Solved Windows 7 refuses any update

[AzzKickr]

Hi users,

I could use some help ... I have fresh install of Win7 Home Premium (from official retail dvd I own) and it won't do any updates. I also think I don't have SP1 yet, but don't know how to check
Windows Update returns error [FONT=&quot]80072EFE.[/FONT]

 

[SIW2]

In both cases, you need to have SP1 first.

Either download and install this
KB3138612
just dble click on it to install then you will be able to get the post SP1 updates, which will take a long while

OR an easier and quicker way is to d/l simplix pack , then just run it and it do will everything, rebooting when needed and cleaning up at the end

https://update7.simplix.info/UpdatePack7R2.exe


If your installation media is ancient:

You can still download the service pack and go through all that upgrading to SP1 pallaver, or you can download a more recent .iso file which already contains SP1 and save yourself a lot of time if you ever need to do another install.

you can search tinternet for

en_windows_7_home_premium_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676549.iso

OR

X17-58997.iso

They are identical. just different names

 

[AzzKickr]

Thank you for your attempt, but it will be trickier than that. KB3138612 Says it's not applicable for my installation.
I'll give your suggestion for that "all-in-one" solution a try though.

 

[SIW2]

I'll give your suggestion for that "all-in-one" solution a try though

That also requires SP1.

do yourself a favor and d/l a proper win7 .iso with SP1 already included. Install it. Then run simplix after

 

[AzzKickr]

Ah no ok, I have too many programs already installed/running/configured. Also, I suffer from a form of OCD and need/want to know why it's not letting me update anything.

 

[SIW2]

Possibly you havent got sp1 installed.

you can look in the system window to see. press the windows and pause/break keys together and the system window pops up




Download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 - MajorGeeks

 

[Bree]

Ah no ok, I have too many programs already installed/running/configured. Also, I suffer from a form of OCD and need/want to know why it's not letting me update anything.

That's because to download and install the more recent update your Win7 needs SHA2 signing support.

2019 SHA-2 Code Signing Support requirement for Windows Update

And you cannot install the KB4474419 update that provides that until you have updated to SP1.

 

[MisterEd]

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (KB976932)
Microsoft Update Catalog

Note both 32-bit & 64-bits available

 

[SIW2]

Or you could do an upgrade install with the more recent media.
change the sources\cversion.ini to this:



I have done it several times.

 

[MisterEd]

I installed Windows 7 Home several times over the past year on several computers. I use the following as a guide:

How to obtain and install Windows 7 SP2
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...ws-7-sp2/c2c7009f-3a10-4199-9c89-48e1e883051e

Once a computer had SP1 and the Rollup they were able to use Windows Update to do updates automatically.

The only exception was a computer with a CPU did not support SSE2. It seems starting in 2019 updates were assuming that the computer's CPU supported SSE2. If the CPU did not support SSE2 then the update failed.

BTW, back in 2011 I bought the following: Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack (32/64-bit) (Upgrade from XP or Vista) ($129.99).
This was a special version sold by Microsoft to encourage people to upgrade to Windows 7. It included both 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs. It was also special because you could upgrade up to 3 computers with it.

What Microsoft never admitted and was commonly known was that you really didn't have to use them to upgrade a previously version of Windows. You could to a clean install on up to 3 computers without Windows complaining.

 

[SIW2]

I bought some licenses on the special intro offer £25 iirc for each win 7 pro license , cant remember the date, I presume 2009. The win8 pro keys were the same deal a few years later- I have just found one of the invoices £24.99 in 2012. They sent them by email and the iso was downloaded from I think Digital River in those days. Quite handy to have a few of these .

 

[MisterEd]

I just got done installing Windows 7 Home Premium (no SPs). I used the method I described in post #10 and installed SP1 and the Rollup.

Windows 7 activated over the internet fine. I just checked for Windows updates. It found 56 and is installing them now.

One gotcha is that the CPU does not support SSE2. At some point the Windows updates will start failing. At that point I will turn off automatic updates.

UPDATE:

Didn't go as expected. 48 of the 56 updates succeeded. Unfortunately, after the computer booted there was a black screen. I had to use system restore to go all the back before SP1 for the computer to boot again. I have SP1 installed again and have drivers installed for most of the hardware. I have automatic updates turned off for now until I decide how to proceed.

That is enough for today. When I continue tomorrow I will first back up the computer.

This serves as a precaution. Back up the computer before you start with Windows updates. This will save having to start over if one of the Windows updates borks the computer.

 

[AzzKickr]

I think it's solved in my case. Turns out I got the wrong file for "SP1". The site I downloaded it from had it labeled as "SP1" while in fact it's the "SP2" update.
By downloading the one from MajorGeeks, everything started working, update after update. Am now running that "all-in-one" solution.
Thanks all for your much appreciated help/insights.

 

[Volume Z]

That's because to download and install the more recent update your Win7 needs SHA2 signing support.

No. Different issue. You cannot fix 80072EFE by applying KB4474419 or KB4490628 or both.

This particular case is due to




including Windows 7 RTM, which is not to be confused with 2019 SHA-2 Code Signing Support required.

It is yet another issue than Windows Update broken upon reinstalling in Windows 7 Service Pack 1, which of course hits immediately after upgrading to SP1.

 

[SIW2]

It is much easier to d/l the iso with SP1 already included. Then run simplix for the updates.

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[For the geeky types who want to play, it is possible to integrate SP1 into the rtm install.wim file.

I have just done this. Takes a little while, probabaly because I did it on an SMR mechanical disk.

In outline it involves extracting the sp1 file. Then make a small adjustment to 3 of the extracted text files. Then mount the rtm install.wim and use dism to integrate the extracted files



I did a test install to a spare partition and it works fine

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