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Hello b0ss,
Which option did you use?
What issue did you have that prompted to reset Windows Update? You may still be having an issue with it.
Hello b0ss,
Which option did you use?
What issue did you have that prompted to reset Windows Update? You may still be having an issue with it.
I'm having a problem with being unable to check for Windows Updates in Vista x86 Home Premium. I manually updated it to SP1 and then SP2 with offline installers and also installed IE 9, but I still cannot get Windows Update to find and install updates. I have run the batch file from the front page of this tutorial in an elevated command prompt. I observe one error saying that appidsvc cannot be stopped because it doesn't exist as a service, but otherwise the commands run to completion. After rebooting the problem is unchanged; an attempt to check for updates goes on indefinitely without any updates being found. There is an instance of svchost.exe associated with the check which grows until it is using almost a gig of ram. I've tried a Microsoft "Fix it" tool which is also mostly successful, saying only that a problem installing previous updates was unresolved. The Background Intelligent Transfer Service is starting automatically. Any suggestions as to what else I can check will be much appreciated.
Unfortunately no error message. The checking phase never times out. There's no problem with internet connectivity. While WU is checking for updates there is intermittent activity on the NIC (network utilization on the Task Manager network tab). I reset IE and have done a couple of scans with MBAM. I've run Chkdsk /f to fix errors and SFC /scannow which found and fixed errors. I also used Tweaking.com Windows Repair to do repairs/resets on a number of features which fixed a problem with System Protection/Restore. The system works well apart from the WU problem. Not sure what else to look at...
Did you use the .bat from Option Three?
The only thing that I can think of is that installing IE9 instead of using the default IE11 may have caused an issue.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it's looking like it won't be needed. Yesterday I updated the Windows Update Agent and ran some additional fixes with Tweaking.com Windows Repair (throwing spaghetti at the wall). Today I started Windows Update and left for work. Six hours later I checked and 170 updates had been found. It's installing #66 at the moment. It appears to be fixed though I'm not sure why. It may have been one of fixes I threw at it, or it might have been just leaving it alone to run long enough It's been an interesting journey getting this laptop current. Fortunately I haven't been under any pressure to get it done quickly. Thanks again for your help and support.
Last edited by Victek; 20 Jul 2015 at 21:03.
Yes, after installing over 200 updates it's safe to say Windows Update is fixed There is only one lingering problem which I'd like to try to fix; Windows Update is offering IE9 even though IE9 is already installed and of course the update fails. Any thoughts about how to get this in sync? TIA.