Error Code 0x800b010a is a generic Windows error code that means “Access Denied”. This Error Code 0x800b010a in windows 10/11 is commonly caused due to the .NET framework installation failure. These are the following ways in which you can attempt to correct this error.
Disclaimers: Before you attempt to fix an issue with the Windows update, we highly recommend you to take a registry backup and create a system restore point as a precaution method. In case if something goes wrong, we can restore your computer to the same stage and fix the issues. (In case if you not sure how to back it up, talk to an expert for assistance.)
This .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 won’t come with pre-installed .Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, and must be separately enabled to run applications that depend on it. So enable the .NET Framework 3.5 in Control Panel to avoid Error code 0x800b010a.
Note: Make sure you have set correct Date and time on your computer, try to install pending updates through other available networks.
Run windows update troubleshooter
If the Windows update error code 0x800b010a still exists, follow some more steps to fix the issue and install/upgrade/update your Windows operating system.
System file scanning process is very simple to try while fixing issues with Windows Update issues. Just follow these steps
For most of serious issues, and to save your time the best way to fix this critical issues are restoring to good healthy partition. Before doing this stop the Windows update services. Open the command prompt as admin (Mentioned above in sfc scan process), Then instead of running sfc scannow command type this following command in the window.
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
After sometime your machine will be restored to good healthy state. Now you can start your windows updates as usual.
Microsoft has released several fix it tools/patches for most of the updates issues. Depends on your requirement choose a right fix it tool for your issue and run it on your machine. This will help you when there are simple issues like folder missing errors, permissions related issues.
Download fix it tool- for WINDOWS 10 click here, for window 7/8/8.1.
In this method, we clean and recreate the software distribution folder by deleting all temporary files in it.
Follow this when you have less knowledge in Windows update technology about command prompts, files and registry fixing steps.
Finally, If you are still not able to resolve this error, we suggest you to chat with our assured experts. I am sure they will give you the best solutions to resolve this error completely. You can also visit our website for more information.