Windows Update just spins and spins, seemingly without end

Anonymous
2016-07-18T01:20:12+00:00

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?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T20:02:35+00:00

    I didn't say there was anything "wrong" with Norton Antivirus Online. [1]

    You don't know if replacing it would have resolved your problems because you didn't do so.

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    [1] The fact that you obtained the application from an ISP in the USA (i.e., CenturyLink) and the fact that you're no longer a CenturyLink subscriber - since you now reside in Thailand - may be a violation of the EULA (license) you accepted when you installed it:

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    Norton^™^ AntiVirus Online: With these services, customer receives the right to use the products on the specified number of PCs during customer's subscription term with CenturyLink...

    </QP>

    Source: http://www.centurylink.com/common/disclaimers/general.html#high_speed_internet_basics

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T10:54:39+00:00

    Don't you get it? There's nothing wrong with Norton Antivirus Online, and replacing it would not have solved the problem of not being able to download Windows updates.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T05:33:16+00:00

    Fine by me. Won't really matter 8 months from now anyway.

    PS: I recommended that you replace the questionable Norton application.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T02:14:59+00:00

    Since GWN gave me the right answer and you told me to uninstall Norton Antivirus Online, I'm going with GWN's advice.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-08-15T02:10:47+00:00

    This is the most irresponsible suggestion I have received in more than 5 years of using Windows Answers. Do you realize how much trouble this could have caused me if I'd taken your advice?

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