Windows 7 Updates Redundancy?

[beau]

I've just installed Win7 64-bit on a new computer, and have checked for new updates several times, plus "New updates available" has popped up on its own several times.

Each time it's about 140 updates . . . 140 a few times ago, then 139, then 138, then 140, then 140 again, etc.

Is it possible that the Update engine has gone haywire and is replicating? Or is there a limit to the number of updates that can be done at once, and these are all indeed new updates?

 

[SIW2]

Something wrong there.

Are you selecting to install ALL of them, or are you only telling it to install one.

 

[beau]

<<Something wrong there.>>
Thanks SIW2, I figured something was amiss.
I'm selecting to install all.

 

[SIW2]

So you haven't just "checked for updates", you have also tried to install them?

What happens after you select install -does it start downloading? How far does it get?

Also check installed updates to see if you have windows update agent already installed.
If not you can get it here:

http://download.windowsupdate.com/w...e/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe

http://download.windowsupdate.com/w...e/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x64.exe

 

[beau]

Problem solved: I had not Activated Windows. As soon as I activated, I shut the computer down & Windows closed immediately, and re-started without any update installations. I then checked Windows Update and there is only 1 important update available.

 

[SIW2]

LOL.

Strange, I have always been able to d/l and install updates without activating. Unless , maybe you had already entered reduced functionality mode.