Windows 8 Updates fail

Question

KB 2769165 and 2770917 fail to install on Windows 8 Pro

Answer 1

This issue can be fixed temporarily by turning off the checkbox for 'Check for Microsoft Updates'.  Those would be for things other than windows.  Strangely, when you select this to not check (by default on install it is checked) it disappears
from the screen for later reversal.  This has fixed all the pc's I have assessed that were having trouble updating windows.  This is a clue to the real issue, which Microsoft should be addressing, as it disables all other updates from Microsoft which
I would imagine have to do with Office, Hardware and others...  This is definitely a HUGE issue since no Windows Defender updates can be performed while the windows update feature is broken, exposing the user to malware that they would not necessarily
have been exposed to.  In addition, it forces the end users to look for solutions since Microsoft, in each and every blog entry, forum entry or email shoots recommendations at the users who may or may not be technically savvy to perform.  Many of
the recommendations could have harmful results to the end users pc if they were not to apply them correctly, and in many cases, the recommendations are written in such a manner that the sequence and application of the recommendation are unclear and left to
the end user to assume.  Not good.  You better get this fixed and soon.  I will not be recommending anyone migrate to Windows 8 new or upgraded until this issue is addressed, fully and without question.  This is a reproduce-able issue that
can and has been reproduced by many, many end users to date and for the life of me I cannot understand why Microsoft has not reproduced the issue and created a surefire solution that works all the time, in every case.
Dodge