Help me update new Windows 7!

[gonfalons]

I have just done a clean reformat / Windows 7 64 bit install. I am unable to run windows update; it just displays "Checking for updates..." for hours on end. 

 

I have looked for the solutions online; which there were a few but none worked:

I have tried running the 'fix windows update problems' in the start->troubleshoot etc menu

I have tried the 'aggressive windows update' hotfix

I have tried rebooting and checking the windows clock/date/time. 

I have tried using the windows 10 media creation tool to spoof an update

 

No luck. I am downloading SP1 but that will take a few hours, and may or may not work. Anything else I can try in the mean time? This is a totally new windows format; the first thing I did try was to update windows.

[Naeaes]

You're upgrading to 10? Use the USB tool and only the key from the 7. I mean, the tool that boots from USB, not the in-OS tool.

[KazuMae]

Well, lets start on installing the drivers first shall we? atleast you have working computer. Anyways, i know build in windows update is a bitch and it is a bitch. depends on your internet connection.just leave your computer on over night. it will update by itself(make sure auto update is on)

[gonfalons]

Just now, KazuMae said:

Well, lets start on installing the drivers first shall we? atleast you have working computer. Anyways, i know build in windows update is a bitch and it is a bitch. depends on your internet connection.just leave your computer on over night. it will update by itself(make sure auto update is on)

I have installed a couple of drivers, for some reason my GPU driver is not working though (no installable components). I will end up leaving it on over night if I can't figure it out, but i'd like to use it asap. It also ime needs to update many times, and when I sleep it will only check for updates once (scheduled time), reboot, and then stick on the login screen. Without a PW, it would just log in but not check again for updates I find, unless there is another way.

2 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

You're upgrading to 10? Use the USB tool and only the key from the 7. I mean, the tool that boots from USB, not the in-OS tool.

 

no I do not want windows 10, Windows seems to really, really want me to have it though.

[KazuMae]

5 minutes ago, gonfalons said:

I have installed a couple of drivers, for some reason my GPU driver is not working though (no installable components). I will end up leaving it on over night if I can't figure it out, but i'd like to use it asap. It also ime needs to update many times, and when I sleep it will only check for updates once (scheduled time), reboot, and then stick on the login screen. Without a PW, it would just log in but not check again for updates I find, unless there is another way.

wow then that is an issue. Maybe your mobo is not detecting the gpu. is the gpu "alive"?

[gonfalons]

Just now, KazuMae said:

wow then that is an issue. Maybe your mobo is not detecting the gpu. is the gpu "alive"?

my motherboard did have serious issues when I started using it with Windows 7; I installed windows 10 which it was fine on, but I am back to square one now. I am >90% sure the GPU is fine, just has some problems likely related to the updates/drivers. 

[KazuMae]

okay. When you installed windows 10, is everything alright? I dont want to say this but your mobo might not like windows 7(its just my assumption)

[gonfalons]

yes everything worked with windows 10, but I could not activate it, even after a couple of hours with support (and it is glorified spyware). Windows 7 activated instantly...

[gonfalons]

I have stumbled upon the solution from another user with a similar issue.

Here is the fix for anyone stumbling upon this one!

 

If you cannot get past searching for updates on a new format of windows 7 64 bit , 

you must apply this update:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4fe566bd-31b1-4413-8c4c-412b52533669

 

 

(32 bit here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=fcd6bf5d-f004-4ca3-aa7e-1de462b91dd0)

 

 

followed by this hotfix, after you install the prior update and reboot:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9665683