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  1. Posts : 247
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #1

    Standalone Installer


    Hello,

    Have reinstalled Windows 7 SP-1.

    After a lot of hassle, got as far as the Servicing Stack Update and downloaded whatever file was there.

    Now all I have is a small window which purports to be 'Searching for updates on this computer', of which there are none, obviously. It's been doing this for over an hour now. [Cancel] doesn't work.

    Where do I go from here ?

    Regards

    Cheemag
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  2. Posts : 1,839
    Windows 7 pro
       #2

    Please upload a screenshot of the window.
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  3. Posts : 247
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    townsbg said:
    Please upload a screenshot of the window.
    Attached. Not much to it. On running the thing I get 'Only one instance of wusa.exe is allowed', then on closing wusa.exe in Task Manager, I get the window in my screenshot on the desktop forever.

    Incidentally, going to Windows Update gets me 'Checking for updates' on the desktop forever and ever without doing anything.

    MS Update Troubleshooter crashes with an unspecified numeric error.

    All in all it looks like it's totally knackered and another re-install may be called for ...

    Regards

    Cheemag
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Standalone Installer-clipboard02.jpg  
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  4. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #4

    Suggest stopping Windows Update Service before running (downloaded Windows Update) standalone installers.

    Also review this post

    Reinstalled twice, but Windows still won't update

    then this one:

    Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 14th 2016

    Note: Stop WU service before applying each update. Then Reconfigure WU Settings after applying each update. (Set to Notify on new updates only but not to auto download). Reboot after applying each update.
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  5. Posts : 247
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Callender said:
    Suggest stopping Windows Update Service before running (downloaded Windows Update) standalone installers.

    Also review this post

    Reinstalled twice, but Windows still won't update

    then this one:

    Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 14th 2016
    These don't make a lot of sense to me, and seem to refer to downloading updates. I assumed KB3125574, which I have downloaded contained the updates. Thanks anyway.

    Note: Stop WU service before applying each update. Then Reconfigure WU Settings after applying each update. (Set to Notify on new updates only but not to auto download). Reboot after applying each update.
    We may be getting somewhere now. Stopping wusa.exe did nothing very much, but stopping the service with net stop WUAUSERV did. I was now able to install KB3020369 (the Servicing Stack Update).

    What do I do now? Run KB3125574 ? and leave the machine running for a century or two while it updates?

    I can set it not to sleep, but what if some update/s need to reboot the PC? All of which assumes the updates are contained in KB3125574.
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  6. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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  7. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Cheemag said:
    Stopping wusa.exe did nothing very much, but stopping the service with net stop WUAUSERV did. I was now able to install KB3020369 (the Servicing Stack Update).
    The correct way to stop Windows Update Service is via Start> Run> services.msc

    Standalone Installer-services.jpg

    It will restart after a reboot. Mostly after installing updates Windows lets you know if a reboot is required to finish installing updates. Reboots are needed when replacing files that are currently in use by the system.
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  8. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #8

    RE: KB3125574

    As far as I know it contains the following fixes.

    KB3154228 32-bit icons can't be loaded in OleLoadPictureEx in Windows
    KB3153727 Windows Installer with certain actions can't be installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
    KB3161647 Windows Update Client for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: June 2016
    KB3161897 WDS deployment fails when UEFI clients are in routed environments in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
    KB3161639 Update to add new cipher suites to Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge in Windows
    KB3163644 Microsoft Office 2010 doesn't start when EMET is enabled in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2


    EDIT: Forget the above. It's wrong!

    The main thing is that after a fresh install of Windows 7 you'll be left with a faulty Windows Update Client (the original one) that's known to cause problems.

    Best to get windows updates working via the methods posted then install the other updates. It might take a while.
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  9. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #9

    Cheemag said:
    ~~~
    Now all I have is a small window which purports to be 'Searching for updates on this computer', of which there are none, obviously. It's been doing this for over an hour now. [Cancel] doesn't work.
    ~~~
    You should be able to prevent that search by disconnecting from the Internet (e.g. disable network adapter or the like). As you noted, the window states that the search is local (on this computer), but it does check online too. It should give up on that search fairly quick (and complete the install) if there is not connection to the Internet.

    For some strange reason, Microsoft lets you download a KB that might turn around and download more stuff. This is true for the IE standalone installers. If you install one while offline, you get one version of IE. If you install one while online, the install process downloads a slightly newer version.
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  10. Posts : 247
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Fine. I've read all that. Doesn't make a lot of sense.

    Shall I just disconnect from the Net and run KB3125574 with a no-sleep power setting and hope for the best (After stopping the Update Service) ?
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