I updated to the latest Windows 10 (1809) with the windows update assistant and now I get constantly error messages in the messaging center, that something couldn't be installed. If I click on it I come to the optional features. If I look in the history the following packages couldn't be installed:

• Input English (GB)
• Voice recognition English (GB)
• English (GB) optical character recognition

Windows 10 always tries to install these optional features and fails. I tried to clear the Store cache without success. I don't want to disable the firewall, because I'm in a corporate network.

How can I install these packages or disable the downloading of these?

I also can't search for updats in general: If I do this manually I get the following (translated) message:

Error We still check daily, if new updates are available.

We couldn't connect with the update service. We try it later again. Alternative you can try it now. Check your internet connection, if it still doesn't work.

I got this error and had a real hard time trying to solve it. What fixed the problem was:

Method 1:

Disabling IPV6 protocol in Ethernet adapter properties.

The obvious problem with this is that you lose IPV6 capabilities in the entire environment. So, take a look at method 2.

Method 2:

I found this unintentionally. There is a tool named WindowsSpyBlocker that, among its features, can change your NCSI. Using it will solve the problem.

Download the tool: https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/releases/ Run the executable. Type 1 and press enter. Type 2 and press enter. Type 2 and press enter. Reboot your computer.

Problem is gone.

*OBS: Using the other features of this tool can break lots of Windows features (that need connection with MS servers), so just use it to change the NCSI.

**OBS: I don't even know what is this NCSI stuff, as I said I found this fix unintentionally, so I advice you to see if changing the NCSI won't mess something else in your environment. In my case it didn't.

Hope it helps.