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Boggin:
I think the overheating was due to Windows Update trying to find them but being baulked and I also found TrustedInstaller at the top of the list for max usage.

My laptop got so hot that it was uncomfortable to rest my fingers on the touchpad.

I think after my experience and resolving, I now have no fear of WU hanging.

In reply to Willy2, on the one I'd factory reset, yes it did.

On the one I'd gotten back, when I'd fixed the update problem and they were presented, Win 10 was the main one in the box and I had to click on the blue link underneath to view the other updates.

On that one when the icon was first issued last year, I went into the registry and did a search for and deleted GWX as well as deleting the trigger for it in Task Scheduler, so I only occasionally get the Win 10 one mixed in with the rest of my updates.

When I tried to do the same on the factory reset one, I found that I was unable to remove the registry GWX because Trusted Installer owned it and any option to change ownership was greyed out.

There was also nothing in Task Scheduler that I could delete either - it seems that MS must be getting desperate. :)

Tone111:
Know what you're saying about the W10 stuff Boggin, the retrospective googling and manual removal of several sneaky 'important' updates followed by installation and use of the GWX Control Panel sorted that problem out for me and it's been free since  :artist: haven't been into the registry to check but I'm assuming it's free of GWX entries as nothing ever pops up or tries to install that I haven't asked for...

My system also appears to be fully up to date now as well - installed the remainder of the .NET updates, apart from a couple of old ones that refused to install with 80073712, so I've hidden those (think they've been superceded anyway) and yesterday I finally saw the big green WU tick saying that no updates were available (apart from the optional ones) so that seems like a job well done to me!  :omg: :smiley: As an added bonus it's quicker to login, boot-up and runs cooler and quicker as well, so positive all round.

No idea what happened to the OP but I hope he/she is following and implementing this, as the links posted, between them, have managed to salvage my machine from un-updateable, slow and overheating to fully up to date and responsive and 'cool' again, so thanks to all posters on here, most helpful, I can only hope it lasts longer than the next round of updates!  :thinking:  :wink:

Willy2:
@q8v6ykMsR6:

Here's a list of Windows Update error codes. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/938205

But your error code is not mentioned. (did I overlook anything ?)

Boggin:

--- Quote from: Willy2 on June 27, 2016, 07:02:30 am ---@q8v6ykMsR6:

Here's a list of Windows Update error codes. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/938205

But your error code is not mentioned. (did I overlook anything ?)

--- End quote ---

If you Google that error code you will find several references to it - not sure why it isn't listed, although I may also have missed it.

Willy2:
- I had a better list of error codes. But that list seem to have vanished into thin air.

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