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says already installed for the updates. :-(
says already installed for the updates. :-(
I’ve just joined the forum to say much thanks to jdlweb. I was having problems with Windows Update( last update was on Dec 2016) and had spent almost a week trying out multiple solutions without any success. Finally, I followed all the steps above. As my system had installed a couple of the updates, it prompted me and I moved on to the next update. Everything else went well.
After the final boot-up, Windows Update identified 30 new updates and they have all been installed. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Do you have a copy of these instructions for Windows 7 32-bit?
It is most likely the antivirus program causing the issue.
I have tried just about everything that is already listed on this post and it was the antivirus program that did me in.
I've had this issue for a long time and it took me a year of trying to realize that it was my AVG antivirus program that was causing the Windows update to error. I have tested this on both the 32bit and 64bit for Windows 7 Pro/Ult and I have not run into this problem ever again. Within a few hours of doing a format and reinstalling Windows and the updates, my computers have run smoothly with no major issues (I still get a random update that fails from time to time but it's a minor update that I personally did not require but I think that is a completely different Windows issue).
If you do a complete format/reinstallation of Windows, do not install your antivirus program until after all the Windows updates and drivers have been installed. The antivirus program needs to be installed last. I normally defrag and do several reboots to make sure everything sticks before installing my antivirus program. It is the last thing I install before doing another reboot and defrag.
I have found that even if you uninstall your antivirus (at least for me with AVG) that the issue can still be there and that a complete format was required, but that was over a year ago when I had last run into that issue. You may be able to just uninstall or disable your antivirus program; though i have found that disabling does not work or at least it never did for me.
Hopefully this helps a few of y'all out there. This problem was a nightmare for me. But because of it I have found out that a lot of issues I have is because of my antivirus program blocking or conflicting with what I'm trying to do or install.