Hello,
I'm pretty tech savvy and I have searched forums for this issue with no luck. If anyone has seen anything that should help, please let me know. I have this ASUS laptop (X55u) and I have installed Windows 10 Pro on it twice due to an issue with Windows updates. This is a fresh install with a complete partition wipe and format each time. Windows update services will just say "Starting" and will not run no matter what I have tried. I have tried the Windows update troubleshooter directly from MS and that didn't help. It has helped me in the past with other PCs that get stuck on updates. The issue here is Windows update will just not run at all. I have found forums on how to stop services, delete Windows 10 temp directories on the PC, restart services, ect, ect. and none of that is working. I can't "stop" services because it won't even run. It won't start it just says "starting" when I look at Windows services. Windows update has never an on this PC at all. I'm using the same installation USB stick that I have on another laptop at the same time and that laptop is working just fine. Something on this laptop is just making Windows update stick and I can't figure it out at all. Grrrr.
I have also tried to disable the Windows Update service from running at startup, then enabling it again, but it just says "starting" again. Ugh.
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!