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
    2016-04-15T14:38:52+00:00

    thanks  Joel_CS it worked . the last 2 days wu will spend 3 hours searching for update until i turn is off now it found them in 8 minuts

    hope next month wont be a problem

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/profile/82d7dd98-51bb-436f-aa22-0eb6af6faa4d

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-15T13:19:08+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, even if your Installed History already shows this update.

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-20T10:10:57+00:00

    Finally resolved the issue with being able to check for Office updates. After once again wasting my time calling Microsoft (they just couldn't seem to understand that there should be an option to get updates for other products), I kept looking online for solutions. Found a site that said to do the following: in Internet Explorer, list microsoft.com as a trusted site and add it to compatibility view settings. I tried just those two things first, but still no results. Then I decided to change my default browser to IE. That worked. I finally have the option back to get Office updates. Switched back to Chrome as my default and all is finally well.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-12T20:05:57+00:00

    I have shutdown the PC and powered up again and still have the problem.  Letting it sit overnight is a doubtful solution to me, I will try again tomorrow.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-12T19:52:40+00:00

    Your solution is simply patience.  It is going to take many hours.  The more you try to fix it, the more likely you are going to make a mess of your Windows installation.  Best is to shut down hibernation/sleep functions, power up, start up before you go to be and look forward to seeing a list of updates to apply in the morning.

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