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My computer won’t UPDATE 

I’ve cleaned out my laptop I’ve restarted my laptop I’ve factory reset my laptop and it still WONT UPDATE 

It’s a windows 8 hp 2000 

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@CG93 

The Community can not provide any assistance without some details ...

So, please provide the a detailed description of the problem -- including the EXACT wording of any error message being displayed

Once you provide the needed details, someone will reply.



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@CG93 

The Community can not provide any assistance without some details ...

So, please provide the a detailed description of the problem -- including the EXACT wording of any error message being displayed

Once you provide the needed details, someone will reply.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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The message that keeps popping up is 

windows could not search for new updates.

there was a problem checking for updates. 
Error found:

code: 80073EFE   Windows update ran into a problem.  Get help with this error 

 

 

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