How to check and force a Windows 10 upgrade

[Biff Henderson]

80240020 IS NORMAL. 80240020 DOES NOT mean the download is corrupt.

In fact, the download was successful and the computer has not yet received permission from Microsoft to proceed with the install.

Without permission, 80240020 will continue to appear.
80240020 will occur perhaps daily until Microsoft sends the computer permission to install.

Permission will come in days or even weeks.

Permission is granted to extremely large groups of computers in waves.
This limiting technique ensures that servers and support persons are not overwhelmed with millions of installs occuring at one time.

This also enables a few computers to have their installation postponed until certain 3rd party drivers are available by those vendors. Eventually, all computers will get the permission flag set.
This flag is in the registry. It can be set manually but it is not advised to edit the registry.

Be patient. I am only guessing that most computers will receive permission to proceed within one week.

 

[TylerrMarth]

Did you have any problems with the update after you downloaded it? I'm just curious because I don't want to download it and then have an issue with my activation key. Thank you in advance

 

[ReprobusR]

Windows10 upgrade happened on July 31 for Microsoft to push the upgrade. All went well from Windows 8.1 to 10; the login to Windows10 I swore it was logging into Windows 8.1 at times !

 

[poseiden79]

So I have tried all of the above and for the life of me, I cannot get my system to show the Windows 10 upgrade at all.

I look into my update history and it shows Windows 10 Pro upgrade in there but shows a Failure as a result every time.

 

[MikeSo]

So I have tried all of the above and for the life of me, I cannot get my system to show the Windows 10 upgrade at all.

I look into my update history and it shows Windows 10 Pro upgrade in there but shows a Failure as a result every time.

I had that same problem. The issue is that Microsoft is staggering the rollout, but is giving very limited information to users about this. As mentioned earlier in the thread, the registry edit mentioned in this link fixed it for me, and for many others that had the error message as well:
Windows Update Installation Failure 80240020 - Microsoft Community

 

[wcid]

It gives you options. You can keep them or delete them.

 

[wcid]

Really the entire thread. I was trying to let folks know that the media creation tool lets the do an immediate upgrade. It bypasses as of this forcing the update stuff that people are trying. Sorry if I posted I wrong spot.

 

[Johnny Calderon]

I "reserved" my copy a while ago so I'm just waiting, me and my dad's pc's are win8.1 and my wife is a win7, so just yesterday I oicked my wife's pc and started updating the OS... I gor the reserve windows upgrade so I "reserved" it... today I turned on her pc windows 10 started downloading... and mine still hasn't... I think it said you were added to a queue so you can get get your upgrade... I'm still gonna wait.. but wth?

 

[Maxwell Zwe]

Mine has grown to about 8 GB (~6 GB on disk). I cannot update it manually when pressing setup, so I guess I will have to wait too. Updating also does nothing for now.



Update: Apparently, there was an error with upgrading to Windows 10 Pro (my laptop is currently running Win 8.1 Pro). The highlighted links take me to Insider page, so maybe my laptop is not "marked" as non-Insider yet, or something...

 

[heickelrrx]

For ppl who want to upgrade it's highly recomended to use official media creation from microsoft and let it do the upgrade. Much more faster rather than using automatic method

 

[Inder Singh5]

What to do is it downloading or what do i have to do after downloading?
Do i have to delete my windows 7 or what please tell?:unhappysweat:

 

[ReprobusR]

Don't force the upgrade. I had Zero problems to get the Windows 10 notification working on any computers, to this day.

 

[ReprobusR]

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What to do is it downloading or what do i have to do after downloading?
Do i have to delete my windows 7 or what please tell?:unhappysweat:

Let it download, then the installation will begin immediately thereafter. Hopefully all works out, as the upgrade is being pushed to you ! Good Luck !

 

[ReprobusR]

Don't force and check Windows Update everyday; one of those days the update will be ready to download; have patience, if you end up waiting a week !

 

[camstreet1]

I need to be around to address any spousal usability issues.

Hehe a lot of us have been there!

 

[Niijuuichi]

I typed in the command but I think nothing happened. Windows Update doesn't confirm my download.

 

[Juan08C]

Would changing the date in "OSUpgradeStateTimeStamp" on the registry give you permission?

 

[shreyas24]

Let it download, then the installation will begin immediately thereafter. Hopefully all works out, as the upgrade is being pushed to you ! Good Luck !

I downloaded thru the above method I.e directly thru windows update. It downloaded and installed it. However the installation of windows 10 did not start. Please help me out

 

[Longshot2012]

In my case, it happened due to inconsistent download and was able to get rid of this issue after I removed all contents from
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder. Once done, opened command prompt as administrator and run following command:

wuaucllt.exe /updatenow

This initiated the update and successfully completed W10 installation.

Few things to note: Make sure to set the update settings as Automatically download and install the updates before hitting the command. Also, keep the Windows Update page open while you are set to hit the command.

This worked for me, I had updates set to not download automatically. Once I changed it, W10 showed up in Windows Updates and is now downloading. Thanks!

 

[Westarmy]

Microsoft have actually patched this I believe. I've got the retail ISO.

Ask your IT buddies, I have one who works at a college Windows 10 is available to download as he can get it through dreamspark.

Or you child who maybe at school/college. It varies for many people.

But once you have retail ISO you can literally force ANY computer to get Windows 10