Windows 7 won't update

[conradmetz]

I made the fateful error of upgrading with a clean install from Windows 7 HJome Premium to Windows 7 Professional. After much hunting to find the various drivers missing from WIndows, I was able to install a fuly operational Windows 7 Pro, but now I find that it will not update. I have spent hours reviewing and trying the many (often conflicting) "fixes" found on the Internet, but none of them actually fix the problem. The failure of Windows 7 to update seems to be a very common problem, so I am puzzled as to why there is no proven straightforward remedy. It looks like I need to go back to Home Premium, but I thought I would try the forum before surrendering.

[Jay_101]

Greetings,

Microsoft has finally issued a post Win 7 SP1 update rollup.

Go here for instructions.

It will make getting a clean install of Win 7 up to speed much quicker.

There are some telemetry updates included, see updates with an (*). Here is a list of the updates having Win 10 like telemetry if you want to remove those problematic updates post update installation:

KB2952664
KB2977759
KB3022345
KB3050267
KB3035583
KB3068708*
KB3075249*
KB3080149*
KB3146449

Cheers!

[conradmetz]

I should have stated my problem more clearly. It is not that Windows will not install updates, but rather that it will not find any. It goes into the "Checking for updates" mode, but just churns away and never finds any, even though this installation disk is a couple of years old and should need a ton of updates.

[Jay_101 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

That is the problem.

Please read this article, in it's entirety, by Ed Bott.

Using the Win 7 Update Rollup eliminates the problem.

Jay

[conradmetz]

Unfortunately, when I try to go "here" I cannot complete the procedure for accessing the Microsoft Update Catalog

site.

[Jay_101]

Hi,

You have to use Internet Explorer.

Jay

[Jay_101]

Hi,

It's too bad you did not see this HP Forum thread before doing a clean install of Win 7 Pro .

You could have saved a lot of time and frustration.

Jay

[conradmetz]

I did start with the Windows Anytime Upgrade, but the installation failed, repeatedly.

[conradmetz]

Thank you.  Using the KB3083710 and KB3102810 workaround, everything went quickly and smoothly - at least it started quickly - the 180 updates took a while to download and install. I was unable to access the rollup, so I followed the normal update procedure. The important thing is that it worked, and Windows 7 Professional is up to date and running without a hitch.

[Jay_101]

Hi,

You're welcome.

Jay