5 Ways to Install Windows Updates on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Method #1 โ Manually Install Updates. Problem with this setting is that you have no control. Method #2 โ Install from Script. Searching, Downloading, and Installing Updates. Method #3 โ Use SCONFIG. As noted on my ' Manage. Hi, You can use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to to find out what updates are missing. You can start from an remote pc to the windows 2008 server.
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Update History
I came across an issue the other day when trying to install windows updates on Server 2008R2 (yes I know it's old will be decomm'd)
There were about 5 updates to install so I assumed it wouldn't take too long. So after downloading/installing the updates I rebooted the server.
Windows Server 2008 R2 History
Then I saw the 'preparing to configure windows. Do not turn off..' screen.
I waited over half an hour and knew something was wrong as it was still showing the same screen with no progress.
I did not want to cold reboot the server obviously. So after some searching on the net I found out the windows module installer service was stuck(stopping)
3 Steps totalStep 1: Windows Server is stuck on 'Preparing to configure windows. Do not turn off.' screen
You are stuck on this screen for longer than usual after rebooting the server to finish installing windows updates.
Step 2: Check the windows module installer service
If the windows module installer service is stuck the service will show 'stopping'. When you check the properties of the service the path to the exe shows C:windowsservicingtrustedinstaller.exe.
*Note you can check the service status of the server remotely from your local machine via computer management or command prompt.
Step 3: Kill trustedinstaller.exe
Kill the trustedinstaller executable by running this command in command prompt (using sysinternals from your local machine)
taskkill /S hostname /IM trustedinstaller.exe
*Taskkill.exe also works from command prompt(as admin). No need for sysinternals. Glad this has helped a few people so far!
Project 2010 64 bit download for windows 10. After killing trustedinstaller.exe, the server finally shut down. I booted it up and everything was back to normal.
This may also work on other versions of Windows but I haven't tested it out.
Published: Feb 03, 2017 ยท Last Updated: Mar 23, 2019
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