Windows 7 update not working

Worked! Took all afternoon for all the updates, though! Aw, well... thanks a lot anyway!

Go into Control Panel >> click on Windows Update item

Click on Change settings (at top left)

under Important updates, click on the down-arrow pull-down

Click on Never check for updates

press OK

Close the Control Panel window

Then Logoff and restart Windows fresh.

When ready, go back into Control Panel >> click on Windows Update item

Click on Change settings (at top left)

under Important updates, click on the down-arrow pull-down

Now make the selection that you need for automatic updates

press OK when done

Close the Control Panel window

Next, do a fresh visit to Windows Update. Kindly advise on results.

If this solves the original issue, kindly click on the MARK It (green) icon.

If this has helped, click on the green Yes  (Helpful) icon as appropos

~ Maurice

Maurice,

My (Windows 7) computer stopped downloading & installing updates in June 2016. I followed your suggestion - It didn't work. The following procedure (from VolumeZ) did work.

1. Set automatic updates to "Never check for updates".
2. Restart.
3. Download and install KB3020369.
4. Download and install KB3161608.

See:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-performance/installing-and-updating-window-7-pro-64-bit/85faffd2-220e-4fba-aeb8-b2e47c524393

Afterwards, I restarted my computer, changed my"update"setting to "Install updates automatically" and downloaded ~50 updates. It's working fine now. Apparently, the problem was caused by a faulty MS update in June.

**** Bartol

Go into Control Panel >> click on Windows Update item

Click on Change settings (at top left)

under Important updates, click on the down-arrow pull-down

Click on Never check for updates

press OK

Close the Control Panel window

Then Logoff and restart Windows fresh.

When ready, go back into Control Panel >> click on Windows Update item

Click on Change settings (at top left)

under Important updates, click on the down-arrow pull-down

Now make the selection that you need for automatic updates

press OK when done

Close the Control Panel window

 

Next, do a fresh visit to Windows Update. Kindly advise on results.

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If this solves the original issue, kindly click on the MARK It (green) icon.

If this has helped, click on the green Yes  (Helpful) icon as appropos

~ Maurice

I have the same problem... "... the service is not running"  I have tried your steps listed above and it did not work.  What else might I try.  Thanks

Hello Leonard,

0x80072EE2  is internet timeout issue.

0x80072F78  is page not found issue.  For this latter issue, if you have a 3rd-party firewall, you may want to turn it off, and turn on the Windows firewall. And perhaps even temporarily turn off your antivirus before retrying Windows Update.