Media Creation Tool Error 0xC1800103 – 0X90002 in Windows 10

When you are trying to upgrade your Windows 10 with Media Creation Tool (MCT) you may encounter an error message, stating “Something Happened Error code: 0xC1800103 – 0x90002” and the up-gradation process will be stalled. In case if you are encountering this problem at your end, don’t worry there are simple fixes to solve this problem. But before going ahead you should try these workarounds first to test out some simpler solutions for your problem-

Initial Workarounds–

1. Reboot your computer and try to upgrade again.

2. Check if your computer is in the correct time zone and the correct time is shown on your computer.

3. Many users reported that using VPN resulted in this error and when they turned off VPN and tried again , it worked.

If any of these workarounds didn’t help, go for these solutions-

Fix-1 Empty Software Distribution Folder-

1. Search “cmd” in the Search box beside the Windows icon.

2. Then, right-click on “Command Prompt” in the elevated search result and choose “Run as administrator“.

 

 

3. In the first step, you will need to stop some services. Copy these commands and paste them in CMD and hit Enter to temporarily suspend these services.

net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver

 

 

Minimize the Command Prompt window.

4. Now, Open file explorer.

5. Now to the following location in your computer by pasting the path given below to file explorer.

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

6. Now, press Ctrl+A to select all the folders and press “Delete” key from your keyboard to empty the SoftwareDistribution folder.

 

 

Close File Explorer window.

At the last step, you have to start the processes you have stopped in the first step.

Now, Maximize the Command Prompt window.

7. Copy-paste these codes and press Enter to execute them in CMD.

This will resume those stopped services.

net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver

 

 

Close Command Prompt window.

8. Now, open file explorer.

9. Click on View and Then check the option hidden files.

 

10. Go to C folder.

11. Delete two folders namely.

$WINDOWS.~BT

$WINDOWS.~WS

 

12. Reboot your computer. After rebooting, try updating your computer.

Fix-2 Run Windows Update troubleshooter-

Windows Update Troubleshooter will detect any issues with the update process and then will try to fix the problem.

1. Search “Troubleshoot settings” from the Windows 10 search box.

2. Then what you need to do is to click on the “Troubleshoot settings“.

 

 

3. Scroll down and click on “Windows Update” and then again click on “Run the troubleshooter“.

 

 

Windows Update troubleshooter will now identify the problem with the Windows Update process and fix it.

Reboot your computer.

After rebooting your computer, try to run the Media Creation Tool again on your computer.