Windows 7 update not working

Anonymous
2012-06-05T15:14:05+00:00

I have tried all the solutions on the forum but i still have the problem of windows 7 update not working.My computer has been shutdown for 6 weeks as i have been  away. On startup yesterday th probleme  started.

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Anonymous
2012-06-06T10:29:23+00:00

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

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-22T06:43:07+00:00

    This has been of no help to me at all!  I have now call from 13 window updates to 28 window updates that will not install.  What other options are available?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-07-21T19:24:23+00:00

    HI thanks for the help but I found where the program was going wrong somehow a portion of the starting menu had been moved  where ? I just reinstalled Win7 lost a lot but nothing on the community helped other than reinstalling now she's working Good but not the same as I had.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-07-10T02:38:34+00:00

    I've had this problem since I bought this system and did my first updates install back in Aug. 2012.  I've tried every option offered on this site for the past year and NOTHING works!  I narrowed it down to being that first update to SP1 which came on my system so I cannot uninstall it and reinstall.  It is obviously a MS problem.  I think they will just assume everyone will get new computers after a couple of years and the problem will go away because they sure don't seem to want to fix it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-07-09T23:07:49+00:00

    Tried this, but this too, did not work!   What's next?

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