


In addition to the steps listed in my original two posts, this time I also ran Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) in safe mode, and then uninstalled both the Intel and AMD video drivers from my laptop (it had two different video display adapters installed).Hurray! Hurray! After five very frustrating days of trying various possible solutions, I finally found a way to successfully upgrade my laptop from Windows 10 Pro version 20H2 to version 21H1. Otherwise, I will have to try restoring a Macrium Reflect image from about a month ago in hopes that might work. This laptop has never had any trouble accepting Windows updates before, so I'm really frustrated, and would really appreciate your advice on what to try next. I've also tried doing the Windows 10 Pro version 21H1 using the Windows 10 Update Assistant, and also by using the Setup.exe file and other installation files from the Media Creation Tool. Renaming the C:\windows\softwaredistribution\download folder.Tried updating Windows using a cleanboot via turning off non-Microsoft services using MSCONFIG.Turned off Hybernation mode in the power options.Turned off Windows Defender and Malwarebytes.Checked Device Manager for errors (none were found, but I did find two drivers that said they could be updated, so i did so (AMD Radeon HD8600M Series Display Driver and Microsoft RRAS Root Enumerator Driver).

48%" point, plus it gives me the additional error message of "The installation failed in the First_Boot phase with an error during Sysprep_Specialize operation". In addition, when I've tried to do a Windows 10 Repair with an in-place upgrade using 20H2, to possibly help prepare the way for upgrading to version 21H1 it also fails at the same "working on updates. It currently has Windows 10 Pro version 20H2, but whenever I try to install the update to 21H1, it always freezes at the point where the update says "working on updates 48%. I have successfully been able to update all of our family computers to Windows 10 version 21H1, except for my Dell Latitude E6440 laptop, which is being very stubborn. **** Edited - I was finally successful in upgrading to Windows 10 Pro version 21H1 please my subsequent post in this forum message thread.
