Fix: Windows Update Error Code 0x800f0922

It is often recommended that you install latest available updates in your Windows 11. However, sometimes you may not be able to finish installing updates due to an error code. 0x800f0922 is one of such error code which you may receive with Windows Updates. In this article, we will see why this error code appears and how you can fix Windows Update error code 0x800f0922.

You can see in the above screenshot, the error code 0x800f0922 appeared while installation of a cumulative update is failed. You can receive this error code on any of the Windows edition. In Windows, technically the error code 0x800f0922 interpreted as CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED. When you’re getting this, it means processing advanced installers and generic commands failed. This error code is not specific to Windows Update, as it a general error code. It can be often spotted while installing .NET Framework.

The error code 0x800f0922 can appear due to following reason. PerfCounterInstaller, the installer Windows Update is using, may have its counter database corrupted. You can easily fix it using Command Prompt.

Here’s how to fix Windows Update error code 0x800f0922.

Fix: Windows Update Error Code 0x800f0922

Fix 1: Using Command Prompt

1. Right click Start Button or press + X keys and select Command Prompt (Admin) to open Command Prompt as administrator.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type following command and press Enter key. It will simply fix the counter database.

lodctr /R

If the command execution is successful, you would receive ‘Info: Successfully rebuilt performance counter setting from system backup store’ message.

3. Next, execute the following command to make the counter consistent and resync them with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

winmgmt.exe /RESYNCPERF

Once these command executed successfully, you can try installing the updates again. You’ll no longer receive the error code 0x800f0922 now.

Fix 2: Using DISM Restore Command

If Fix 1 doesn’t solve this issue for you, try running DISM restore command.

In the Command Prompt window, you can execute following command:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Hope this helps!

*Originally written for Windows 10. Last updated for Windows 11.