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Windows Update just spins and spins, seemingly without end
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A week ago, Windows Update seemed to stop working on my laptop. It never seems to finish looking for updates for my Window Vista, but just spins and spins and spins. Before this, it always took 6 minutes or less to check for updates and let me know if there were any. If it was downloading an update, it would let me know its size and how long it would take. Anyone know what's going on?
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Anonymous
2016-08-20T15:23:18+00:00 -
lmacri 2,505 Reputation points2016-08-20T13:30:54+00:00 where do I go to get that update? Every link I click to download it says it's a page no longer available!
Hi yankeestonk:
From my 12-Aug 2016 reply to DGinaz in the thread *Windows Update hanging for long time with high cpu for a long time*:
"Sorry, I was testing the download links on Dalai's webpage at http://wu.krelay.de/en/ this morning and just realized that users will occasionally get the error message "We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found" or a502 web server error when they are re-directed to the Microsoft Download Center. This is just atemporary problem and if you wait for a few minutes the links on Dalai's webpage should still re-direct you to the correct standalone update package (.msu file)."
If the problem doesn't resolve itself in a few hours post back and let us know the specific Windows kernel-mode driver (Win32K.sys) updates listed on Dalai's webpage that are missing from your system (e.g., KB3078601, KB3177725, etc.) and whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit OS, and someone will post back with direct links to the correct download pages.
32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox v48.0.1 * NIS v22.7.1.32 * MBAM Premium v2.2.1
HP Pavilion dv6835ca, Intel Core2Duo T5550 @ 1.83 GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
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Anonymous
2016-08-20T13:10:19+00:00 -
Anonymous
2016-08-20T11:57:52+00:00 where do I go to get that update? Every link I click to download it says it's a page no longer available!
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Anonymous
2016-08-20T11:56:15+00:00 whenever I click on the links to these updates I get a page can not be found error from a Microsoft page.