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Ghazi

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I had a problem that after installation Windows 7 was continuously searching for updates and was getting no where. Also Due to the Windows Update service I was facing high RAM problems. Gladly found a solution. I am sharing this method which I read from https://forums.techguy.org/threads/windows-update-wont-finish.1164362/. All credits go to them.

For me the high RAM uasge became normal when I installed WindowsUpdateAgent 7.6. After installing KB3112343 the windows update did its magic.

 

 

The method is

Windows update is kinda broken at the moment.

You need to manually install several updates before Windows Update works properly.

I found a solution on the WSUS Offline forums last month once I came across this issue and if the searching for updates never finishes on several new installs of Windows 7, it seems to affect online Windows Updates, the unofficial Offline WSUS, and WSUS servers.

Install these in order and reboot as requested. Use only the matching 32-bit or 64-bit version for your system.


- WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-*.exe

http://download.windowsupdate.com/w...e/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe
http://download.windowsupdate.com/w...e/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x64.exe

<reboot>

- KB3112343
https://download.microsoft.com/down...759-D42147C990D3/Windows6.1-KB3112343-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...199-5B335EE092F6/Windows6.1-KB3112343-x64.msu

<reboot>

- KB3087039

https://download.microsoft.com/down...699-3CF15C7EF836/Windows6.1-KB3087039-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...965-AA57F8C44FA4/Windows6.1-KB3087039-x64.msu

- KB3078601

https://download.microsoft.com/down...8FA-4F52D6E22172/Windows6.1-KB3078601-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...5B1-25EEBB1A24B8/Windows6.1-KB3078601-x64.msu

- KB3124275 (Install the version that matches your Internet Explorer version, I recommend you install IE11 first)

https://download.microsoft.com/down...716-DD3D1442986F/Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...357-EB5453DB053A/Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu

https://download.microsoft.com/down...C60A131640CA/IE9-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...E535790058F7/IE9-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu

https://download.microsoft.com/down...BF1167647E7/IE10-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...4BBCC66D6FC/IE10-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu

https://download.microsoft.com/down...2C60CC73F5F/IE11-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...CD141F8B48A/IE11-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu

- KB3109094

https://download.microsoft.com/down...55E-71B0EAF79E0E/Windows6.1-KB3109094-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...43F-FB5C9B686183/Windows6.1-KB3109094-x64.msu

- KB3124000

https://download.microsoft.com/down...C6F-8F61A479FBC6/Windows6.1-KB3124000-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/down...138-62FCDCF3C93F/Windows6.1-KB3124000-x64.msu

<reboot>

This is taken from WSUS Offline Forums: http://forums.wsusoffline.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5366

I also found that you need restart the Windows Update Service before running the patches or they get hung up searching as well.
 

 

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did i miss somethin' guys? new micro$oft's  trick for win 7 users? last time (August) installed win 7 without any agents.

 

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21 minutes ago, gipsy said:

did i miss somethin' guys? new micro$oft's  trick for win 7 users? last time (August) installed win 7 without any agents.

 

windows agent is the first update that installs itself right after first logon and if you don't install some update manually, windows is checking for updates will stuck forever and ever. Maybe is new micro$oft's  trick :P

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12 hours ago, gipsy said:

did i miss somethin' guys? new micro$oft's  trick for win 7 users? last time (August) installed win 7 without any agents.

 

I was checking for updates and it was stuck. Try it in vm on fresh MSDN copy and you will notice it

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1 hour ago, Ghazi said:

I was checking for updates and it was stuck. Try it in vm on fresh MSDN copy and you will notice it

all i said do not mean  i don't believe u (if u didn't get),just  didn't hear about this update trouble before .

do not usin' VM anymore -quite enough experiments for me ;)

 

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Windows update from a fresh Windows 7 install is really slow, almost endless. Probably it's a new "trick" to induce people to update to 10. Sure.

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16 minutes ago, jamesDDI said:

Windows update from a fresh Windows 7 install is really slow, almost endless. Probably it's a new "trick" to induce people to update to 10. Sure.

just grab updates the first time using WSUS offline updates and install them. After installing those next check for updates will be as usual

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4 minutes ago, Skunk1966 said:

just grab updates the first time using WSUS offline updates and install them. After installing those next check for updates will be as usual

Yeah right.

But then i decided to put (almost) all updates in my 7 copy and end of problem.

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On 1/20/2016 at 6:01 PM, gipsy said:

all i said do not mean  i don't believe u (if u didn't get),just  didn't hear about this update trouble before .

do not usin' VM anymore -quite enough experiments for me ;)

 

No I really faced it. Many a time read in posts here that there that is problem with updates in win 7. But experienced it first hand when made my PC dual boot with Win 7

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