In this post, we’ll look at the Wndows Update Error Message “0x80242016 – WU_E_UH_POSTREBOOTUNEXPECTEDSTATE” that is usually displayed when things go wrong during the update process.
Note that this Windows Update error is application for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Error Message
0x80242016 – WU_E_UH_POSTREBOOTUNEXPECTEDSTATE
Windows Update Error Details
The state of the update after its post-reboot operation has completed is unexpected.