Solving 0x800705b9

Solving 0x800705b9

Method 1: Disable the Get Updates for Different Microsoft Products Option When You Upgrade Windows

Open the Windows updates and click on “Advanced Options”.

Disable/disable the “Get updates for different Microsoft products when upgrading Windows” option.

The update method should be currently successful.

Once the “Your device is up to date” message is displayed, return to “Advanced Options” and select “Get updates for different Microsoft products” again.

Look again for updates. You should be able to transfer and install them at this time

OR

Method 2: – Run Windows Update in a clean boot

Perform a clean boot here while rerunning Windows updates in clean boot mode

Solving 0x800705b9

If you finished upgrading your operating system from Windows 7 or Windows 8.x to Windows 10, you may encounter error code “0x800705B9” when you try to update or install a Windows Update on Windows 10. To fix the problem, try changing the Windows Update settings. Click “Start” then in the search box type without quotes “region” then select “Region And Language Settings” from the results.

In “Region and Language” window, set “Country or region” to “United States”. In “Languages”, make sure “English (United States)” is the default language. Otherwise, click “Add a language” then select your preferred language. Again, go to “Settings”, “Update & Security”, “Advanced options” then uncheck “Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows”.

When you are finished, restart the computer then try checking for a Windows Update again. If this doesn’t work, try emptying the “SoftwareDistribution” folder cache. Press the Windows key + R to bring up the “Run” dialog then type without quotes “cmd” then hit Enter to launch an elevated command prompt. In the command prompt window, type the following commands then hit Enter after each command:

net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
net stop cryptSvc
net stop msiserver

Next, open Windows Explorer then navigate to “C:\Windows”. Locate the folder called “SoftwareDistribution” then rename it to something like “SoftwareDistribution.old”. After this, navigate to “C:\Windows\System32”. Locate the folder called “catroot2” then rename it to something like “catroot2.old”. When you are finished, go back to the command prompt and run the following commands:

net start msiserver
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start wuauserv

When you are finished, restart the computer then try Windows Update again. This method applies to the following Windows Update error codes on Windows 10: 0x80070246, 0x80070002, 0x8007000D, 0x800F081F, 0x80073712, 0x800736CC, 0x800705B9, and 0x8007370D.