Windows Update Hangs

Anonymous
2016-04-12T19:28:32+00:00

As of today 12 April 2016 Window 7 SP1 hangs in searching for updates.  Unlike other postings in 2015, their is no Orchestrator service in services.msc.  Prior to today Windows update was working fine.  Why is this happening?  Is there any other way to get these updates.  I have restarted the OS to no benefit.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T19:42:30+00:00

    I just tried it on my 2nd PC.  Works like a charm.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T18:47:44+00:00

    Hello.

    The number is indeed correct. Please go to the Softpedia link I referenced. You'll have to load all comments and go down almost to the end to find Chooky's solution.

    Apparently my "not new" laptop needed this particular security update to allow Windows Update to resume its normal activity.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T18:31:50+00:00

    SOLVED:

    Windows 7 SP1 64

    Extremely frustrated all day yesterday trying every solution posted on the Internet. Then this morning I found this comment on Softpedia's website and it absolutely works (very easy - but why should we have to do this?):

    To resolve this issue: first install KB3145739 manually. Go to Microsoft website to download and then install.

    Next you should restart and finally you can check for updates in manual mode.

    It takes between 5 or 10 minutes.

    Comment posted by: Chooky 14 Apr 2016 13:00 CMT

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-update-hanging-when-downloading-april-12-patches-502886.shtml

    P.S. I joined the Microsoft community today specifically to post this solution. Hopefully it will help some people avoid hours or days of frustration or drastic, complicated but unnecessary troubleshooting steps.

    Hi, Joel -- I don't mean to seem doubting.....but at this point, I'm skittish about anything I try with this thing!  I looked at the page for KB3145739 and I see no mention of it fixing Windows Update and the issues we've been having.  I want to be sure I'm looking at the right one and haven't gotten my numbers mixed around before I do anything.  The only thing I've done so far is take WU off of automatic checking and have been checking manually.  Nothing after 40 minutes -- nothing comes in, no error message -- and I'm reluctant to leave the computer up and running all night, as has been suggested.  So, good sir, am I looking at the right update to fix the Windows Update Hanging/High CPU issue?  And thank you!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T17:41:45+00:00

    SOLVED:

    Windows 7 SP1 64

    Extremely frustrated all day yesterday trying every solution posted on the Internet. Then this morning I found this comment on Softpedia's website and it absolutely works (very easy - but why should we have to do this?):

    To resolve this issue: first install KB3145739 manually. Go to Microsoft website to download and then install.

    Next you should restart and finally you can check for updates in manual mode.

    It takes between 5 or 10 minutes.

    Comment posted by: Chooky 14 Apr 2016 13:00 CMT

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-update-hanging-when-downloading-april-12-patches-502886.shtml

    P.S. I joined the Microsoft community today specifically to post this solution. Hopefully it will help some people avoid hours or days of frustration or drastic, complicated but unnecessary troubleshooting steps.

    Indeed!

    Thank you for the solution, it worked for me too!

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T17:13:49+00:00

    WORKS FOR ME TOO!

    I have a 32bit netbook that has been searching for updates for nearly 24 hours without result.  I stopped WU, restarted, then updated with a manually downloaded KB3145739, restarted.  WU found the updates in 26 minutes.

    That is a big WOW!

    NOTE:  There are both 32 and 64 bit versions of this KB. 

    Thanks Joel

    I look after 150 client computers.  I will be trying this on many others in the near future and will report back.

    32 bit version:   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51857 

    64 bit version:   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51853

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