Post by alpha128 on Dec 6, 2017 0:21:05 GMT
In case you didn't notice, Microsoft let a key Windows Update file expire on December 3rd. In the process they broke Windows Update for all Windows 7 users (half the computers in the world).
Here's the fix that worked for me and thankfully it's simple:
Here's the fix that worked for me and thankfully it's simple:
I had the same issue as alpha128, and FWIW, I didn’t do any workaround tweaking while WU was down.
I’d go to Control Panel and click on “Check for updates” from the menu that also includes a link for “Windows Update.” Up would pop a Windows Update dialog with a red-X shield to the left of a message that said, “Check for updates for your computer,” with a “Check for updates” button in the lower left right.
So I’d click on the “Check for updates” button, and up would pop a little dialog box that said, “Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.”
So I’d restart, but that didn’t help.
What finally worked for me on the 2nd try (WU froze on me on the first try) was going to Windows Update settings and switching from good old “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” to “Never check for updates” (and OK-ing that change), and then going back and switching back to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” (and OK-ing the change). At that point WU immediately checked for updates, and all’s been normal since.
And the WU icon returned to the Notification Area, and remained there after rebooting.
www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/windows-update-in-win7-now-appears-to-be-working-properly/#post-150052
I’d go to Control Panel and click on “Check for updates” from the menu that also includes a link for “Windows Update.” Up would pop a Windows Update dialog with a red-X shield to the left of a message that said, “Check for updates for your computer,” with a “Check for updates” button in the lower left right.
So I’d click on the “Check for updates” button, and up would pop a little dialog box that said, “Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.”
So I’d restart, but that didn’t help.
What finally worked for me on the 2nd try (WU froze on me on the first try) was going to Windows Update settings and switching from good old “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” to “Never check for updates” (and OK-ing that change), and then going back and switching back to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” (and OK-ing the change). At that point WU immediately checked for updates, and all’s been normal since.
And the WU icon returned to the Notification Area, and remained there after rebooting.
www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/windows-update-in-win7-now-appears-to-be-working-properly/#post-150052