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
    2017-12-05T23:46:15+00:00

    (Revised 11-14-2017)

    The Vista Update Search issue gets triggered by applicability of at least one of the following updates for a given installation: KB4015195, KB3191203, KB3185911, KB3087039, KB4014661, Excel and Word related Security Updates for Compatibility Pack SP3, Office 2007 SP3 and Office 2010 SP2.

    An installation can be made ineligible for the issue by manually preinstalling all applicable of the following:

    KB4019204 (equivalent to KB4015195)    http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/02/windows6.0-kb4012497-x86_6bc6370b69da979c270ecdfafbdb609fcb60dc8e.msu[Download 32-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/windows6.0-kb4019204-x86-custom_cc1a90841c15759e36c5095580dfb0b32b34eb8a.msu)         Download 64-bit

    KB4012583 (equivalent to KB3191203)    Download 32-bit         Download 64-bit

    KB3205638 (equivalent to KB3185911)    Download 32-bit         Download 64-bit

    KB4015380 (equivalent to KB3203859,    http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2016/11/windows6.0-kb3203859-x86_722738430267470c95ed36e962e799af92695b0e.msu[Download 32-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/windows6.0-kb4015380-x86_3f3548db24cf61d6f47d2365c298d739e6cb069a.msu)         http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2016/11/windows6.0-kb3203859-x64_a5276a41e72f8888572d5459c6a757fe28844706.msu[Download 64-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/windows6.0-kb4015380-x64_959aedbe0403d160be89f4dac057e2a0cd0c6d40.msu)

             KB3164033, KB3140735 and KB3087039)

    KB4018271 (IE 9 only; equivalent to         http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/ie9-windows6.0-kb4012204-x86_4d1735925f4125dd44bb55b474e1e6df6038ddcb.msu[Download 32-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/ie9-windows6.0-kb4018271-x86-custom_cd47df4c2de16304e79a9bb03da882180182c3db.msu)         http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/ie9-windows6.0-kb4012204-x64_52461c06e6b5a63278cb821cb6cec90763c01ef3.msu[Download 64-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/ie9-windows6.0-kb4018271-x64-custom_03cc4a6e57cecbe73ea5c9f45dc90a0cfe15eecb.msu)   

                                           KB4014661)

    KB4011205 (Compatibility Pack SP3)new Download      

    KB4011265 (Compatibility Pack SP3)new https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/1/9/71949238-FF2E-4724-999B-FC4601DA2ED4/wordconv2007-kb3191835-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download](https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/8/6087B3FD-E6DD-48B9-B499-EE651B776A6F/wordconv2007-kb4011265-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)

    KB4011199 (Excel 2007)             new https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/6/5967FC5C-705F-4994-AF8A-0DBC3196ECF5/excel2007-kb4011062-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download](https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/5/7/2577673D-9843-445C-88DD-4B13A17A768A/excel2007-kb4011199-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)

    KB4011266 (Word 2007)              new     https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/A/0/6A0A1E25-002A-4249-95DF-E290CA136690/word2007-kb3191836-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download](https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/3/A/E3A2F77D-3AE9-488D-A88A-0426A91ECF07/word2007-kb4011266-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)

    KB4011197 (Excel 2010)              new     https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/7/477AEA86-8975-489D-B748-BBD4A6A5793A/word2010-kb3191843-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download 32-bit](https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/3/973B1763-15EC-4F05-8EB6-43BD726465E2/excel2010-kb4011197-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)        Download 64-bit

    KB4011270 (Word 2010)                new   Download 32-bit        Download 64-bit

    Set automatic updates to "Never check for updates" and reboot prior to manual installation.

    Regards, VZ

    Downloaded  all of the above and hey presto updates started to appear.

    Thanks VZ for all your time and trouble over the past few months, myself and many other people greatly appreciate what you have done.

    I have followed your replies for months with great success but recently a problem has arisen and I wondered if anyone can help.

    To cut a long story short, my Windows Update (which was Microsoft Update) has recently lost the option to check other Microsoft Products, which in my case is Office 2007, and now only shows updates for Windows, which is not any use as I am running Vista.

    I uninstalled KB4011266 (Word 2007) which I had previously installed on 16th November to see if that would trigger the Windows Update settings to show me the option to select other products, but that didn't work.

    I then re-installed KB4011266 to see if that would work but that didn't work either.

    I have attached 2 screenshots showing the main Windows Update screen showing Windows Only and the second screen showing that the option for other products is missing.

    I will still be able to install the updates that you put onto this forum but what concerns me is that if there are any other updates related to the Office updates they may not be selected by my update.

    I hope someone can help. Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-22T09:51:09+00:00

    (Revised 11-14-2017)

    The Vista Update Search issue gets triggered by applicability of at least one of the following updates for a given installation: KB4015195, KB3191203, KB3185911, KB3087039, KB4014661, Excel and Word related Security Updates for Compatibility Pack SP3, Office 2007 SP3 and Office 2010 SP2.

    An installation can be made ineligible for the issue by manually preinstalling all applicable of the following:

    KB4019204 (equivalent to KB4015195)    http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/02/windows6.0-kb4012497-x86_6bc6370b69da979c270ecdfafbdb609fcb60dc8e.msu[Download 32-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/windows6.0-kb4019204-x86-custom_cc1a90841c15759e36c5095580dfb0b32b34eb8a.msu)         Download 64-bit

    KB4012583 (equivalent to KB3191203)    Download 32-bit         Download 64-bit

    KB3205638 (equivalent to KB3185911)    Download 32-bit         Download 64-bit

    KB4015380 (equivalent to KB3203859,    http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2016/11/windows6.0-kb3203859-x86_722738430267470c95ed36e962e799af92695b0e.msu[Download 32-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/windows6.0-kb4015380-x86_3f3548db24cf61d6f47d2365c298d739e6cb069a.msu)         http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2016/11/windows6.0-kb3203859-x64_a5276a41e72f8888572d5459c6a757fe28844706.msu[Download 64-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/windows6.0-kb4015380-x64_959aedbe0403d160be89f4dac057e2a0cd0c6d40.msu)

             KB3164033, KB3140735 and KB3087039)

    KB4018271 (IE 9 only; equivalent to         http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/ie9-windows6.0-kb4012204-x86_4d1735925f4125dd44bb55b474e1e6df6038ddcb.msu[Download 32-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/ie9-windows6.0-kb4018271-x86-custom_cd47df4c2de16304e79a9bb03da882180182c3db.msu)         http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2017/03/ie9-windows6.0-kb4012204-x64_52461c06e6b5a63278cb821cb6cec90763c01ef3.msu[Download 64-bit](http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/csa/csa/secu/2017/05/ie9-windows6.0-kb4018271-x64-custom_03cc4a6e57cecbe73ea5c9f45dc90a0cfe15eecb.msu)   

                                           KB4014661)

    KB4011205 (Compatibility Pack SP3)new Download      

    KB4011265 (Compatibility Pack SP3)new https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/1/9/71949238-FF2E-4724-999B-FC4601DA2ED4/wordconv2007-kb3191835-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download](https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/8/6087B3FD-E6DD-48B9-B499-EE651B776A6F/wordconv2007-kb4011265-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)

    KB4011199 (Excel 2007)             new https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/6/5967FC5C-705F-4994-AF8A-0DBC3196ECF5/excel2007-kb4011062-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download](https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/5/7/2577673D-9843-445C-88DD-4B13A17A768A/excel2007-kb4011199-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)

    KB4011266 (Word 2007)              new     https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/A/0/6A0A1E25-002A-4249-95DF-E290CA136690/word2007-kb3191836-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download](https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/3/A/E3A2F77D-3AE9-488D-A88A-0426A91ECF07/word2007-kb4011266-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)

    KB4011197 (Excel 2010)              new     https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/7/477AEA86-8975-489D-B748-BBD4A6A5793A/word2010-kb3191843-fullfile-x86-glb.exe[Download 32-bit](https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/3/973B1763-15EC-4F05-8EB6-43BD726465E2/excel2010-kb4011197-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)        Download 64-bit

    KB4011270 (Word 2010)                new   Download 32-bit        Download 64-bit

    Set automatic updates to "Never check for updates" and reboot prior to manual installation.

    Regards, VZ

    Downloaded  all of the above and hey presto updates started to appear.

    Thanks VZ for all your time and trouble over the past few months, myself and many other people greatly appreciate what you have done.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-11-21T23:19:54+00:00

    Sure. My first attempt at this month's revision was even worse. :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-11-21T02:40:47+00:00

    KB4011197 is actually the Excel 2010 and

    KB4011270 is actually the Word 2010. 

    VZ - Can you please correct it, and thank you for all your work on this!

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