How To Overcome Windows Firewall Error 0x80070422
Are you a laptop user with the Windows 7/8/10 operating system and have experienced an error with the Windows firewall that can’t change the notification of your settings. Error 0x80070422? This notification usually appears on Windows when installing new applications or when updating Windows.
The error 0x80070422 generally occurs when you are about to install applications or update Windows. One of the reasons is because the ‘ Windows Update ‘ option is set to ‘ Disabled ‘. It could also be caused by turning on Windows Defender and failing to update.
After knowing the various causes of the error, then you have to know how to solve the 0x80070422 error so that the error doesn’t happen again.
1. Make sure Windows Update is Active
The first solution is to make sure Windows Update is active. Here’s how to activate it.
- Enter the Control Panel then go to Administrative Tools
To activate Windows Update or Windows Update, first, go to the Control Panel menu. You can find it from the search menu. Go to the ‘Windows’ menu and then in the search field, type the control panel.
If you have entered the Control Panel menu, then find the ‘Service and Security‘ menu and look for ‘Administrative Tools‘. Then proceed by selecting ‘Services‘. You can open it the quick way through the Run feature.
To do this, type CTRL + R from the keyboard. After that, in the search field, type Services. msc then press enter. Then you will immediately go to the ‘Services’ menu.
- Select Windows Update then change it to ‘Start’
After successfully entering the Services menu, the next step is to find ‘ Windows Update’. Open Properties on this menu by double-clicking on the Windows Update option. Click on the ‘Start‘ option. Change the status of Windows Update if the status is in Stop condition. Change the status to ‘Start’.
- Click OK
The last step just clicks OK. That way the settings you have done will be saved. If you have done all the steps, restart your computer or laptop.
2. Disable IPv6 Network
In addition to activating Windows Update, you can also solve this error by disabling IPv6 in the network center. Here are the steps to disable it.
- Open the Control Panel, then Network and Sharing Center
First, open the Control Panel and then enter the ‘ Network and Sharing Center ‘ menu. If you are already on this menu, several options will be displayed.
On the ‘Change Adapter Settings‘ option. Right-click on the network currently in use. After that select the ‘Properties’ option.
- Uncheck IPv6
After entering Properties there will be an option that you have to check. In the menu option ‘ Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP / IPv6), uncheck it. Its purpose is to disable the IPv6 features present at the center of this network.
- Press OK
Finally, press the OK button to save the setting changes you made. After saving your changes, restart your computer. If it is back on, double-check whether the error has been resolved or not.
3. Using the Command Prompt
You can also apply this third method if the two methods above haven’t worked. The steps are as follows:
- Open the notepad application
Notepad is the default Windows application and to open it you can enter the Accessories menu or directly type Notepad in RUN.
- Copy codeÂ
sc config wuauserv start = auto
sc config bits start = auto
sc config DcomLaunch start = auto
net stop wuauserv
net start wuauserv
net stop bits
net start bits
net start DcomLaunch
Copy and paste the code above into the notepad that you opened earlier.
- Save Notepad
The code that you copied earlier can be saved directly and the extension is changed to .bat (required)
- Open File Notepad
To open, you can right-click and select Run as Administrator.
- The process at the command prompt
So after you open the file, it will automatically go to the command prompt and the process will take a few moments. Wait for the process to finish and it will exit itself.
Those are three easy ways to solve the error 0x80070422 on Windows 7, Windows 8, and 10. Hopefully, this is useful !!
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