Windows update fails everytime.

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  1. Lanthus20
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    Windows update fails everytime.


    It's been doing this for a few days. It had 11 priority updates so I download them and restart my computer. It fails and I try again. It keeps failing and it still has the stupid shut down thing in the start menu instead of log off as I like it. It's really making me mad because obviously I can't update so what the heck does it want me to do? Everytime I restart my computer it try's again.

    I'm so mad I'm having trouble not screaming.

    Product Fred, tried CCleaner and it didn't work. I did get a new page where at the "Starting windows" screen it then went into installing update ___ of 8383. But it got stuck in a loop afterwards of it restarting, failing, restarting, until eventually it just took me to the login.

    Belikexp I'll try your suggestion.

    Edit: it seems to have worked. but with one catch, it asked me to verify that my software is genuine and I did and it worked fine. A few days ago when I tried to install xp mode it said my software is not genuine. Any ideas?

    Edit (again): Damn as soon as I open windows update it comes back.
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  3. Product FRED
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    Have a look at this: Windows 7 or Vista Updates Fail To Install
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  4. Casca
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    Just an FYI -

    when the "the stupid shut down thing in the start menu instead of log off" presents itself, you can shut down via CTRL+ALT+DEL and use the shutdown icon there without the updates running.
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  6. belikexp
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    Description of the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista, for Windows Server 2008, for Windows 7, and for Windows Server 2008 R2
    Microsoft released the System Update Readiness Tool to resolve certain conditions that could cause installing updates and other software not to work.

    Microsoft Download Center

    You can manually download the System Update Readiness Tool from the Microsoft Download Center.

    All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7
    Download the update package now. (Download details: System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 (KB947821) [January 2010])


    All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7
    Download the update package
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  7. Lanthus20
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    Product Fred, tried CCleaner and it didn't work. I did get a new page where at the "Starting windows" screen it then went into installing update ___ of 8383. But it got stuck in a loop afterwards of it restarting, failing, restarting, until eventually it just took me to the login.

    Belikexp I'll try your suggestion.

    Edit: it seems to have worked. but with one catch, it asked me to verify that my software is genuine and I did and it worked fine. A few days ago when I tried to install xp mode it said my software is not genuine. Any ideas?

    Edit (again): Damn as soon as I open windows update it comes back.
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  8. belikexp
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    You would save your self a lot of time by backing up your data and reinstalling Win 7. An alternative is buy another drive, reinstall Win 7 and copy your data from the old drive to the new.
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  10. neo101
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    Lanthus20 said:
    Product Fred, tried CCleaner and it didn't work. I did get a new page where at the "Starting windows" screen it then went into installing update ___ of 8383. But it got stuck in a loop afterwards of it restarting, failing, restarting, until eventually it just took me to the login.

    Belikexp I'll try your suggestion.

    Edit: it seems to have worked. but with one catch, it asked me to verify that my software is genuine and I did and it worked fine. A few days ago when I tried to install xp mode it said my software is not genuine. Any ideas?

    Edit (again): Damn as soon as I open windows update it comes back.
    So why can't you do a system restore to a time before you installed the updates?

    Then force Windows Update to only respond to manual commands (not on auto-install)

    Create new restore point, Then only let one new update at a time install (+ reboot) till you find the culprit
    (or more likely you will find everything installs correctly coz one install might have got corrupted previously)
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  11. Lanthus20
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    hey good idea. I'll try that neo!
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  12. Lanthus20
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    didn't work I selected one that was about 2 weeks ago.
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  13. Jacee
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    Have you tried to install one at a time instead of all eleven?
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