Here is what you do when you get the famous “(80073712)” error while trying to apply Windows Updates. Open a command prompt with Run As Administrator and run those commands one by one. You can also paste them all into a batch file, and run it with Administrator privileges; net stop wuauserv cd %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution ren ..
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1- Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. 2- Enter this command and then press ENTER: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 3- Open Device Manager; Start DEVMGMT.MSC Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices. Expand the Network Adapters tree. Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click ..