{"id":536,"date":"2019-06-01T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/24x7serversupport-blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2019-06-01T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T12:20:36","slug":"how-to-force-windows-to-start-downloading-the-windows-updates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serversupport.com\/blog\/how-to-force-windows-to-start-downloading-the-windows-updates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to force Windows to start downloading the Windows updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Go to \u201cC:\\Windows\\SoftwareDistribution\\Download\u201d  and  delete all the files there <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Open up the <strong>command<\/strong> prompt by hitting the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key and typing in <strong>cmd<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t hit enter. 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