Thanks everyone for the help. Finally got Win 7 Ultimate SP1 installed. The only trouble now is, apart from updating IE to v.11 and an update to the WU Agent itself...not a single update will download.
I think MS are sulking since all that bad press.
Well I hate to tell them, this isn't helping.
There is a rollup update available that includes most of the updates since SP1.
You can read about it here:
Simplifying updates for Windows 7 and 8.1
I would create a backup image now that you have a clean reinstall.
Yes, but have you tried it....as with all those types of updates, it starts up by polling for updates....which usually ends up nowhere. However, will give it a try again.
Thanks.
No, i haven't used it.
There's over 190 posts in that thread if you want to read what others say about it.
I don't see a need for it as my systems are up to date.
I would try it if i did a clean install.
There's a lot of threads and posts about problems with Win 7 updates.
Here is a recent update that "is suppose" to help Win 7 updates.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161647
I installed this update and it hasn't caused me any problems.
I don't know if it really helps.
I won't know until the next Patch Tuesday updates are published.
The only problem i have is Checking for updates takes a long time after PT updates are published.
Other than that W7 WU works the way it should - a minute or 2.
Ah, thanks for that last link.......we shall see how that helps.
It's going to take me weeks to get back to where I was, software-wise as I am going from memory regarding what I had installed......!
Serves me right for a) not doing backups and b) not printing out a Belarc Advisor report.
All is well in Paradise. But first I ran the reg file that blocks any Win 10 auto-upgrade....just in case.
Perhaps I should have gone with the original installation that I thought was broken, using my slipstreamed disk that contained the April 2016 Rollup.
It would have saved much of the below amount of updates.
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