Fresh Windows 7 SP1 "checking for updates..." issue

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by kopitaneskita, Nov 24, 2015.

  1. antonio8909

    antonio8909 MDL Guru

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    Here no problem now. I've installed now the 80 updates that yesterday didn't install WU. Now I'm installing 6 updates one by one because WU show me error codes and I need to do it one by one
     
  2. antonio8909

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  3. oldsh_t

    oldsh_t MDL Expert

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    I would think that IE11 does have something to do with getting the updates. I say this because back in my XP days I had IE7 installed and did not like IE8. I was having trouble getting through for updates. After quite a bit of searching I found that IE8 is needed to be installed so I tried that and sure enough windows update was a lot faster. The way I understood it was that IE8 was the last for XP and things were built around it. So IE11 is the last for Win7 so I am guessing that there lies the same thing. I could be wrong but I have always had IE11 installed and have gotten through fairly fast updating. As fast as can be in this day and age LOL!! And I don't have kb3102810 installed. But if your worried about Win10 upgrade when installing kb3102810, there is a reg fix to stop that. M$ has even given out that info.
     
  4. antonio8909

    antonio8909 MDL Guru

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    Well, we finally discovered the way for get the updates more faster so now I can come back to Windows 10
     
  5. egroups_megapics

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    Testing on fresh install windows 7 system with kb update windows update gives fast result cpu utilization of svchost is also low.

    encountered a system windows 7 pro sp1 which was installed in year 2010 and end-user had not ran wu from jan 2014. I installed kb msu file and still cpu was hitting 100% on svchost file.

    Tried winsxs cleanup using dism command and disk cleanup.

    in process - cleanup old programs, disable firewall & antivirus (MSSE and basic windows firewall)

    This is HP laptop with oem licensed copy so hopefully user has not installed any cracks. Monday would check with user for backup and then continue.

    Did i miss any other update - windows installer update, Bits update that all related for Windows update service.
     
  6. oldsh_t

    oldsh_t MDL Expert

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    Just let it be known I have never let M$ download and install the updates. I have them all downloaded and saved and I use a batch file to install them. I only use windows updates to see what I need then I go to Windows update catalog to download them and see what updates each one replaces, if any does. If any updates replaces some other updates then I remove them from my package.

    But just to let you know I have over 200 updates including Net framework and I can't install them all at once. I have tried twice and after reboot it come up with and error and everything is reverted back to original state automatically by Windows 7. So now I install them in groups of 50 and all goes well.

    Should be interesting how your tests go, but I think that Windows update may not be able to install to many updates all at once or Win7 may not be able to handel it. For my money I would go with Win7 can't handle it!!
     
  7. mysteriously

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    I was able to install all available updates when IE11 and WU CPU usage fix were already installed. IE11 lets you avoid all previous IE related updates.
     
  8. antonio8909

    antonio8909 MDL Guru

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    Thats the test that I do in my test pc and only needs 6 minutes for fetch the updates
     
  9. antonio8909

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    #50 antonio8909, Nov 29, 2015
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    In my case, I run a bat file that I create thanks to another user in another thread that uninstall all the Windows 10 related updates and I nees just hide it in WU
     
  10. abbodi1406

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    Well, on my system, all updates are already installed (WU won't show any), but.. WU still stuck and takes more than 30 minutes to show the result

    yes, kb3102810 worked in first and second search or so, but later the stuck issue is back
     
  11. egroups_megapics

    egroups_megapics MDL Member

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    Microsoft way of saying move to windows 10

    :)
     
  12. oldsh_t

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    Well just to add to this my checking the kb3102810. First let me say that I have never been offered this update from Windows Update. So I manually downloaed it.

    >First I tried windows update with out installing it and the CPU was bouncing around from 23% and 25% while checking. No where 100% as what this update is suppose to cure.
    >after about 4 min. 2 updates found. One telemetry and Software removal tool (which I never use)
    >did not let it download and install anything and closed it off
    >I then installed kb3102810 and rebooted
    >Tried windows update again and CPU was running about the same again.
    >One update, (software removal tool) in about 6 min.
    >This updat did not help much at all
    >So I uninstalled it again and rebooted
    >Tried windows update again and the CPU was now bouncing between 0 and 41% ??
    >8 min. and 3 updates found (software removal tool, KB3042058 which I have never installed because FireFox got all screwed up, and now kb3102810 is offered to me??)

    My conclusion (For Me any ways) is that this update did nothing for me. Things actually ran faster and better before I installed then uninstalled it:confused:
     
  13. oldsh_t

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    Never going to happen here. It may be their operating system but it's my computer. I will decide what is installed or uninstalled, on my computer, not them!!
    And yes I have tried it, (installed it twice) did not like it at all. I was very disappointed with it. Not to mention it's controlling attitude:sneaky:
     
  14. oldsh_t

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    No,,, no real problems. I have gotten through in as little as 5 min and sometimes as much as 45 min. but never more than that. And again this was on clean installes and most updates were installed before going to windows update. (if that makes any difference or not I don't know) I just think it was a luck of the draw when I would check and get through.
     
  15. jcgo16

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    ohh men good thing there's a fix, im waiting for week to find a workaround and good thing you guys found it, thank you


    now i can go back to windows 7
     
  16. Sleeping_Lion

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    m not lieing buddy..its happens to me and i talked some of mods here and hee solve mine problem
     
  17. Rearis

    Rearis MDL Member

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    Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  18. tonto11

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    #59 tonto11, May 28, 2016
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