Environment
Windows Server 2012 R2
Roles installed
- File and Storage Services
- IIS
- Print Services
- Remote Desktop Services
Problem
I was trying to install a bunch of pending Security Updates to a Windows Server 2012 RDS Host, Windows patches were successful but when trying to install the Microsoft Office patches i received a failure code 80070659
Solution
You will find the following registry keys set to 1 changing them to 0 allowed me to install the patches successfully
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Install\DisableMSI
- HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Install\DisablePatch
Thank you!
After fighting this for hours, this was the solution for me.
[Server 2012 RDS, failing to install Office updates.]
Thank you
Had the same issue, changing the reg keys resolved it
Appreciate you sharing
I have been looking for a while to solve the issue “Office cannot be updated” with the same error 0x80070659 on a Windows Sever 2016.
The above solution worked immediately.
Thank you very much.
Thanks! It worked!