You may have noticed that update checks on Windows 7 machines may take a long, long, long time to complete before any updates are displayed for download and installation.Some users have reported that it took them days to get the initial list of updates displayed to them. That's unacceptable on several levels, but more importantly leaves the operating system open to attacks and issues for that period of time.We talked about speeding up the. While it may have resolved the issue for some, or at least dropped the time 'checking for updates' is displayed to you when you run checks, it did not resolve the issue completely for many users. Fix for slow 'checking for updates' on Windows 7The fix should not take longer than a couple of minutes. It involves downloading and installing an update for Windows 7. After having installede Win 7 SP1, I did a Win Update search – took 1 hour or so,and I installed 229 updates – download and install took nearly 24 hrs.Now I hit the issue where it just searches and searches,but nohting happened.Then I Googled, found that I needed to install KB3125574 and KB3020369 – did so, but still nothing.Then I found your tip – installed the remaining 3 updates, rebooted after each download and install, and NOW Windows Update took 6 mins to find somewhat 30 new updates!THANK! Just want to confirm this worked for me.

• Windows 7 Sp1 Convenience Rollup
• Update Windows 7 Ultimate Sp1
• Download Windows 7 Updates For Offline Install

New build in December of 2106 with Windows 7. Installed and worked fine till SP1 and then stopped and hung up like others report. Downloaded the five files above and installed them and everything works as should.

Please note to install those files turn of “check for updates” in windows update. Set it to “never check for updates” and then disconnect your computer from the internet. This forces the windows installer to install these files instead of searching updates. (obviously download and save the files ahead of time.) After all five files are installed restart the computer turn on windows updater and wait about 5 to 10 minutes and it should prompt you to install or start installing updates, depending on which choice you made in windows updater, I use the “check for updates but let me decide which ones to download and install”.Thanks for posting this it was great!. I wanted to say Thanks to Mark and Ranger! I have used the – 1: KB3020369 and2: KB3172605 in the past and they have worked great for me. The update process went from 2-3 days to 1-1 1/2 hours, I have not tried the other 3 though.

I recently tried to use the first 2 as i have in the past with NO success.After a little research i came across this post and realized i forgot to disable the automatic updates and disconnect from the internet, so i disabled auto updates and disconnected from internet then rebooted and tried again, they both then installed very quickly as they have in the past. I reconnected to the net and checked for updates, in a matter of a few minutes it found 149!Thanks for all your help!. I implemented Vandal’s solution along with Ranger’s important nuance around turning off the windows updates and it worked like a charm! Prior to discovering this site, I spent 2 days fruitlessly trying different options to install Windows 7 updates. The system would get stuck at ‘downloading updates 0% of 0MB completed’ and sit there for hours with no progress. That was until I stumbled upon this site. Thanks Martin Brinkmann, Vandal and Ranger.

Keep up the good work! Please note the nuance that Ranger points out. It is a very important nuance that is as important as Vandal’s solution to ensure success. It worked for me too. Many thanks to Vandal, Ranger and those who confirmed their results!– I used the method on 8 June 2017 on a computer that had not been updated since mid 2015.– On turning off the automatic update (per Ranger), there are similar instructions by “MM” at the URL below (see timestamp “Posted 20 November 2016 – 01:04 AM”). The additional element there is to disable the automatic update in the Services facility (in Computer Management) as well:– Both Ranger and MM say that the computer should be disconnected from the Internet, but the method worked for me without that. (The automatic update however had to be disabled.).

Fyi, KB3172605 n other KB Rollups very likely contain M$ hidden Telemetry updates(NSA spyware.?), ie the same ones found in Win 10. So, Win 7 users may hv been “fixed” by M$, n not slow updates on Win 7 hv been fixed.IOW, if Win 7 users want smooth updates, they hv to install M$’s Telemetry updates. Otherwise, their Windows Update remains broken. Previously, I could manually install the monthly Patch Tuesday updates ONE-BY-ONE via M$ Download Center or Update Catalog.

This is no longer possible with monthly Patch Rollups from Oct 2016 onward. Http(semi colon)//www(dot)askvg(dot)com/tip-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-on-windows-7-and-8/.When Win 7 was first released in 2009, Telemetry and Data collection by M$ was an opt-in setting, by default, ie users chose to opt-in to send their Telemetry and Data to M$.Since around Sept 2015, this has changed, ie M$ introduced Win-10-style Telemetry “security” updates for Win 7/8.1. Many tech-savvy Win 7/8.1 users hid all these Telemetry updates. It’s very likely that M$ then began to hide their Telemetry updates inside other security updates, like how M$ had hidden their GWX KB3035583 update inside the security update for IE 11, ie KB3139929, in March 2016, in order to trick tech-savvy Win 7/8.1 users into being auto-upgraded to Win 10.To confirm this, u can install n uninstall the Spybot Anti-Beacon software to view how much Telemetry and Data are being collected by M$ from yr Win 7/8.1 cptr, which can be blocked by this software. Fyi, bc of M$’s aggressive push for their free Win 10 upgrade offer, Windows Update became broken for Win 7/8.1 in March 2016, esp for those who had rejected M$’s GWX KB3035583 n hidden M$’s Win-10-style Telemetry updates(eg KB2952664), n those who were doing a clean reinstall of Win 7/8.1. Affected Win 7/8.1 users had to manually install the about 10 security updates for the monthly Patch Tuesday, ONE-BY-ONE, via M$ Download Center or Update Catalog.In May 2016, M$ introduced optional monthly Convenience Update Rollups(= Win-10-style cumulative updates) n the associated Servicing Stack updates(= like the previous Windows Update Client/Agent) for Win 7/8.1.

Affected Win 7/8.1 users who accepted the Update Rollups n Servicing Stack updates “miraculously” got their Windows Update working again, eg KB3020369 n KB3172605 for Win 7. So, for Win 8.1, affected users will hv to install the respective Update Rollup n Servicing Stack update, ie those released by M$ around May 2016, in order to get Windows Update working normally again. The exact ones to install should be found in Win 8/8.1 forums.In Oct 2016, the optional monthly Convenience Update Rollups were changed by M$ to non-optional monthly Patch Rollups, ie the only choice is to install all the security updates or install none.Win 7 SP1 was released in 2011. From 2011 to April 2016, there r 200+ pending security updates. From May 2016 onward, updates were changed to Update Rollups which require Servicing Stack updates.

It is very odd that since July 2016, for a clean reinstall of Win 7 SP1, the May 2016 Servicing Stack update and July 2016 Convenience Update Rollup are required to be manually installed first b4 all the pre-May 2016 200+ pending updates can be automatically installed via Windows Update. Of course, if the affected reinstalled Win 7 SP1 users reject the above fix, they can still manually install the 200+ security updates ONE-BY-ONE via M$ Download Center or Update Catalog which may take a few days. I was able to install KB302369 but not the July 2016 rollup or the Servicing Stack Update for September 2016.This method worked for me on my laptop, didn’t work on another one and worked tonight for a friend who just bought a laptop and did a fresh install of Windows 7.

He has Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 build 7601.After running the Windows Update Diagnostic and trying the method at krelay.de I ran Windows Repair from Tweaking.com, set the program to not start with Windows, opened repairs, unchecked all repairs and checked only ‘repair Windows Updates.’ I clicked start the repairs and restarted the computer when it was done. After that I installed KB3102810.

It took about 15 minutes to initialize, install then restart the computer. After that I was able to check for, and download, Windows Updates without it taking very long.I have saved different methods from forums and what I have in a document includes two other updates.

Windows 7 Sp1 Convenience Rollup

If you’re still having trouble after installing KB3102810 try installing KB3135445 and KB3138612 then trying to update Windows. If necessary install the Windows Update Standalone Installer (wusa.exe).I’m sure this won’t work for everyone but hopefully it will work for some people and end their frustration of not being able to update Windows 7 fairly quickly.

First install Windows 7 SP1 and do not enable updates, instead, install these manually:1 Installing and searching for updates is slow and high CPU usage occurs in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R22 How to update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version3 April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R24 July 2016 update rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1In this order and restart after each.July 2016 rollup can’t be installed without April 2015 servicing stack update. After installing these four updates everything works perfectly.

Works with June rollup too, but it was replaced by the July one. The August+ rollups do not replace the July one however, which is the one that fixes (read: updates) 7’s WU client. I’ve put an end to Windows Update this August 2016. I’ll nevertheless consider those related to.NET Framework as well as those concerning exceptional vulnerabilities such as the recent Win vulnerability disclosed by Google and likely to be fixed on next Nov. 8th Patch Tuesday. No more, no less. If Windows 7 was new, just released and aimed to be my OS for a decade I’d think differently; I won’t bother myself with monthly headaches when the horizon is January 2020.

A wholesome security & privacy discipline but (or should I say “therefor?) no more Windows Updates: Windows Updates and BITS services have been set to disabled and will require serious matter to be exceptionally enabled. Windows Update is considered a ‘service’ and it falls under Windows as a Service (WaaS). MS now refers to updates as QUALITY updates under the new WaaS (starting October 2016). Satya Nadella states that this is the future of Microsoft. Get used to it.One of the biggest fans of Microsoft, Paul Thurrott, has just recently proclaimed WaaS a disaster. Users have been aware of it for close on a year.

Why has it taken so long to call them out.We have a anti-slowdown patch identified just about every month. Just shutdown Windows Update and install the magic patch – let it fix YOUR problem. Then restart the service. Though other software companies push updates through whenever they see fit, there is never any server scan/download slowdown issues. More importantly there is no user gymnastics required to speed things up.WaaS – So we have quality updates and poor QoS. However, only for those who do not pay a fee for said service.

Years before all this cr@p related to MS updates, I simply disabled windows update service and manually downloaded only those few really needed patches and, of course, before intall them on production machines, where tested on aptly made test machine hooked to another machine with wireshark. Time consuming but really rewarding, realible systems and peace of mind.Why all this caution? Simply becouse as a system/network administrator for a bunch of municipalities I simply can’t allow systems intrusion no matter who or what.Pretty a bad situation this one. Where you can’t trust no one not even long standing trusted companies that made, developed and sold Information tecnology in past time.Hardware and software “defective by design”.

Just to enhance and enforce techno-control to benefit big companies profit and/or increase control over people. Some still say it’s just a conspiracy theory. @ Pete+1I have had Win 7 update switched off since MS started with KB 2952664 and KB 3035583 last year.Until the cumulative updates began, I checked the updates individually every patch Tuesday.I found that less than 35% were relevant and required installing. The other 65% were hidden and not installed.Because I have excellent anti virus, anti malware, anti file locking software installed, I have not had any dodgy software on my Laptop, not even PUPs.All the security software is updated automatically every day.Also, to stop MS Telemetry, the Hosts file on my Router is updated regularly to block the latest MS phone home addresses.To sum up, who needs the MS bundled “security” updates with sneaky Get Win 10 software in the bundle? Nadella does because the Win 10 installs are way down on the predicted figures and MS will do anything to improve them.:).

Switched updates off entirely. I will not be bullied by Microsoft. The next PCs in our house will not run any Microsoft software. I use Linux Mint 18 as well as Windows 7. It runs Thunderbird email, and browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera perfectly, and with WINE (free) I can run my old MS Office and other Windows applications on Linux.

Mint is free of charge but I like it enough to have started donating monthly.Instead of trusting all my data to Microsoft or Google or Apple or whomever I intend to use NextCloud. Windows 10 is a warm bath for frogs who want to be cooked slowly. Jump out and learn Linux instead. It’s not harder and it’s free forever, unless you’d like to give something back to the community; it’s entirely optional.Linux has many, many great features but I think the greatest, which it’s had forever, is the ease, simplicity and reliability of updating both the operating system and applications with a click.

The Microsoft toll gate, sorry, app store, will get there eventually. With lots of privacy violating small print about what data about you is shared — signed away with a click. M$ will very likely not issue a Win 7 SP2 or Win 8.1 SP1 bc they wanna deprecate Win 7/8.1 in order to force the users onto Win 10, eg non-optional monthly Patch Rollups from Oct 2016 onward n the latest Intel Kabylake CPU does not support Win 7/8.1. If M$ succeed, they will likely start imposing annual subscriptions for Win 10 Home n Pro also. Win 10 Ent is already subscription-based, at US$84 per year per user = many Enterprises r staying on Win 7/8.1 Ent, instead of upgrading to Win 10 Ent n hv to pay more $$$$ to M$.

Update Windows 7 Ultimate Sp1

Assimil francese senza sforzo libro pdf jagger. On a fresh Windows 7 install,simply sits there doing absolutely nothing (no CPU usage) for HOURS.Really, FFS Microsoft, why can’t you get your act together? This is a complete menagerie, or “epic fail” as the kids say.

Absolutely mad. Windows Update has never been great but at least it was formerly usable.Satya Nutella should shift resources back to software because clearly they’re unable to maintain Windows development at the moment. I bet they’ve fallen into this ludicrously low-productivity bullshite known as agile.

Just the latest management gobshite to infect the IT sector. Stop diverting software development resources to spyware and Surface hardware development Microsoft, and get back to ensuring your core business is functioning.

‘Spybot AntiBeacon’ has been mentioned above as well by contributor A or B, not C and I thought this application concerned Windows10 only. As A or B, not C and you confirm it, ‘Spybot AntiBeacon’ does concern Win7 and Win8.1 OSs as well.I just visited ‘Spybot AntiBeacon’ page, downloaded/installed the application and it added several protections to my system when I thought I had them all. It added as well 15 entries to my HOSTS file. To be mentioned: ‘Spybot AntiBeacon’ adds to the user’s HOSTS file missing entries, it doesn’t replace the HOSTS file; if your HOSTS file already includes ‘Spybot AntiBeacon” entries the application won’t add anything, so that’s just fine.I believe we should emphasize on this ‘Spybot AntiBeacon’ application which has it’s place in a user’s privacy arsenal.

1-Disconnect the internet from the device before it boots.2- Go to Services and turn stop Windows Updates Process.3- Run Windows6.1-KB3138612-x644- Repeat step 25- Run SRT-Windows6.1-KB947821-v34-x646- Repeat step 27- Run Win7 Update Roll Up KB31255748- Restart the system and repeat step 2 with the internet still disconnected.9- Run 6.1-KB3161608-x6410-Restart the system and update normally.If one of the updates asks you to restart it other then the one listed go ahead and restart but make sure to stay disconnected and kill the Windows Update process before running any of the patches. Also sorry for not linking the updates but they should be found easily with the KB numbers. I’ve always manually installed updates rather than use the Automatic option. The update slowdown had been a problem for me for the last 4 months.

Download Windows 7 Updates For Offline Install

The update search and install process got progressively slower. It went from about 15 minutes in July to basically not working for the November 2016 update.I did receive notification that updates were available after Update had run for about 30 hours. After reviewing them (they included the Windows 7 November 2016 rollup update and the Remove Malicious Software Removal tool and 6 security updates for my Office 2007 suite), I selected the Install option and after 36 hours it still showed that 0% had been downloaded. I had to change the settings in WU to Never Check and then reboot to stop excessive CPU usage caused by WU.What worked for me, as of today, was checking that KB3020369 was already installed (it was – May 2016) and then downloading the KB3172605 stand alone installer from MS. It was offered as an Optional update in the current update but even turning off all Important updates and selecting only KB3172605, after 12 hours it still did not install.I then changed settings in WU to Never Check and used services.msc to stop WindowsUpdate. I then restarted and installed KB3172605 from the stand alone installer. I restarted after the installation, used services.msc to Start WindowsUpdate and then changed the settings in Wi.