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OT: Windows Update
- Thread starter dhazelgrove
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Check Here:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/103839-Recent-Update-Snafu
Basically Tom and I both ended up contacting MS Tech Support using their online chat. The problem was fixed on the same session. Excellent service. I can almost guarantee that you won't get it corrected on your own. They said there were corrupted Windows Update files. . .nothing I would have found or been able to correct on my own.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/103839-Recent-Update-Snafu
Basically Tom and I both ended up contacting MS Tech Support using their online chat. The problem was fixed on the same session. Excellent service. I can almost guarantee that you won't get it corrected on your own. They said there were corrupted Windows Update files. . .nothing I would have found or been able to correct on my own.
I assume you're talking about Win10. I installed it when it first came available (basically as an early release) and messed with it for several weeks before I'd had enough. I'm not a tweaker per se, especially not with any OS. If it doesn't work out of the box. . .it's gone. I eventually did a "roll-back" to Win7 and been very happy with it. Unless I get rich at some point and buy a brand new system that has Win10 already on it. . .I have no desire to go through that grief again.
Having said that. . .the service I got from the Techies was great. They logged into my PC, did what was necessary to fix the problem (about 20 minutes total) and signed off once we were sure everything was in order.
nomad13
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Windows 7 updates have been slow for a while now. I feel that Microsoft has indeed cut service to the Win 7 update servers, but there is no proof of that. Win 7 will update eventually, you have to be patient or try another time.
If you are running Windows 7, it's a good idea to uninstall the "Win X" automatic updates that Microsoft has loaded into your computer, some of them definitely cause problems. You must also review all of the Windows Updates and make sure there are no Windows 10 related packages. It's a pain to do this, but MS is not providing you with a choice. Windows 7 is not dead, by a long shot. Microsoft will provide Win 7 security updates until 2020.
The Windows 10 "free upgrade" bricked two of my computers. If it wasn't for a system image, something I would seriously recommend to everyone, two of my perfectly fine Win7 computers would have been dead. If you want Windows 10, forget the Win7/8 "upgrade" and do a clean install using an ISO from the Microsoft website. I have Windows 10 on one of my computers now, I don't like or dislike it. It's almost the same as Windows 7 with a new paint job. I do dislike the loss of user control over privacy and updates, but since you have no options, keep that in mind as a computer user.
If you are running Windows 7, it's a good idea to uninstall the "Win X" automatic updates that Microsoft has loaded into your computer, some of them definitely cause problems. You must also review all of the Windows Updates and make sure there are no Windows 10 related packages. It's a pain to do this, but MS is not providing you with a choice. Windows 7 is not dead, by a long shot. Microsoft will provide Win 7 security updates until 2020.
The Windows 10 "free upgrade" bricked two of my computers. If it wasn't for a system image, something I would seriously recommend to everyone, two of my perfectly fine Win7 computers would have been dead. If you want Windows 10, forget the Win7/8 "upgrade" and do a clean install using an ISO from the Microsoft website. I have Windows 10 on one of my computers now, I don't like or dislike it. It's almost the same as Windows 7 with a new paint job. I do dislike the loss of user control over privacy and updates, but since you have no options, keep that in mind as a computer user.
Dangerous Beans
SOH-CM-2022
I went through the SLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW Win7 update hell a couple of months ago on my 2nd machine and after a lot of digging and trying various suggestions I finally found the answer.
Manually download and install the following two updates first, after that windows update should work fine.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46817
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53332
Manually download and install the following two updates first, after that windows update should work fine.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46817
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53332
nomad13
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System Restore is not a complete lifesaver. Making an image of your system drive can save a lot of time and grief. All you need is something like Macrium Reflect, which is free, a USB thumb drive and disc space on another drive.
Bjoern
worst developer ever
Ran Disk Cleanup again, said I had nearly 660 GB of Error repports stored somewhere, so cleaned them out, and i Ogt my 11GB of Free space back,lol How can you dump 60 GB of reports and only get 11 GB back!?!
Do the standard MS disk cleanup and let it clean up system files like old restore points and old versions of Windows (only if you don't ever want to roll back the update!). Will give you quite a bit of space back.
Correct! I rolled back to a point where the updates were working, but it didn't fix the corrupted files that MS eventually purged. I really didn't expect much from Tech Support but I was pleasantly surprised.
This may or may not be of help to anyone. Last week I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate 64 bit on a newly formatted disk. Initially, Windows Update worked without any issues. I then installed Service Pack 1 and had no issues. But after I installed Service Pack 2 Windows update stopped working. Sooo, I have just completed a second clean install and this time have only installed Service Pack 1 and low and behold Windows Update is working as advertised. Now I realize this story is anecdotal but I can't argue with success. Windows Update is working and according to Belarc Advisor my system now has every single security update required. Food for thought!
WarHorse47
SOH-CM-2024
I'm running Win8.1 and have the Windows Update set to notify me when updates are available so I can manually check them and select which to install.
Recently (including this morning), the computer notifies me that there are important updates to install. Yet, when I check there are none.
A week ago I kept getting the notification message, but there were only 'optional' updates available. No 'Important' updates. I have turned off any 'recommended' update notices.
I would hope that if MS has messed up their updating process, that by now they would distribute a fix. Is there a specific update(s) that need to be uninstalled or reinstalled to get the update program to function properly?
Recently (including this morning), the computer notifies me that there are important updates to install. Yet, when I check there are none.
A week ago I kept getting the notification message, but there were only 'optional' updates available. No 'Important' updates. I have turned off any 'recommended' update notices.
I would hope that if MS has messed up their updating process, that by now they would distribute a fix. Is there a specific update(s) that need to be uninstalled or reinstalled to get the update program to function properly?
Jafo
SOH-CM-2024
There are aproximately as many 'fixes' as there are users still running Win 7 .....aka about half of them.
I tried the one that requires 7 manual installs and 6 full reboots....and it looks just the same....gonna take a month of Sundays to auto-update [if at all].
Mine was an existing lappy HD that had not been in a computer for 4 years...so although it booted its system OK in the 'new' lappy AND successfully activated it will NEED quite a few updates to catch up.
Any one of the potential dozens/hundreds could entirely bork this specific process.
I tried the one that requires 7 manual installs and 6 full reboots....and it looks just the same....gonna take a month of Sundays to auto-update [if at all].
Mine was an existing lappy HD that had not been in a computer for 4 years...so although it booted its system OK in the 'new' lappy AND successfully activated it will NEED quite a few updates to catch up.
Any one of the potential dozens/hundreds could entirely bork this specific process.
nomad13
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Windows 7 is in Extended Support mode, only critical security updates will issued, so you can ignore the other updates because they won't have anything to do with improving Windows 7 in any way. Windows 8, I would install security updates and look very closely at any of the other ones. Not much product development or improvement with Windows 8 going on these days.
Jafo
SOH-CM-2024
Win 8 and 8.1 are just like Vista.....junk releases before their 'right' version came along.
Update to my update saga....and I mean saga....makes war and peace seem like a comic book story line....
231 updates are ready to install [after leaving the machine running overnight - with Winamp playing to stop the darn thing from going to sleep [it wouldn't listen to me]....so 1.2 gig to install....
Gonna be a second month of sundays before it's up to date...
Update to my update saga....and I mean saga....makes war and peace seem like a comic book story line....
231 updates are ready to install [after leaving the machine running overnight - with Winamp playing to stop the darn thing from going to sleep [it wouldn't listen to me]....so 1.2 gig to install....
Gonna be a second month of sundays before it's up to date...
scotth6
Charter Member
I came across a website/thread last night which outlined a fix for a PC using more cpu power than normal due to Windows update and Windows 10 data gathering. This made something click in my memory, and I remembered I also had an issue a while back with Windows update hanging, and not being able to get rid of the Windows 10 "ads".
I will post the link here as it may be of use to someone else.
http://www.simforums.com/forums/a-wa...opic52577.html
Kind of old news now the Windows 10 fiasco is practically over for most of us, but it may still affect someone who has their Windows Update set to manual updates who hasn't updated for a while.
Cheers,
I will post the link here as it may be of use to someone else.
http://www.simforums.com/forums/a-wa...opic52577.html
Kind of old news now the Windows 10 fiasco is practically over for most of us, but it may still affect someone who has their Windows Update set to manual updates who hasn't updated for a while.
Cheers,