I did the Windows 7 Pro install from a CD that included SP1 when I
switched over from 32-bit Vista. I regularly installed updates until the
Windows 10 boogaloo started last fall.
Somehow the "notify me when new updates are ready, so I can decide if I
want to install them" got replaced with nagging popups for Windows 10
(which Microsoft subsequently informs me my laptop will not run because
NVIDIA has not provided Windows 10 video drivers). Doesn't seem to have
stopped the Windows 10 nag popups though. They're back since I started
installing updates again.
And the latest batch of updates finished just now & the computer is
restarted. On to updates from 01/12/2016.
On 6/11/2016 6:34 PM, Mark C wrote:
On my machine Win 7 Professional downloaded the Service Pack and
installed it without issue (though it was a huge download). Then
downloaded something just short of 400 separate updates and those got
hopelessly messed up. Could not uninstall several and the system was
stuck. After 'fix it" utility I took control and downloaded everything,
but selectively installed just 20 at a time making sure to go from
oldest to newest. It was tedious and some updates failed, but most
installed correctly. After the first pass I put it back on auto and the
updates that failed wound up getting sorted out after a couple of tries.
Good luck!
Mark
On 6/11/2016 6:07 PM, John wrote:
I have. That's what finally allowed me to download the stand-alone
application that let me to install the Feb 2016 update client.
The next batch of updates took a bit longer, but they finished
installing some time after I went to bed last night. The computer was
ready to be restarted when I got up this morning.
I've got another batch (12/08/2015) downloading now (since 8:30am). I'm
hoping that from here out, it's going to be no worse than a long slog.
Start the download & check back periodically to see if the computer is
ready to restart.
Once the current batch installs, I'll only have 5 more batches of updates
from 2016 left to install.
I'm going to take a look at the Acer Gaming Computers Yolanda suggested.
If they'll run the latest first person shooters, they should run
Photoshop no problem.
On 6/11/2016 2:03 PM, Mark C wrote:
Microsoft has a tool to repair update problmes - have you tried that? I
used it on my new PC some months ago at it worked well. Not sure if it
is a "mr fixit" app or somehting with a more dignified name.
On 6/10/2016 11:03 PM, John wrote:
Update - Fri Jun 10: I found a stand-alone installer for a new Windoze
Update Client from Feb 2016. It took about 20 hours to download &
install. But it seems to have helped.
I've got a list of the dates updates were released, so I install only
the updates from a single date. The five from 11/10/2015 downloaded and
installed in less than 5 hours.
On 6/9/2016 5:54 PM, John wrote:
I expect the final solution is going to be a new laptop. Thing is,
this
one's got two hard drive bays + the optical drive. So far, Googling
for
a Laptop w/2 HDD bays AND an optical drive hasn't been too productive.
If I find one, I'll blast this one & do a clean re-install of
Windoze 7
SP1 before I put it up on Craig's list.
On 6/9/2016 4:16 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
I've recently struck the same problem with my old Vista laptop.
Microsoft's suggested solutions all seem especially unhelpful.
At this stage I'm just shrugging my shoulders and ignoring the
updates.
Cheers
Brian
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016, at 03:40 AM, John wrote:
I've been trying to download Updates for my laptop. I've run into
the
dreaded "Downloading ... (0 KB total, 0% complete)" monster. It
runs for
hours without any progress.
I've been running it since Monday. I'm not even really upset
about it
yet. I've got it sitting over on the side & I give it a nudge every
once
in a while.
One solution recommended stopping the the Windows Update Service in
Task
Manager to see if it would allow installation of already downloaded
updates. That gave me 3 optional updates plus a new video driver &
a new
driver for the touch-pad yesterday, but nothing since.
None of the solutions I've found on-line have worked, except that I
found a stand-alone installer for a new "Windows Update Client for
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2". That *seemed* like it might
have
installed.
I got a BSOD immediately after it reached 100%, but when the laptop
restarted I got a message under the Windoze Logo splash screen like
"completing step 281 of 281" and then it went into the "updating -
please wait". It finally came up to the Login screen like it's
supposed
to.
I'm currently trying to download & install ONE update (the oldest
one I
could find by release date). Why doesn't Windoze just allow you to
sort
them by release date?
Doesn't look encouraging.
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