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Problem solved! the culprit was the driver for the AMD graphics card. Apparently it is a known issue for this specific computer model (Dell precision M2800) and it has a simple fix: https://www.dell.com/community/Precision-Mobile-Workstations/No-decent-GPU-driver-available-for-M2800/td-p/6078511 anyways thanks for you assistance!

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I removed the WLAN card from my computer and tried again, but it freezes at exactly the same point, 75% right after third reboot this time however I get this from SetupDiag : Error: SetupDiag reports abrupt down-level failure. Last Operation: Finalize Error: 0xC1900201 - 0x40008 LogEntry: 2021-10-12 20:18:52, Error MOUPG CDlpActionCompat::ExecuteSysReqScan(809): Result = 0xC1900201 I doubt however if this is the true error because the timing is even before the actual installation starts. there are few more errors in setuperr.log : 2021-10-12 20:44:51, Error [0x08085f] MIG MigHost: CMigPluginSurrogate::LoadAndRegisterServerInThreadContext: LoadLibraryExW(C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-RasServer-MigPlugin\RasMigPlugin.dll, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH) failed gle=0x7f.[gle=0x0000007f] 2021-10-12 20:44:51, Error [0x080863] MIG MigHost: CMigPluginSurrogate::COMGenericThreadingHostThreadProc: LoadAndRegisterServerInThreadContext() failed hr=0x8007007f.[gle=0x0000007f] 2021-10-12 21:17:11, Error [0x08085f] MIG MigHost: CMigPluginSurrogate::LoadAndRegisterServerInThreadContext: LoadLibraryExW(C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\ReplacementManifests\Microsoft-Windows-RasServer-MigPlugin\RasMigPlugin.dll, LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH) failed gle=0x7f.[gle=0x0000007f] 2021-10-12 21:17:11, Error [0x080863] MIG MigHost: CMigPluginSurrogate::COMGenericThreadingHostThreadProc: LoadAndRegisterServerInThreadContext() failed hr=0x8007007f.[gle=0x0000007f] but the timing here also is earlier then the freeze. anyway I have no idea what any of this mean. SetupDiag didn't generate a setupapi.dev.log file this time, but I located it in C:\WINDOWS\INF and don't see any errors there, last entry is <<< [Exit status: SUCCESS] at 2021/10/12 22:06:51.526 any ideas how to proceed ? I don't think there is any other hardware I can remove (the computer is dell precision M2800 laptop)

The windows update process freezes every time at 75% after the second boot, forcing me to do a hard power shutdown. after that it rolls back to the original version and shows the error 0xC1900101-0x40021 (sometimes 0xC1900101-0x30018) I tried doing a clean boot as per Microsoft directions but that doesn't help (neither is disconnecting all peripherals) I tried running SetpDiag.exe and looking at the log files. at the very end of setupapi.dev.log I see the following : >>> [setup online Device Install (Hardware initiated) - {5d624f94-8850-40c3-a3fa-a4fd2080baf3}\vwifimp_wfd\5&8054060&0&11] >>> Section start 2021/10/11 14:11:41.982 ump: Install needed due to device having problem code CM_PROB_NOT_CONFIGURED utl: {Select Drivers - {5d624f94-8850-40c3-a3fa-a4fd2080baf3}\vwifimp_wfd\5&8054060&0&11} 14:11:41.982 utl: Driver Node: utl: Status - Selected utl: Driver INF - netvwifimp.inf (C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\netvwifimp.inf_amd64_bfb9fd6f3a078899\netvwifimp.inf) utl: Class GUID - {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} utl: Driver Version - 06/21/2006,10.0.22000.1 utl: Configuration - {5d624f94-8850-40c3-a3fa-a4fd2080baf3}\vwifimp_wfd utl: Driver Rank - 00FF0000 utl: Signer Score - Inbox (0D000003) utl: Driver Node: utl: Status - Outranked utl: Driver INF - netvwifimp.inf (C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\netvwifimp.inf_amd64_bfb9fd6f3a078899\netvwifimp.inf) utl: Class GUID - {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} utl: Driver Version - 06/21/2006,10.0.22000.1 utl: Configuration - {5d624f94-8850-40c3-a3fa-a4fd2080baf3}\vwifimp_wfd utl: Driver Rank - 00FF2000 utl: Signer Score - Inbox (0D000003) utl: {Select Drivers - exit(0x00000000} 14:11:41.982 dvi: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 14:11:41.982 <ins> אאGl:חֲ 7ֹ אא?Ub״¾ ֲ אאC.i¯«¹ ֿ¾ אאװְ”״± ¢¹ אא‡Bֱׂ° ֿ± אאgׂkH¦ ֹ° אא§ם _Gb ?¦ אא7+װB! tb אאƒ’־ D So could it be that this driver netvwifimp.inf is causing the problem ? googling it I see it is "Microsoft Direct Wi-Fi Adapter" , but there is no such a device in my device manager , so I don't how to disable it (I tried disabling the Intel Wireless Adapter but the problem persists) I there a way I could possibly tell windows update to skip this driver ? or anything else I could try ? any advice will be much appreciated!