windows update loop.

[xXxsephirothxXx]

Hi,
I'm trying to sort out a mates laptop as its stuck in a windows update loop. What happens is when we try to update patches for the OS it just loops and says "checking for updates".

I have tried playing with the settings on how it updates 'automatic' & 'check but dont install'. Used 'intel driver update utility', and played with the updates settings in 'computer management'.

The OS is win 7 32bit pro. Any help here would appreciated

 

[xXxsephirothxXx]

how long have you left it? from a clean install there is like 200 odd + updates so it can take awhile to check them all and download

Aye, my mate said he has left if for days and this morning i had left if for about 4 hours. We have just done a fresh install again of the OS to see if that fixed the problem.

 

[xXxsephirothxXx]

When we did the fresh install today we selected the option of DL the main updates as part of the installation to see if that would work, the main patches installed however once we got onto the desktop we had the same problem before with the minor updates.
I had the same problem on one of my machines the other day but i got it to work, however, doing the same fix i did on his laptop doesn't do anything.

I am stumped on this one.