation time. So you'll need a working Internet connection to install Office 2016 Preview in all computers. Microsoft has not provided any standalone offline installer or ISO image files of Office 2016 Preview. May be they'll release the offline installers or ISO files later?

After installation you'll need to activate Office 2016 Preview. You can use following product key to activate the product:

NKGG6-WBPCC-HXWMY-6DQGJ-CPQVG

Office 2016 Preview is available in following languages:

English, Arabic, Brazilian (Portuguese), Bulgarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Latin), Slovenian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

General availability (GA) of Office 2016 is expected in Fall 2015.

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