Windows 7 Checking For Updates stuck forever

The original topic of this thread is another issue with similar symptoms.

Set automatic updates to "Never check for updates" and reboot. Then install KB3172605.

Regards, VZ

Thanks, VZ.  Is there some number of times one needs to do that for it to work?  I have done this successfully on two other machines.  On this one, which should be the cleanest of them all due to never having been used as a workstation since the HD replacement and scratch W7 install, not so much.  I've turned updates to Never.  Rebooted.  Installed KB3172605 and watched it run for hours and hours.  I even tried both the domain logon and the local PC logon, both with the same outcome.  Clearly there is another element at work here.  I thought maybe Office 2010 was the wild card, but one of the other two that were successfully "repaired" also had Office 2010.

I had a W8 machine with this issue, and it even stopped W10 upgrade until I opted with W10 to not install updates as part of the upgrade.  After the upgrade, it has done updates with no problem.  As to this one, I just replaced the hard drive, so it is a "new" Windows 7 machine and too late for a free W10 upgrade, and I'm not going to throw good money after bad on a five year old computer, by buying W10.

Thanks anyway, VZ.

If you go back a number of pages you will find a post I put up here on what I did to fix the problem on my Windows 7 computer.  I did more steps and tried a lot more things that merely installing a few fixes.  I eventually got the problem fixed.  Since these other posts have not done it for you, you may want to look at my prior (long) post.

Yes, I found your post to be very helpful.  Unfortunately, it just didn't last.  My computer crashed with the next set of downloads.  I'm talking about a black death - everything.  The second time it crashed I even paid dearly for "professional" help.  It lasted a little longer and crashed again - for good.  Then I switched to my Dell.  Things were fine for awhile and then it started all over again until it crashed too.  I just decided that I've invested way too much time, energy and expense on a good (but not great) W10 OS.  Microsoft should have thought this through instead of taking their loyal following for granted.  It wasn't an easy decision until I realized how often I've had to fix a quirk or two in one of their systems over the decades.  Once that became apparent I decided to switch to a MAC as soon as possible.  I just want more time ON a computer instead of FIXING one.  Thanks and good luck.

iThis is the work around I did on this issue :

• boot computer into safemode with network
• download Reset Windows Update Agent
• reset windows updates components on safe mode

( https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/949104).

• download 4
• clean boot
• restart computer
• manually install KB3135445
• restart computer
• followed by KB3102810

-Install KB3112343

• followed by KB3075851
• check for updates
• all the important and optional updates showed up

for windows 7

iThis is the work around I did on this issue :

• boot computer into safemode with network
• download Reset Windows Update Agent
• reset windows updates components on safe mode

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Reset-Windows-Update-Agent-d824badc

(Reset windows update agent )

1.

• download 4
• clean boot
• restart computer
• manually install KB3135445

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3135445

(KB3135445)

• restart computer

• followed by KB3102810

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810

(KB3102810)

3.

-Install KB3112343

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3112343

(KB3112343)

4.

• followed by KB3075851

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3075851

(KB3075851)

Restart PC

• check for updates
• all the important and optional updates showed up

for windows 7