why has vista stopped automatic updates?

Anonymous
2016-12-06T17:14:24+00:00

Vista will no longer automatically update. Nothing I've attempted works to fix the issue.

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Anonymous
2017-03-18T21:40:35+00:00

Here are the March 2017 Vista Update download links.

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=4012583

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=4012584

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=4012497

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4012598

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4012204

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB3214051

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=3217587

If I missed one, please advise. IE9 is included above.

Vista Support ends April 11, 2017 per MS here.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/22882

EDIT - If you have Microsoft Office, find your March 2017 Version Updates here. I have Office 2007 - still supported.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4013886/march-14-2017-update-for-microsoft-office

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-04-14T19:35:10+00:00

    KB4017094 (Silverlight), KB4014661 (IE9), KB4014652, KB4014793, KB4014794, KB4015067, KB4015380, KB4015383, KB4017018, KB890830 (WMSRT, 52.8MB), KB3191827 (Excel 2007) and KB3191829 (Office OneNote 2007).

    The delay was due to Excel 2007. Only three replies prior to yours I wrote

    "Install KB4015195, any applicable of KB4014661, KB3191830, KB3191827 and KB3191847, then run Windows Update."

    Your link labeled KB3191827 above goes to KB3141529, so I didn't preinstall it from your list. I did skip KB4014661 (IE9). Perhaps that would have helped on my first try too? Didn't need it on the second try where I had preinstalled KB3141529 (not Excel 2007) by then which did help. I have Office 2007 and had preinstalled KB3191830 (xlconv2007) as noted above. OUgrad

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-14T18:53:24+00:00

    KB4017094 (Silverlight), KB4014661 (IE9), KB4014652, KB4014793, KB4014794, KB4015067, KB4015380, KB4015383, KB4017018, KB890830 (WMSRT, 52.8MB), KB3191827 (Excel 2007) and KB3191829 (Office OneNote 2007).

    The delay was due to Excel 2007. Only three replies prior to yours I wrote

    "Install KB4015195, any applicable of KB4014661, KB3191830, KB3191827 and KB3191847, then run Windows Update."

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-14T16:23:42+00:00

    My VISTA machine is 32 bit. It's for the kids. We have 2 other machines with Winblows 10

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-04-14T16:13:54+00:00

    After preinstalling KB4015195, KB4014571, KB4014561 plus the Office related KB3191830, I could not get WU to respond quickly - over an hour. So, I installed the Office Update noted in my EDIT above and got the following WU list that I'll install later - KB4017094 (Silverlight), KB4014661 (IE9), KB4014652, KB4014793, KB4014794, KB4015067, KB4015380, KB4015383, KB4017018, KB890830 (WMSRT, 52.8MB), KB3191827 (Excel 2007) and KB3191829 (Office OneNote 2007). Your PC may respond differently. My PC is 64-bit. OUgrad

    EDIT - Forgot to mention I had also pre-installed Rollups KB4014984 and KB4014988 mentioned in my Post above. Each contain 4 KBs that must be downloaded and installed separately. Not all were applicable to my PC - discovered as I tried to install each and received a not applicable message if the case.

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