Security News > 2020 > October > Using Windows 10 in-place upgrades to fix Windows Update issues
To install new cumulative updates, Windows 10 feature updates, or out-of-band updates, Windows users rely on the Windows Update feature to properly update their computer.
The resolve these issues, the first thing you should do if the Windows 10 updates install fails is to try downloading the update manually from Microsoft Update Catalog.
If you still get an error message when manually installing the update package then it could mean that Windows Update on your PC is corrupted or you have a compatibility hold on your hardware.
The good news is that Microsoft also allows customers to use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to install the cumulative updates.
For those unfamiliar, the Media Creation Tool was first released in 2015 and it is traditionally used to upgrade an existing Windows 10 install to the latest feature update or to make a bootable USB drive, which can be used to clean install the operating system or to upgrade a different computer.
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