I have tried so many times. Windows Update failed since January 2017. The last attempt yesterday, I still have the above error.
I have tried stop the windows update service, delete contents in c:\windows\softwareDistribution\download, ran Windows Update Troubleshooter. None of them seems to work.
Last night I try to install the Windows 10 Create version. It downloaded and ran for long time but still failed with
Something went wrong
You can contact Microsoft support for help with this error. Here is the error code 0x8007007e
I don't understand why this only happens to my PC. My daughter's PC (same make and model hp EliteDesk USDT) and my Microsoft Surface tablet didn't have this problem.
Next job, I will try to download the Windows 10 Creator onto a USB pen and upgrade from there.
Could someone give some advice.