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
    2016-04-15T20:58:36+00:00

    First thing I would do is edit your thread and switch it to a real Question and not a Discussion.

    At my request, a Moderator converted the thread from a Question to a Discussion on 13 April. With ~140 and counting "Me, too!" replies, it's really NOT a question now (and I don't think we've heard from the OP lately).

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T21:06:16+00:00

    Just tried this on a 2nd (a 64 bit) and 3rd PC.  It truly works.  I have no idea why.  I just see that it solves the problem

    The third was another Atom-based 32 bit netbook.  It found the updates in 11 minutes and is now happily updating.  Downloading started almost immediately too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T21:59:46+00:00

    Worked for me -- thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T22:38:47+00:00

    I used this formula except I used command line to delete the recommended updates for convenience. I also downloaded and installed KB3145739. The two together worked a charm.the command looks like

    wusa /uninstall /kb:xxxxxxx. 

    This lets the command line search for the updates, and it doesn't overlook any of them. Don't forget the colon after kb.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-16T05:26:44+00:00

    We'll see...it says I already have 3145739 installed and I have 70 updates, basically no 'odometer' if it is downloading.

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