Windows Update stuck checking.

Since updating at that point didn't work, I clicked "Next" on the repair tool to see if it had anything to say or do... it tried, but was unable to fix anything. However, it did produce a .cab file with all kinds of fun logs in it (cbs, winupdate, and logs from the tool itself) which I've zipped and attached to this post!

Haha, my apologies! I noticed that the particular instance of CBS.log was well over 300MB for some reason...

But no rush. I'm headed to bed myself but wanted to check this beforehand. I'll check back at random tomorrow, so again, no rush.

Also, thanks!

Aha! I'll get to that right now, thanks!

Well, it's been sitting here checking for updates for about 10 minutes now.

Let it check for at least 24 hours.

UsernameIssues said:

Let it check for at least 24 hours.

That seems pretty excessive.

But regardless, it found the same 11 updates that have been available for ~2 months now. There were multiple from 8/11/2015, so I selected one, clicked to install, and it failed instantly. Attached is the new Windows Update log.

Unfortunately, there are several threads about Windows Update checking "forever". Some forum members get the list of updates within 20 minutes; but more than one member reported that it took about 20 hours. Perhaps that will be fixed someday, but until then - letting it sit for at least 24 hours is my suggestion. I used to suggest leaving it overnight, but that was not long enough for some members.


As for the same updates: let's see what NoelDP finds.

UsernameIssues said:

Unfortunately, there are several threads about Windows Update checking "forever". Some forum members get the list of updates within 20 minutes; but more than one member reported that it took about 20 hours. Perhaps that will be fixed someday, but until then - letting it sit for at least 24 hours is my suggestion. I used to suggest leaving it overnight, but that was not long enough for some members.


As for the same updates: let's see what NoelDP finds.

Ouch, that's pretty intense. Thankfully it only took around 15-20 minutes for it to find the updates. However, one of the oldest instantly failed.

It also randomly tries to tell me that Windows isn't genuine, which is apparently a problem that can happen with pre-build PCs and laptops. I tried a solution that actually came from NoelDP in an ancient thread on these forums, and it seemed to work at first, but it's still popping up at random with the same thing saying it isn't genuine.

But I'll save that issue for later, unless it turns out the whole WUpdate thing is a mass crop of corruption that would best be remedied by a format/reinstall. I'd just need to know if the current product key would work or not; I've heard of folks running in to trouble trying to reinstall and use their pre-built's product key.