In most cases only the first (KB3172605) of these is needed.

You are now going to download and install either one or two updates manually.

Right-click on it (left-click if your mouse is set for left-handers) and choose In the window that then pops up (its alphabetic), find Windows Update. Click on Services in the list that pops up.

The process starts by ensuring that there is nothing running that will prevent the update from working properly.

We recommend you do that a few days following the 2nd Tuesday each From this point onwards, you are responsible for starting and installing updates. Then Windows Update will no longer be automatic.

Start Windows Update and change the Setting to Never check for updates.

The techie shorthand for 32 bit is x86 and for 64 bit is 圆4 Click the Start globe, type system in the box. Choose System information in the list. You need to know what is installed in your computer. There are two main types of Windows 7 installations: 32 bit or 64 bit.

We emphasize that for this to work, you must follow exactly as this describes. We hope to be able to update this for September. This works well for August 2016 until the September 2nd Tuesday, known as Patch Tuesday. We have found one that works very well indeed for most. For the past year or so, we've been working to find a solution that will work for you. Windows Update has become quite problematic for Windows 7 users. Several of us have been working on an improved set of instructions. Title: Checking for Updates - Stuck Win 7Ĭorrect Lead3, but I would advise Windows Update service be stopped and a reboot take place in addition to the Never setting. Your question on Microsoft Community has received a reply from Canadian Tech.

Will start again this afternoon and let it run all night. Either way I am stuck Checkingįor updates for over 24 hours. There is an update KB976902 that's on the machine and I cannot uninstall. After doing that I tried to continue with updates and it was taking for ever so I tried installing the KB3020369 Steps below and I tried installing the KB3020369 and received the error so I then installed the KB3172605 with no I have recently did a fresh install of Windows 7 pro and had the problem installing updates. I had posted a question on this a while back and received an answer that worked until now.

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