Within the Technet forum thread user Sasidhar Konduru reports that they identified the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), update KB890830, as the cause of the installation loop. The description of Servicing Stack Update KB4523208 in Microsoft Update Catalog says, that the patch need to be installed exklusive. If the latest SSU is installed, at least known (Microsoft) problems that prevent a successful update installation will be fixed.
German blog reader Marco wrote within a comment, that manually force Windows Server 2012 to install the Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) first, before the other updates are scheduled for in installation helps avoid the issue.įurthermore I was successful with most Win2012 servers after these experiences, if I had installed strictly as first the current "Service Stack" update.
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However, only 6 of 75 servers were affected (bar metal and virtual servers). He observed the mentioned restart loop on different Windows Server 2012 systems with SSU KB4523208 installed. The article goes back to this report by an administrator. It also describes a reboot loop on Windows Server 2012 following the installation of the Servicing Stack Update (KB4523208). A few days ago Woody Leonhard also posted this article on. Meanwhile, a reader of my blog has referred to this article, where the problem is also described. Microsoft's advice to perform an in-place upgrade for repair installation is not helpful. He has this on about 20 machines running Windows Server 2012 (partly virtualized). Currently another administrator has posted this comment in the blog. Last monthly installation has been made without any problems on all Servers.Īll updates show the same behavior on the affected servers that the update cannot be completed successfully. Renaming of SoftwareDistribution, rescanning of updates and installing cause loop. Previous monthly updates uninstalling cause loop. Server (VMware VM) launches a stage 2 of 4 again, then it goes shutdown of services and reboot.Īll Servers restored from backup. Windows Server 2012 stuck in reboot loop "Configuring Updates: Stage 2 of 4Īfter installing November monthly updates from WSUS server, about 80% of 2012 Servers stuck in loop. In Microsoft's Technet Forum there is now this thread in which a person affected describes his observation. In the article, the blog reader had suspected that the "Desktop Experience" feature might be involved in this problem. the updates are installed repeatedly or retain the status "Pending restart" even after a restart. The problem: After installing the updates, some Windows Server 2012 goes into a restart loop, where the update process shows the status "Pending restart". I had already addressed the topic after a reader's tip in the blog post Pending Pending Update Issue with Windows Server 2012 Standard at the beginning of November 2019.