Anyone else having problems with Win 7 update?

[hobbit709]

Dug some computers out of the garage that had been sitting about a year. Hooked them up to update everything. Firefox updated. Malwarebytes updated. Microsoft Security Essentials updated. Had windows update check for updates and it just sits there-finally get a message saying it could connect and find any updates.
M$ help once again is useless. Even downloaded their Fixit tool and it installed, then when I tried to run it, says it couldn't connect.

[SwankyXomb]

1. You could try wsusoffline.net

No idea how well it works, but I've seen it praised other places.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. Windows Update on Win 7 has been HORIFFICALLY slow since

the "Upgrade to WinDOZE 10" process began IMO, CPU locks up @100% usage at times & high memory consumption. Google search Windows 7 Update high CPU

Try installing IE11 & also latest Windows update client manually before running Windows Update... it's still a crapshoot IMO.

IE11 offline: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer-11-for-windows-7-details.aspx
Dec 2015 Win Update Client: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3112343

HTH

[gvstn]

3. Did you update the time and date?

That can mess things up if they revert to some random time after sitting for a year or so.

[hobbit709]

4. Accurate settings CMOS battery good. Suggestion from post 2 fixed it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3112343

[gvstn]

5. Thanks for the update and fix.