Windows Update not working after reinstall of Windows 7.

I was running windows 10 and my hard drive died a few months back.
I bought a larger HDD and reinstalled everything back to windows 10 and everything worked great.
A few days ago, the laptop got corrupted somehow and I had to reinstall windows 7 from backups I made before installing windows 10.

Now I can't get windows update to work at all.
I am taking this thread slowly.

Firstly, I set windows update to never update and set BITS to manual.
I tried to download SURT and I got the fault "Installer encountered an error 0xc8000247"
I checked that KB3020369 wasn't installed. (It wasn't)

I downloaded the file.
When I try to run the file I get the fault "Installer encountered an error 0xc8000247"

Any help and advice please?

Thanks

Now managed to view details of the log file. (See attached)

Until help comes along might be good to read this
Clean Install Windows 7

Nasty7 said:

Until help comes along might be good to read this
Clean Install Windows 7

Thanks.
I think that is what I did only with the backup disks I created.
My HDD was wiped clean.

I don't remember the laptop ever coming with a Windows 7 disk, just pre-installed.

Nasty7 said:

Until help comes along might be good to read this
Clean Install Windows 7

Sorry Goodbhoy, I thought that tut told you how to avoid the W7 update issues but it don't. torchwood will know more than I so will bow out.

Now I can't get windows update to work at all.

"At all"? You mean that it won't work at all, or it gets stuck looking for updates?

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Browse through post #2 here
Windows Update will not update and I've tried multiple fixes

Hi ThrashZone

Why don't you create as tutorial thread, instead of referring.

So that using as tutorial it is for many to easily to find the solution.



Eric.