Windows Update Hangs

perhaps this article may help:

http://superuser.com/questions/951960/windows-7-sp1-windows-update-stuck-checking-for-updates/996072#996072

it said my system didn't support it, or something like that.

KB3161608 requires KB3020369 installed. :)

Well if KBKB3161608 is supposed to be the fix, it sure isn't much of a fix as I already knew I didn't have that update installed and when I tried to manually install it, it said my system didn't support it, or something like that.

Knew I should've gotten right back on this site so I could post exactly what it said, but after waiting an hour plus to check for updates I said heck with it and wiped Windows out and installed Linux.

As Josagan posted, that is about exactly how I feel like MS is treating Windows 7 users and I've had enough of it!

My wife's computer is the only Windows machine left now out of 8. I will try installing KBKB3161608 on that machine as I know I don't have it installed on it also and see what happens. Maybe it'll be time to see if my wife can learn Linux after that? Sure will make my life easier when it comes to update anyway! :)

With the July 2016 Windows Updates (for Windows 7) , yet again as in previous months, it stated it was downloading updates but it hanged on 0% for a long time.

This time around I found that by stopping Windows Update in Services, then manually installing KB3168965 ( Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems - Security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers) and restarting, afterwards Windows Update worked normally.

Lately, Windows Update has been broken in one way or another and a lot of the updates themselves have been botched screwing up user's computers and wasting their time troubleshooting problems and repairing the damage done.

I don't understand why Microsoft executives, especially Satya Nadella, won't do anything to solve all these problems with Windows Update and patches.

Edit:

I found the answer to my question on a Computer World Windows Update for Business article comment:

"Microsoft has already explicitly told its business customers that consumers -- who will for the most part receive updates when they're released -- will serve as guinea pigs, who will turn up bugs and problems in each Windows 10 update months before enterprises have to commit to the fixes. Congrats on the promotion, consumers, the company no longer views you as pigs. Now you're guinea pigs. Sure hope you don't lose anything you want to keep when your untested updates are forcefully applied."

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2918574/microsoft-windows/microsoft-touts-new-update-service-as-way-for-enterprises-to-go-slow-on-windows-10.html

To late as far as the computer I was on yesterday when I posted above. Already installed Linux on that machine. Still have 2 Windows computers left though, so will see if I already have that update installed and go from there.

Unfortunately, 1 computer is wife's and she won't let me put Linux on that machine! :(

Thanks for that reply though, Volume Z. :)

Edit:

Aw, darn! Not that rollup update?! I know I don't have that update installed as I figured that was just another sneaky way for MS to add telemetry junk and that stupid get Windows 10 thing.