Microsoft has launched an emergency out-of-band (OOB) replace for Home windows Server 2019 that fixes a bug inflicting 0x800f0982 errors when making an attempt to put in the Might 2024 Patch Tuesday safety updates.
As reported by BleepingComputer final week, many system directors have reported that they might not set up this month’s Patch Tuesday safety updates, receiving a 0x800f0982 when making an attempt to take action.
“Yep, 6 Windows Server 2019 (german) by different Costumers. All the same issue: error 0x800f0982,” reported a Home windows admin on Reddit.
“Spanish servers have the same problem,” confirmed one other admin.
Redmond publicly acknowledged the difficulty, stating, “This issue is more likely to affect devices that do not have the English (United States) language pack.” Nonetheless, they mentioned it might additionally have an effect on Home windows servers when the English language pack is put in.
Right this moment, Microsoft launched the KB5039705 out-of-band (OOB) replace for Home windows Server 2019, resolving the errors when putting in the Might updates.
“This update addresses a known issue that is related to the English (United States) language pack. If your device does not have it, installing KB5037765 might fail,” reads the KB5039705 assist bulletin.
“The error code is 0x800f0982. But this issue might affect devices that do have that language pack. In that case, the error code is 0x80004005.”
To repair this identified challenge, admins should obtain the OOB updates utilizing Home windows Replace, WSUS, or the Microsoft Replace Catalog and set up them on affected servers.
After putting in this OOB replace and rebooting the server, Microsoft says the Might 2024 Patch Tuesday safety updates will set up with out errors.
