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Sign in to vote. Hi, I have a Windows R2 no service pack server that has been virtualized last summer and since then: - Windows Update does not download any updates it says Cancelled for every update in the Update History - When I reboot the vm, it gets stuck on "Shutting down Windows Modules Installer service I'm not sure what to try next, I'd appreciate any pointers. Thanks a lot, Guillaume. Friday, March 9, PM. Hi, Pls try to do the following to reset the whole SoftwareDistribution folder: 1.
To do this, follow these ste a. To do this, follow these steps a. Friday, March 16, AM. Monday, March 12, AM. Hi Clarence, It started behaving like this when I virtualized it. It was already running as a production server so no new software has been installed since. Thanks a lot for your answers, Guillaume.
Thursday, March 15, PM. Friday, March 30, PM. It worked! Thursday, October 18, PM. I know this is an old thread but since I stumbled upon it then others might still be as well.
Tuesday, March 24, PM. Thanks for this tip I also have a r2 box on esxi, and it sat on the "Shutting down Windows Modules Installer service" for about 20 minutes as well, then just kicked in to working on updates. I was about to cold boot the vm as I thought it was stuck, I'm glad I did not. Thursday, April 23, PM. Hi Guys, I second that for Windows R2. Thursday, June 4, AM. I know this is an old thread, but I just ran into the issue today, so others might as well.
I was just about to cold boot the R2 server, but then all of a sudden, things continued as expected. So just be patient and eventually it all works out. The timeout that the Service Control Manager waits for a service to start or stop can be changed by using the ServicesPipeTimeout registry parameter. It is very common to see the Windows Modules Installer service hang when the server is restarted , especially after installing updates on Windows Server R2 and Be attentive.
Please note, that the permission on the service is granted temporarily until it is restarted. To grant permanent permissions on service follow the article Set permissions on a Windows service. Related Reading. January 10, December 29, Rick Noel November 19, - pm Terrific information very well laid out.
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