Solved Windows 7 updates broken

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BelGarion

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Greetings. So, here is the story. Two days ago the house lost power. Something got messed up in the system and I backed up and am attempting to reinstall Windows 7. It installs, boots up, and I start on the upgrades. Sp 1 first, though oddly twice, a 13mb file, reboot, then a 87mb file, reboot, then all it shows are the Dec updates, once those are in, the Update Agent upgrades itself to 7.6.7600. 320 and after the reboot it breaks. Search for new updates, installing updates if it searches for installed updates, etc sit there doing nothing. For hours, maybe forever if I let it. Tried everything I can find, like setting my DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Nothing has worked, can't even uninstall the update agent, it isn't listed in the Uninstall Updates list. Anyone know what is broken?
 

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Self built
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Windows 7 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3000+
Motherboard
Asus Crosshair II
Memory
4gb
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 8600 GTS
Sound Card
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L192WS 19" 16:10 1440x900 max
Hard Drives
Seagate 2Tb
Seagate 600gb
Go to Services - Windows Update - Manual.
Reboot

Download KB3172605
Install KB3172605
Reboot
Go to Services - Windows Update - Enable.
 

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    custom build
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    Windows 7 HP 64
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    GA-Z170-HD3P
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    4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000
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    Samsung 226BW
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    1680x1050
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Ok, and when I go to install KB3172605 it says it's not applicable to your computer and it restarts the Windows Update service even though it's still set to Manual. Oh and the file name is Windows6.1-KB3172605-x64.msu, so it is for my OS, Win 7 x64.
 
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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built
OS
Windows 7 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3000+
Motherboard
Asus Crosshair II
Memory
4gb
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 8600 GTS
Sound Card
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L192WS 19" 16:10 1440x900 max
Hard Drives
Seagate 2Tb
Seagate 600gb
There are 2 updates to install, read reply #2 here. And I`ve never had to stop the service I just installed the 2 updates after a freash install and windows update works perfectly.

Windows Update will not update and I've tried multiple fixes

Here are some useless updates you can hide, and have your settings like this.
 

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PC/Desktop
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Skylake Special #666
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64
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Intel Core i7 6700K
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Asus Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1
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GSkill TridentZ RGB 16GB 3600 16-16-16-36
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EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC x2
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Realtek High Definition
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AOC G2460PG
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1920 x 1080 144Hz
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Samsung 860 Pro 256GB, Seagate Barracuda 4TB x2
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EVGA 1000 P2, EVGA White Custom Braided Cables
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Corsair Vengeance C70 Gunmetal Black
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Corsair H100i v2, Corsair ML120 x2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
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Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
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Logitech G700s
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Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway 75/75
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Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Free 3.8.3
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Chrome
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Corsair SP120 x4, LG Blu-ray Drive, Durabrand HT-395 100 Watt Dolby Digital Amp, Corsair H2100 Wireless 7.1 Headset
Ok, so, running though the fixes, installing KB3020369 did let me install KB3172605, but even after the final reset of Windows Update like the post said to do (Option 3), nope, even though I see the window in the picture meaning Windows Update got reset, it's still hanging there not doing anything when I click "Check for Updates", just the green bar sweeping left to right endlessly, and I just checked, Windows Update service is Started and it reset itself to Automatic (Delayed Start).

Spoke too soon, it just popped up with 144 important updates. Wee! I'll mark this solved if this manages to get updated completely. But, initially, thank you all!

Edit: Ok, so I will leave this as "Solved" since the problem here is solved, it updated just fine, started to pull stuff off the back up and the original problem, and why I reinstalled, returned. Explorer.exe froze up viewing the files, for several minutes. Someone in the Performance board said they had the same issue and it was a failing drive. So I have SeaTools running on the two Seagate drives (I got 4 drives, 3 data, one boot, two Seagate two Western Digital). Hopefully, if it is a failing drive, I'll find it so I can replace it. >.< Thanks again all for helping me get Windows Update working. I've typed out the instructions into a .txt file and saved that into the backup stuff so if it happens again I can fix it. >.<
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built
OS
Windows 7 x64
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3000+
Motherboard
Asus Crosshair II
Memory
4gb
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 8600 GTS
Sound Card
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L192WS 19" 16:10 1440x900 max
Hard Drives
Seagate 2Tb
Seagate 600gb
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