Windows 7 does not update.

ivorito · 31 Oct 2012 at 14:39

Hi, this is my pc:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £59.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £42
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
Total : £355.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

I also have a 500gb hdd and an xfx 6870.

After building the computer I installed windows 7 (legit and paid for software!) and unfortunately the windows auto update feature does not work. I am running it on the ssd. Whenever I try and install updates the bar stays still after a while or does not even move to start with. It says it is installing updates for hours... Also whenever I shut the computer down it wants to install updates first that never end either. I have run Memtest and everything seems fine. I believe everything is plugged in correctly and I have tried to get it working with minimal components. I don't see what is wrong. The microsoft fix-it doesn't improve it and doing a clean install didn't seem to help either. Any suggestions? Thanks very much.

Porceliamone · 31 Oct 2012 at 14:43

There's an older version of fix it available that has an agressive option. That solved my update problem a few months back on my old PC after trying everything else and failing.
I had to search pretty hard for it and unfortunately can't remember where it was now. Give it a bash on Google and see if you can find it.

ivorito · 31 Oct 2012 at 14:49

Porceliamone said:
There's an older version of fix it available that has an agressive option. That solved my update problem a few months back on my old PC after trying everything else and failing.
I had to search pretty hard for it and unfortunately can't remember where it was now. Give it a bash on Google and see if you can find it.

Ah that sounds great

any chance you still have it downloaded? My googling skills arent the greatest so do you have any ideas of possible search parameters?

Porceliamone · 31 Oct 2012 at 16:20

I think it's "Fix It 50202" (Option 2) on this page.

http://www.winhelp.us/index.php/windows/securing-windows/reinstall-windows-update.html

As a last resort I chose to run it aggressively and it worked perfectly and completely resolved this annoying (and frankly PC threatening) issue without any other effects.

Let me know how you get on.

bledd · 31 Oct 2012 at 16:30

Are the date/time set correctly on your machine? This can cause weird problems with Windows update if they're out..

Are you using SP1 ?

If it's still playing up and you can't fix it, I'd suggest formatting with a W7 SP1 disc

Netguy · 31 Oct 2012 at 17:23

bledd. said:
Are the date/time set correctly on your machine? This can cause weird problems with Windows update if they're out..

+1

ivorito · 1 Nov 2012 at 08:37

bledd. said:
Are the date/time set correctly on your machine? This can cause weird problems with Windows update if they're out..

Are you using SP1 ?

If it's still playing up and you can't fix it, I'd suggest formatting with a W7 SP1 disc

1) Yes, the date and time are set correctly
2) Yes, it came on the disk
3) How do I go about doing that, do I literally just insert the disk?

Porceliamone · 2 Nov 2012 at 11:18

So....is it fixed??

ivorito · 2 Nov 2012 at 20:38

Porceliamone said:
So....is it fixed??

Unfortunately your method didn't work for me. I guess it is a slightly different problem. Thanks for the help anyway, and I am yet to try and format it with the disk.

ivorito · 10 Nov 2012 at 16:23

bledd. said:
Are the date/time set correctly on your machine? This can cause weird problems with Windows update if they're out..

Are you using SP1 ?

If it's still playing up and you can't fix it, I'd suggest formatting with a W7 SP1 disc

Apologies for the delay, but still no luck. Any suggestions?

theheyes · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:12

Are you behind a proxy?

ShakenNstirred · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:14

so you tried the reinstall of windows?

ivorito · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:21

theheyes said:
Are you behind a proxy?

No I am not

ivorito · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:21

ShakenNstirred said:
so you tried the reinstall of windows?

Yeah, I have reinstalled it a few times now and still getting the same problem. Any thoughts?

chief barker · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:26

bledd. said:
Are the date/time set correctly on your machine? This can cause weird problems with Windows update if they're out..

Are you sure the time is set correctly both in the bios and in windows...double check.

I had the same issue a couple of months ago when i updated my bios.

ShakenNstirred · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:28

no im stumped, reinstalls usually sort most things like that.
everything else internet related working fine?

ivorito · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:44

chief barker said:
Are you sure the time is set correctly both in the bios and in windows...double check.

I had the same issue a couple of months ago when i updated my bios.

Yeah the date and time seem correct for both of them. The bios says the 11/10/12 but I presume its just in the American format.

ivorito · 10 Nov 2012 at 17:47

ShakenNstirred said:
no im stumped, reinstalls usually sort most things like that.
everything else internet related working fine?

The internet seems to be working alright. However, the windows system rating thing always crashes and games that I tried getting to work in a previous install crashed soon after start up. I'm stumped.

Could it be hardware related?

Dace · 10 Nov 2012 at 18:05

At an elevated command prompt try:

Slmgr.vbs /ipk <insert key>

More info here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793433.aspx

ShakenNstirred · 10 Nov 2012 at 18:06

maybe it is hardware
you tried running with the bare minimum hardware