Windows 7 Updates Issies

[TheJaffaMaster]

So I just did a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit, however when I go into updates it just says "Checking for Updates..." and it has been on that screen for the past two hours. Does anyone know why this might be or a fix around it?

Many thanks! 

[Dr_Pleeper]

Is it connected to a network?

[TheJaffaMaster]

Just now, Dr_Pleeper said:

Is it connected to a network?

Yeah, via Ethernet and it appears as connected with internet access in the taskbar

[Dr_Pleeper]

Just now, TheJaffaMaster said:

Yeah, via Ethernet and it appears as connected with internet access in the taskbar

Tried restarting the pc? If not i would just turn off updates.

[TheJaffaMaster]

40 minutes ago, Dr_Pleeper said:

Tried restarting the pc? If not i would just turn off updates.

I just came back from a walk and it's decided to start working! Thanks for your help nevertheless

[Gen427]

34 minutes ago, TheJaffaMaster said:

I just came back from a walk and it's decided to start working! Thanks for your help nevertheless

I recently Redid my 7 Ultimate on my PC and found the same challenge, however if you encounter it's taking forever to do anything (I assume it's going to take forever to locate anything and will do the sneaky win10 dumb in the bg too) I would just hit up the major downloads directly from MS, Jump it to SP1, grab .Net, DirectX etc.

[GoodBytes]

Yup. It affects all Win 7 users, and older OS. When the OS gets old, Microsoft has a tradition to put it all on a slow/old servers. As the OS is old, it has lots of updates, and a flaw in the Update system (fixed in Win10 by just giving you the latest updates, and not the in between ones) it has a massive number of updates. The best is to jump direct to SP1, as suggested to accelerate the prices by cutting a lot of updates, then leave the computer overnight checking if it still takes time.