Win7 HP SP1 Stuck at "Checking for Updates"

Hate to beat a dead horse here but having some very similar update issues as others have recently reported.

I actually installed the base HP version. Win updates worked fine until I got to SP1. That installed fine, rebooted, but then there was (1) update indicating Win Update needed to be updated before it could continue updates (LOL). Once I did that, now it just sits there forever "Checking for Updates".

Self-troubleshooting I've done so far but to no avail:
1) CCleaner cleaned up & Disk cleanup under safe mode (new install, not much to clean up)
2) Reset Update following this instruction: Windows Update - Reset
3) System restored to the earliest restore point. But that just gets me back to "Checking for Updates".
4) Tried to manually install KB3087039 from this thread: windows 7 sp1 update stuck at "checking for updates"

I guess I will let it continue checking (been going for about 1 hr now) but wanted to see if anyone had any other suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Through a series of a few other remedies (including more patience on my part), I was able to get the system to update properly.

Hi.

Before I start a thread, could you please be more specific on what you did?

I tried a lot of things but it still not working (I got a new error code instead of the infinite "checking updates" by disabling Windows Module Installer but it's not really helping...)

Thank you very much :)