Windows 7 Updates Redundancy?


  1. beau
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    Windows 7 Updates Redundancy?


    I've just installed Win7 64-bit on a new computer, and have checked for new updates several times, plus "New updates available" has popped up on its own several times.

    Each time it's about 140 updates . . . 140 a few times ago, then 139, then 138, then 140, then 140 again, etc.

    Is it possible that the Update engine has gone haywire and is replicating? Or is there a limit to the number of updates that can be done at once, and these are all indeed new updates?
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  3. SIW2
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    Something wrong there.

    Are you selecting to install ALL of them, or are you only telling it to install one.
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  4. beau
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    <<Something wrong there.>>
    Thanks SIW2, I figured something was amiss.
    I'm selecting to install all.
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  6. SIW2
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    So you haven't just "checked for updates", you have also tried to install them?

    What happens after you select install -does it start downloading? How far does it get?

    Also check installed updates to see if you have windows update agent already installed.
    If not you can get it here:

    http://download.windowsupdate.com/wi...nt-7.6-x86.exe

    http://download.windowsupdate.com/wi...nt-7.6-x64.exe
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  7. beau
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    Problem solved: I had not Activated Windows. As soon as I activated, I shut the computer down & Windows closed immediately, and re-started without any update installations. I then checked Windows Update and there is only 1 important update available.
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  8. SIW2
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    LOL.

    Strange, I have always been able to d/l and install updates without activating. Unless , maybe you had already entered reduced functionality mode.
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