In this post, we’ll look at the Wndows Update Error Message “0x80249001 – WU_E_INVENTORY_PARSEFAILED” 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
0x80249001 – WU_E_INVENTORY_PARSEFAILED
Windows Update Error Details
Parsing of the rule file failed.