Main Forum > General Computer Support
Windows Update Hangs Indefinitley
Tomas_Sweden:
Here is an article about "How to fix slow Windows 7 update scans":
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3086811/microsoft-windows/microsoft-releases-kb-3161647-kb-3161608-to-fix-slow-windows-7-update-scans.html
I have tried it and my windows update works as it should now.
When I search for new updates in Windows Update I take a look in Process Explorer and the cpu should go up on TrustedInstaller.exe and not Svchost.exe. If cpu goes up on Svchost.exe it will take several hours!
If Windows Update takes a very long time, you could go to services and go to Windows Update a click stop and then follow the article above!
Tomas
Tone111:
Cheers Boggin - interesting thread, presuming I have the right one! (Windows Update Failure in W7 Forum?) - are you Sudo15?? :thinking: Seems like sh*tloads of people have had/are having the same problem with W7 either not updating or taking an excessively long time, and it all seems to point to MS rather than the users or machines, surprise surprise :shocked:
And thanks Tomas - that article looks very promising, though having to install 6 or 7 unrelated updates to resolve the update issue seems like a complex and long winded way, but I'll give it a shot this weekend. BTW, how the hell did anyone actually discover this?? :confused: some people (thankfully!) must have far too much time on their hands! :cheesy: svchost does go up on mine though when I try to run it, not sure about trustedinstaller, but I'll check again before I try the fix, and after depending on how it goes.
Will post back results when I've done it, maybe the original poster has some feedback of his own too.....
Boggin:
Yes - that's me :)
The only snag for me in implementing Tomas' linked article is that you can only get KB3161647 by downloading the Roll up update and that fails on mine with it telling me it isn't compatible with my machine.
In my many Googles, I came across this article which had been suggested as a fix for the high CPU usage, but also didn't work - but it may help with actual update problems, although I don't know if it duplicates what WR does for its updates repairs.
http://wuauclt.info/scripts.asp
Right click in the appropriate batch file box - click on Select all - right click and select Copy.
Open Notepad - right click and select Paste then go File/SaveAS and name it aurepair.cmd as in the article.
Use the dropdown to select All File Types - Save
Go to your Documents - right click on the file and select Run as administrator where you'll see the cmds being executed in a cmd window.
I even downloaded the Windows Update service from http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/236709-services-restore-default-services-windows-7-a.html but that didn't help either.
As for the high memory use, I found that KB3050265 dropped it down to a level the laptop could cope with - approx. 2.5GB down from a little over 5GB which made the laptop run that hot that it was uncomfortable to hold my fingers on the touchpad - fortunately, I use a wireless mouse :)
Julian:
I wonder if bits is hanging shoot let me find the command to kill bits and stop all the Down loads
Boggin:
I've sorted mine and am in the middle of installing my updates belatedly from a factory reset.
To alleviate the demand on the CPU I went into services and disabled SuperFetch then changed the Windows Update settings to Never...
I then manually installed the March 2016 Windows Update Client from http://wu.krelay.de/en/2016-03.htm and followed that with the 4 from the first block.
I then installed KB3145739 KB3153199 and KB3161664 - changed the update settings back to auto and within about 10 mins I was offered 223 Important and 6 Optional.
The bit that seems to have made the difference for me was to change the update settings to Never.... prior to installing the pre-ones, as for some updates I tried, they would stick at searching the computer for updates.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version