Windows 7 Fresh Install Won’t Update

Date October 7, 2016 Author By kadmin Category Windows 7

Problem:

You reinstalled Windows 7 recently.  You want to update it.  Windows update takes up 25% CPU and runs for an entire day but makes no apparent progress.  It doesn’t even present a list of updates to install.

Solution:

This Site has lots of info on the topic.

Key Info:

Install these items in order:
+ Servicing stack update – https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3020369
+ Convenience update rollup – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3125574
+ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172605 which includes a WU client update

Tags: updates not working, Windows 7