Wednesday, July 31, 2019

How to solve the windows update hanging at "Gear" icon in Windows10?

Windows 10 needs to have windows update installed regularly.
Sometimes, updates are not getting downloaded without visible reasons.
One important service for Windows Update is "Windows Update Medic Service".


  • Open the Registry Editor by executing regedit command.
  • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WaaSMedicSvc in registry editor.
  • Double-click on Start registry DWORD to modify its Value data in right pane.
  • Set the Value data to 4 to disable Windows Update Medic Service (1 to enable that service)
  • Click "OK". Close Registry Editor and restart the machine to make changes effective.

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