New Win7 install will not do windows update ***FINALLY FIXED***

I doubt PA Bear is anywhere near reality :D

This is a simple case of M$ hating people manually searching for updates and still on win-7  = the end.

Just make sure these 4 services are set to Automatic and running.

Background intelligent transfer services

Cryptographic

Windows installer

Windows update

Shut your machine down at night.

I thank you for your input but I would like to understand why you have this opinion - is it because you think the time to download the updates is unreasonable?

This of course was also my own opinion, but my current thought is it could perhaps be simply be due to the relatively early version of Win7 that I installed i.e. the early version will require many more updates.

Still, I am a bit puzzled that I did not get what I usually get when I ask for updates i.e. I usually get a scan and not too long afterwards a list of "important" and "optional" updates.  The updates then install when I give it the go ahead.  The current situation with the desktop PC is it scans and when loads them when I turn off and on the computer.

Would like to hear from others on these two questions.

...the last time I had the machine on this morning, it had downloaded the couple of hundred updates but when I asked it to do a Windows Update, it was still spinning for 4 hours.  Since I had to leave by noon, I had to stop it...

Given the above...

The computer should NOT be connected to the internet or any local networks (i.e., other computers) in its current state. All business & personal data (including online banking & credit-card passwords) should be considered at-risk, if not already compromised.

Thanks for the continued interest guys!  Right now things are actually on hold since I am on the road and no longer at home, so no access to the desktop machine for the next 3 days. 

One thing you should know is the last time I had the machine on this morning, it had downloaded the couple of hundred updates but when I asked it to do a Windows Update, it was still spinning for 4 hours.  Since I had to leave by noon, I had to stop it.  So more on this when I get home and get back on the desktop PC.

[Please don't edit a post of yours after someone's replied to it or to a later post in the thread. Thank you.]

FOLLOW-UP...

Please answer each of the following [admittedly tedious] diagnostic questions in a correspondingly-numbered list in your very next reply, preferably without quoting my post:

1. What is the full name of your installed anti-virus application or security suite and when (approx. date) does your current subscription expire? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender) are installed? What third-party firewall (if any)?
2. Is KB3134814, KB3115858, KB3124280, KB3126587, KB3126593, KB3134214, KB3122648 and/or KB3127220 listed in Installed Updates (not Update History)? [1]
3. How about KB3135445, KB3123862, KB3035583, KB2952664 and/or KB2990214?
4. *Assuming Java is installed =>*Is Java Version 8 Update 73 (or higher) installed? TEST HERE USING INTERNET EXPLORER ONLY! => http://java.com/en/download/uninstallapplet.jsp [2]
5. Is Adobe Flash Player v20.0.0.306 (or higher) installed? TEST HERE USING INTERNET EXPLORER ONLY! => http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ 
6. When (exact date) was Internet Explorer 11 installed according to Installed Updates?
7. What Update Version & KB number are displayed in the second line of text in IE11's Help | About [Alt+H+A] tab; e.g., Update Version: 11.0.99 (KB1231231) ?
8. Is Firefox version 44.0.2 (or higher) and/or Google Chrome version 48.0.2564.116 (or higher) and/or any other alternate browser installed?

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[1] Start | Control Panel | Programs and Features | View installed updates (in left-hand menu)

[2] No need to install Java if it's not already installed!