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Windows 7 Clean Install Won't Update
Hello All,
I have looked and looked and tried SO MANY THINGS to get my computer to work (all in the name of No Man's Sky, which I need a new processor for anyway).
Here's a backstory on where I came from and where I ended up (the short version):
Perfectly working 64-bit computer with GTX 970 Graphics Card.
1) YAY NO MAN'S SKY IS OUT
2) Awe I need a new Processor. Also, let's update graphics card drivers.
3) Crap, NVIDIA GeForce Experience messed everything up and uninstalled my drivers and now I only have my MoBo graphics driver. Tried 1,000,000 (exaggerated) things to install new drivers.
4) Solutions from the interwebs tell me to update windows first, so lets do that, shouldn't be hard!!
5) Wow, I haven't updated my computer since August 2015...and now the installer is stuck looking for updates (for two days it did this, I made sure to let it sit just in case).
6) Let's see what microsoft has to say (lol) - not helpful.
7) Let's skip a bunch of explanation steps and just say I royally screwed my computer up. Backed up all my game save files and decided to do a clean install since I have the discs.
8) Yay fresh windows is installed with Service Pack 1!! (I made sure to delete all the old partitions when I did, so it's a virtually clean install).
9) WHY IN GODS GREEN EARTH IS WINDOWS UPDATE STILL STUCK LOOKING FOR UPDATES.
10) Microsoft tells me to update with the Convenience Rollup. IE 11 won't download it (no idea why), so I use my work laptop to download the standalone installer as well as the Convenience Rollout and transfer to my computer via flash drive.
11) Standalone update sits there for 4 hours "looking for previous updates" so I ragequit and decide to get some actual help.
I just reformatted my computer again, and really just want to get a step by step on how to fix this thing. Basically what I need guidance for: getting windows updated so I can get my GPU drivers installed again. Seems super simple, but for some reason, I'm hitting a total noob block.
Here's my rig setup (let me know if I leave something important out):
- MoBo: MSI AM3 AMD 880G 125W-CPU Support 1 PCIEx16+ Intergrated Graphics/1 PCIEx1/2 PCI Micro-ATX Motherboard 880GM-E43
- Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8 GHz 6x512 KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Processor - Retail HDT55TFBGRBOX
- GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 DirectX 12 04G-P4-3973-KR 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card
- Diablotek 750W Power Supply
- WD 1TB HDD