Solved windows 7 sp1 update stuck at "checking for updates"

[indepentten]

Hi,
Current issue: Windows 7 sp1 update stuck at "checking for updates" for more than a week
My computer: windows 7 professional sp1 installation originally
Last automatic checked and updated successfully: May 11, 2015
CCleaner cleaned up: once every week
Anti-virus: AVG for more than 10 years

Self - troubleshooting done so far but did not work:
1) CCleaner cleaned up & Disk cleanup under safe mode
2) Reset Update following this instruction: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91738-windows-update-reset.html
3) Temporarily turned off AVG anti-virus while checking for update
4) System restored to the earliest restore point: July 15, 2015

Please help.

 

[NoelDP]

This is currently a common issue - partly caused by a poor update from MS which slows the process down, and partly caused by throttling of the MS servers.

Simply leave WU to do it's thing overnight - or longer if necessary - it will get there in the end.
If it's still not completed a scan after 24 hours running...
Please follow the Windows Update Posting Instructions and post the requested data

If the file is too large (8MB compressed), remove the older CBSPersist cab files until the final file is below the limit - you can always post them separately after zipping them. (the forum doesn't allow the upload of bare CAB files, for a number of reasons)

Please also post the C:\Windows\windowsudpate.log file

 

[jakke102]

try to manually install KB3087039, it worked for me yesterday in two cases

 

[indepentten]

great advise, manually install KB3087039 works, or may be also because I waited for longer than one hour.

Thank you, Noel and Jakke!!!

 

[NoelDP]

You're welcome - good luck!

 

[jakke102]

no problemo

 

[aoetalks]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810 should speed things up. After installing this it took only a few minutes to scan for updates on a fresh Win7 SP1 install.

 

[NoelDP]

Thanks for flagging that! - hopefully it won't cause any other problems while fixing these ones!