original title: Windows 7 Checking For Updates stuck forever - I know this is answered, but the solutions don't work for me. Please see details! I have installed a legit Windows 7 OS on my laptop. Its not an upgrade, it was a blank hard drive. WIndows 7 installed flawlessly, picked up all my drivers. The only problem is I am having problems with Windows 7 updates. When I choose Windows 7 update, it says "Checking for updates" and stays like that - forever. Even the next day. I did heavy heavy research, found out others are having the same problem. I tried all the fixes I could find, which are listed below: No Anti-virus programs installed yet - brand new Windows 7 ultimate installation There is no spyware - its a brand new clean install Firewall shut off Temp files, cookies, history cleared background intelligent transfer service set to automatic in services.msc software distribution folder renamed tried shutting off automatic updates and doing it manually Added windowsupdate to trust zone ran MicrosoftFixit50202 in normal and advanced mode Even with my internet SHUT OFF (turned off modem) it still checks for updates and doesn't fail with "No internet connection available". Please, please help. Anyone.

the update that worked for me was KB3102810 -x64 in a new win7 installation, it took about 10 min to show the updates and about 20min to install. Here is the link from microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49540

Had this problem tried everything you could think of apart from the most obvious. Ensure you have the latest Microsoft updater. The one that comes with a fresh installation doesn't work any more. Try this before anything https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/949104 Good luck

I wanted to chime in and say that this worked for me as well, though a little differently. I updated to IE11 and my Windows Update still showed no updates. However if I click start I can see pending updates. So I shut down my PC and it installed 170 updates. I guess I can the "Check for updates" so long that it had already downloaded the updates, but just didn't show it on the Windows Update app.

Yes. This is an ongoing issue for us, so I have been watching this thread and have tried all of the suggestions, and the update process is still very hit and miss.

Windows 7 Checking For Updates stuck forever

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original title: Windows 7 Checking For Updates stuck forever - I know this is answered, but the solutions don't work for me. Please see details!

I have installed a legit Windows 7 OS on my laptop. Its not an upgrade, it was a blank hard drive. WIndows 7 installed flawlessly, picked up all my drivers. The only problem is I am having problems with Windows 7 updates. When I choose Windows 7 update, it says "Checking for updates" and stays like that - forever. Even the next day. I did heavy heavy research, found out others are having the same problem. I tried all the fixes I could find, which are listed below:

No Anti-virus programs installed yet - brand new Windows 7 ultimate installation
There is no spyware - its a brand new clean install
Firewall shut off
Temp files, cookies, history cleared
background intelligent transfer service set to automatic in services.msc
software distribution folder renamed
tried shutting off automatic updates and doing it manually
Added windowsupdate to trust zone
ran MicrosoftFixit50202 in normal and advanced mode

Even with my internet SHUT OFF (turned off modem) it still checks for updates and doesn't fail with "No internet connection available".

Please, please help. Anyone.

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Problem solved.

It was my internet connection!! I logged onto my neighbors via wireless unsecured (ssh... don't tell lol), and within 30 seconds, 77 updates came through!

It has to be something in my network.

Thanks for helping though!!

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Anonymous

2015-11-16T05:07:20+00:00

the update that worked for me was KB3102810 -x64 in a new win7 installation, it took about 10 min to show the updates and about 20min to install.

Here is the link from microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49540
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Anonymous

2015-11-20T09:36:52+00:00

Had this problem tried everything you could think of apart from the most obvious.

Ensure you have the latest Microsoft updater. The one that comes with a fresh installation doesn't work any more.

Try this before anything

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

Good luck
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Anonymous

2015-11-22T21:37:24+00:00

I wanted to chime in and say that this worked for me as well, though a little differently. I updated to IE11 and my Windows Update still showed no updates. However if I click start I can see pending updates. So I shut down my PC and it installed 170 updates. I guess I can the "Check for updates" so long that it had already downloaded the updates, but just didn't show it on the Windows Update app.
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Anonymous

2015-11-25T16:24:09+00:00

Yes. This is an ongoing issue for us, so I have been watching this thread and have tried all of the suggestions, and the update process is still very hit and miss.
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