windows updates :(

[george the lemon]

so i have a freshly installed version of win 7 and my windows update is completely broken so will a manual upgrade to win 10 solve these issues

[vorticalbox]

If you want to stay on 7 you could download the updates manually from Microsoft 

[george the lemon]

6 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

If you want to stay on 7 you could download the updates manually from Microsoft 

to be fair when i try to install anything it just hangs on searching for updates so have just given up

[Donut417]

17 hours ago, george the lemon said:

so i have a freshly installed version of win 7 and my windows update is completely broken so will a manual upgrade to win 10 solve these issues

Its not broken. Leave your computer on for a few days. Eventually it will update. It took 2 days to update my moms machine. She finally got the Windows 10 upgrade notification. I dont think her machine had been updated in a while. She doesnit use it that often and its mostly in an off state. 

 

From what I read it has to deal with how Microsoft implemented Windows update in Win 7. So it makes it a pain in the ass to get updates. Because there are shit tonnes of updates for it. Microsoft needs a new service pack with all the updates. But they wont do that. 

[george the lemon]

12 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Its not broken. Leave your computer on for a few days. Eventually it will update. It took 2 days to update my moms machine. She finally got the Windows 10 upgrade notification. I dont think her machine had been updated in a while. She doesnit use it that often and its mostly in an off state. 

 

From what I read it has to deal with how Microsoft implemented Windows update in Win 7. So it makes it a pain in the ass to get updates. Because there are shit tonnes of updates for it. Microsoft needs a new service pack with all the updates. But they wont do that. 

thanks man helped I've just freshly installed so it should work now

[BufferZone87]

I've got you covered here, bud!  I just fixed this on mine for the EXACT same reason.  Two things you'll need to download after a fresh install with an OEM Windows 7

1. KB3138612  Full File Name = Windows6.1-KB3138612-x64.msu

2. KB947821    Full File Name = Windows6.1-KB947821-v34-x64.msu

 

Run the first one first, and it will just sit there and spin like you said before.  End that task via the Task Manager, then look at your C: drive and you'll see an new folder "b3763f80e7a1a25a408b9de2"

Open up CMD as an admin and type in the following commands:

          CD C:\b3763f80e7a1a25a408b9de2  (or whatever your folder file name is)  then press ENTER

Then type

          pkgmgr.exe /ip /m:Windows6.1-KB3138612-x64.cab      and press ENTER

 

After 30 seconds or so you'll get a message saying that packagemanager needs to reboot the machine.  So reboot.

 

When it comes back up, click on your second file that you downloaded, the SUR tool (KB947821) and cancel that from the task manager.

Go into the C: drive and you'll see a second folder 3bbb367be2ad6debb7d77f70

 

Open up CMD as admin again and type the same commands:

          CD C:\3bbb367be2ad6debb7d77f70  (or whatever your folder file name is)  then press ENTER

Then type

          pkgmgr.exe /ip /m:Windows6.1-KB947821-v34-x64.cab        and press ENTER

 

This one may or may not give you the reboot message, but a way to know for sure that it installed is to go into your Control Panel and look at your installed updates.  If you see KB947821, then you're golden.  Reboot the PC for good measure, and when it comes up, go into your Windows updates and click Check for Updates, and it'll pull everything up for you and get the ball rolling!!