In fact, you may wish to leave it altogether the update helps Microsoft make improvements to the current operating system in order to ease the upgrade experience to the latest version of Windows read more here. Update KB2952664 is a recommended update therefore, don’t be too concerned. Breaking it down, the update error code 80242016 is commonly due to a break in the internet connection while installing the update or possibly a firewall interrupting the install. So, today I was updating my desktop PC running Windows 7 X64 Home Premium when I ran into the update fail error code 80242016 when installing update KB2952664. While I don’t have time to provide solutions for previous errors I will try to document the new ones. Covering how I sort the Windows update errors that I deal with is something that I have been meaning to do for a while.