Recently, I was in my Windows 10 Update menu to update my Windows 10 installation to the latest version so that I have the most recent security fixes and the newest functionalities for my operating system.

However, I was greeted with the following error messages that prevented my update to continue/complete:

There were problems installing some updates, but we’ll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help:

Feature update to Windows 10, version 1803 – Error 0x8031004a

The latest feature update to Windows is ready to install! It’s been waiting for you to kick it off. These improvements help Windows run smoothly and securely. Select this option to kick it off: Retry.

How to fix error code 0x8031004a in Windows 10? It most likely means there is something wrong with BitLocker on your system.

BitLocker Drive Encryption cannot be used because critical BitLocker system files are missing or corrupted. Use Windows Startup Repair to restore these files to your computer. (0x8031004A)

Solve this error message in Windows can in many ways. Most likely, there is not enough disk space available on your system. So try to free up some disk space so that the operating system can go ahead and update/upgrade to the latest Microsoft Windows version there is available.

There are more error code related to disk space or BitLocker when upgrading Windows:

• 0x80070070
• 0x50011
• 0x80070070
• 0x50012
• 0x80070070
• 0x60000

So try Disk Cleanup tool (default tool built-in into Windows), or manually removing bigger files from your system, such as the Downloads folder or desktop.