In this post, we’ll look at the Wndows Update Error Message “0x80249005 – WU_E_INVENTORY_WMI_ERROR” 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
0x80249005 – WU_E_INVENTORY_WMI_ERROR
Windows Update Error Details
A WMI error occurred when enumerating the instances for a particular class.