tracerpt.exe "C:\Logs\windowsupdate_trace_log.etl" -of CSV -o "C:\Logs\windowsupdate_trace_log.csv"
You have an .etl file. Now what? You need to convert it into a readable format using the (specifically tracerpt.exe or the GUI tool Windows Performance Analyzer ). windowsupdate_trace_log
Go back to your Administrator command prompt and stop the recording: tracerpt
If your Windows Update trace shows that the download succeeded but the installation failed, the issue is likely with the OS components, not the network. In this case, windowsupdate_trace_log is less useful than the . Go back to your Administrator command prompt and
wpr.exe -start GeneralProfile -start CPU -start DiskIO -start FileIO
A single user, a graphic designer named Lena, had just spilled coffee on her keyboard. She didn't see the log. She saw only the blue glow of the update screen, frozen at 37%. But the log saw her. It always had.