Clean Win7 install - checking for updates

[thedoc46]

Is there a way to trigger the Windows O/S updates after doing a clean fresh install of the O/S ?

If i choose Windows Update, from the start menu, it just sits there saying checking for updates... Even if i leave it overnight, it still sits there saying, checking for updates. I know beforehand it took a while, as it had to gather ALL the updates since the O/S came out, but nowadays it just doesn't want to do anything other than sit there checking for updates.

Is there a trick to give it a kick start ?

 

[ED209]

Give this link a try, has helped out others on here before

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...n/f39a65fa-9d10-42e7-9bc0-7f5096b36d0c?auth=1

 

[Orcvader]

Give this link a try, has helped out others on here before

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...n/f39a65fa-9d10-42e7-9bc0-7f5096b36d0c?auth=1

Can confirm this works, was setting up a few 7 machines at work and this solved the update issue.

April servicing pack: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3020369

July update rollup: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3172605

After installing these 7 picked up 220 or so updates around 5 minutes of searching.

 

[MarcLister]

Perhaps give WSUSOffline a go? You would have had to download the updates before though.

http://wsusoffline.net/

 

[thedoc46]

thanks fellas giving it a try now !

 

[thedoc46]

Give this link a try, has helped out others on here before

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...n/f39a65fa-9d10-42e7-9bc0-7f5096b36d0c?auth=1

Thanks strange thing is that i had to do number 2 first as number 1 said it wasn't applicable to my enviroment, but after running number 2, i ran number 1 and it worked. so rebooting now.

This was for a 64 bit install BTW, didn't try the 32bit msu's.

 

[ED209]

I don't normally get this issue as I make my own install media for windows 7 just because of the lack of service packs but still many individual updates that are still released.

every now and then I slipstream the updates in to a bootable USB stick so if I need a re install there is not much to update after a clean install of W7

I use this site and saves a lot of time!

https://forums.mydigitallife.info/t...rate-hotfixes-into-Win7-distribution?p=756785

 

[Kainz]

Perhaps give WSUSOffline a go? You would have had to download the updates before though.

http://wsusoffline.net/

After the W10 Anniversary pack update left me raging, I ended up going back to lovely clean build of Win7 a few days ago and I used WSusoffline - it worked brilliantly and I was up and running in no time.

 

[ED209]

Thanks strange thing is that i had to do number 2 first as number 1 said it wasn't applicable to my enviroment, but after running number 2, i ran number 1 and it worked. so rebooting now.

This was for a 64 bit install BTW, didn't try the 32bit msu's.

I did the same thing on a 32 bit PC for a customer today, second one first and then the first.

all sorted and within 10 mins it found 169 updates so all is good

 

[lurkio]

Perhaps give WSUSOffline a go? You would have had to download the updates before though.

http://wsusoffline.net/

+1 for wsus offline

 

[Orcvader]

Thanks strange thing is that i had to do number 2 first as number 1 said it wasn't applicable to my enviroment, but after running number 2, i ran number 1 and it worked. so rebooting now.

This was for a 64 bit install BTW, didn't try the 32bit msu's.

Yeah just had a look at the guide, it has the download links the wrong way round. You need to install the April 2015 servicing pack one first before the July update rollup. I didn't need to turn off Windows update either. Just ran those two installers right after Windows booted into the desktop first time.