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Windows update broken, svchost at max CPU
My Windows 7 update is just broken somehow. Whenever I try to manually update, I always end up with a svchost with 50% cpu usage (i.e., one core maxed out) and nothing ever finishes. It just sits there saying "Checking for updates". I've tried a number of solutions on the web - manual intallation of a couple of hotfixes Windows6.1-KB3112343-x64 and Windows6.1-KB3102810-x64, removing the Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder, and being oh so patient. Nothing has worked. It just hangs there and spins.
When I look at my update history, I see that the last update listed is KB2825645 from August 11. Nothing has come in since then.
So, I have just disabled updates totally and downloaded the cumulative ISO files from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/913086 for the missing dates.
I want to install the ones for Windows 7 64bit. Can I just install them directly, in order? I know I am going to get reboot prompts after some of them, so do I have to do it right then or can I update, say, an entire month's worth and then reboot?