Windows 7 - Windows update stuck at 0kb 0%

Anonymous
2013-01-13T05:19:32+00:00

I have windows 7, and for the past few months I am unable to update windows.

Windows update is stuck at downloading 0kb 0% and after viewing all the similar posts around the web regarding this problem I still cant fix it, even after trying everything (stopping and restarting the service, disabling av and firewall, delete softwaredistribute folder and so on...).

Im desperate, please help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-08-26T09:12:50+00:00

    ​Method 1:

    Run the fix it and check.****Fix the problem with Microsoft Windows Update that is not working

    http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows\_update/

    I tried this, and it worked like a charm. Thank you very much for help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-23T21:17:26+00:00

    One possible solution: Just wait.

    This has always happened to me when updating a Windows machine since Windows 7. Windows 8 does this too.

    Basically Windows Update doesn't report progress on downloading (why it has a progress bar for it I have no idea), even though it actually is downloading. This has always been the case for me on multiple machines using both Windows 7 and 8.

    At some point it'll jump from 0% to 100%, then begin "Installing", where the progress bar will actually report on percentiles between 0 and 100 as long as you're installing more than one update.

    If you have a good connection to the Internet (1MB/s+), and it's taken more than an hour or so, then it's probably actually stuck, but in my experience I've never had to do anything but wait.

    Good luck!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-07-24T01:30:21+00:00

    If you have over 20 updates try installing them in waves (like 2 or 3 at a time) . I had this problem after a OS install and selected a few at a time rather than all 50 of the updates simultaneously and it worked. It took longer but it worked.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-07-18T12:59:34+00:00

    Still nothing. Nothing makes this problem go away.

    Any other ideas?

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-06-10T10:04:30+00:00

    I was experiencing the same problem, but now it is resolved...

    I used SpeedPC Pro to repair registry and stuff, restarted the PC. Used 'Fix it' and then checked for updates again and that's it, Done!

    Hope this helps

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