Dell Update or Alienware Update Stuck at “Operation is 10% Completed”

This article contains information about resolving update progress hanging after clicking "Check" in the Welcome screen for Dell Update or Alienware Update application.

Affected Product:

• Dell Update 3.1.3
• Alienware Update 3.1.3

Details

Dell Update and Alienware Update communicates with the Dell Client Management Service to perform the update tasks invoked by the user. When the user clicks "Check" on the Welcome screen, the application calls the service to perform a scan for updates. The service, in turn, will open C:\ProgramData\Dell\UpdateService\Clients\Update\Scheduler.dat to check for any scheduled tasks.

When Scheduler.dat is corrupted, the service gets an error and does not report back to the application which is expecting a response from the service. The application is left waiting and displays the last progress information that it received.

Solution

Follow the below steps for the solution:

1. Close the Dell Update or Alienware Update User Interface (UI).
    
2. Right-click the Windows Start Menu, and then click Run (Figure 1).
   
   Figure 1
    
3. In the Run UI, type Services.msc and then click OK (Figure 2).
   
   Figure 2
    
4. In the Services UI, right-click "Dell Client Management Service" and then click Stop (Figure 3).
   
   Figure 3
    
5. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\ProgramData\dell\UpdateService\Clients\Update.
    
6. Delete Scheduler.dat.
    
7. Exit Windows Explorer.
    
8. In the Services UI, right-click "Dell Client Management Service" and then click Start (Figure 4).
   
   Figure 4
    
9. Exit the Services UI.
    
10. Reopen the Dell Update or Alienware Update UI.
     
11. Click "Check" to start the update process.

If you have further questions about this article, contact Dell Technical Support.