In this post, I describe how to fix the error “This update is not applicable to your computer” which can occur when trying to install Windows Management Framework 3.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Cause
If you check the Setup log in Windows Event Viewer, you may also see “Windows update could not be installed because of error 2149842967”:
The cause of the error is that, as per the system requirements on the Microsoft download page, WMF 3.0 requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (or later).
Resolution
To fix the error, I installed .NET Framework 4.8 using Windows Update:
I was then able to install WMF 3.0
