Windows 7 update install time taking a very long time

Trying to go from Win 7 to 8.1 was a nightmare.  To move to 10 is unthinkable with the spyware and agreements found within its use.  MS has shown their utter disregard for the average or even a little above average user in their quest to get into every nook and cranny of our life.  They perhaps are in collusion with our dear government leaders and compensated handsomely.

Whenever a company has made their product too hard to manage or too sneaky, people give up and go elsewhere with their spending power.

Hi ChaosDragon92,

You may restart your computer, then use the below steps and check if this helps resolve the issues-

Method 1: You may use the windows update troubleshooter and check if it lists and resolves any issues -

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Windows-Update-troubleshooter

I appreciate the responses from Microsoft staff, but every time I look here for the solution to a problem, someone from Microsoft references the Windows Troubleshooter. I know why you do this, but I have never found the Troubleshooter to be of any use. Whatever the problem, the Troubleshooter either says no problem was found, or it found a problem and says it was fixed when it wasn't fixed, or it finds a problem but reports that it could not be fixed. I understand that no software troubleshooter can fix everything, but as it stands, at least in my experience, it's useless.

Statistically the replies and suggestions from the Microsoft engaged Support engineer alleged "experts" fail to result in a successful problem resolution 99.97% of the time.  That means their ideas result in conversion to a solution only 0.03% of the time

• less than one tenth of one percent.  But somehow Microsoft regards them as "experts".

A MS Answers volunteer veteran also had this to say:

Save yourself time and frustration.

Don't bother with "Answers" from the Microsoft engaged Support Engineer alleged "experts" that are marked that way by other alleged "experts".  It is a waste of time.

Avoid replies that begin with the word "Hi" or "Hello", contain "Methods" and "Steps", suggestions that begin with the word "try" and end with "let us know how it goes", "give it a try" or "check if it helps" because it is extremely unlikely to help.

In this case the impossible to work reply from one Microsoft engaged alleged expert was marked as the "Answer" by another Microsoft engaged alleged "expert" and not by the person with the problem.  This demonstrates "Answer marking Nepotism".

Answer Marking Nepotism works like this:

When one Microsoft engaged alleged "expert" replies to a topic, if the topic goes idle for 5-10 days another Microsoft engaged alleged "expert" will mark that reply as the "Answer" even if the reply is untested, impossible to work, doesn't make sense - it doesn't even have to be close.  It IS the "Answer".

In the case it took 8 days for automatic answer marking nepotism to kick in.  This is very likely how these alleged "experts" are able to keep up their answer performance quota...  marking each others replies as answers seems like excellent job security.  They certainly are "experts" at that.

Since this practice of answer marking nepotism has been allowed to go on for many years one can only imagine the thousands and thousands and thousands of "Answers" that have polluted the community that are not answers at all.

If your Windows Update is afflicted there are solutions that work:

For hundreds and perhaps thousands of systems the solution is usually very simple.

There are two discussions that should help:

Windows update problems?   Read this first.

and/or

Windows 7 Update Solution

Feel free to jump in to the discussions to tell of your success or still have issues or questions.