Clean install OS - Checking for updates for hours

I installed windows 7 yesterday but windows update is now stuck on checking for updates all the time. Doesn't download or install any updates That said i looked up and tried a lot of solutions/fixes online but no luck, nothing worked. Any help is much appreciated. I don't wanna upgrade to...

Basically my old HDD died from bad sectors and I had to format and install Windows 7 Enterprise on a back up hdd that was flooded with useless documents from the past. Went ahead done what I had to do and left Windows to check for updates, Steam install some games and League of Legends update. ...

Good morning everyone, Problem description: After logging-on to my computer around 2:00 a.m. (U.S. EST), I went to Control Panel and clicked on "Windows Update." As I'm typing this, WU is still displaying the progress bar, and says "Checking for updates." This has been going on for over 1.5...

Hello , I decided after trying Win 10 for a while that I like Win 7 much better , after numerous re installs I can't get any updates to show (well, the vast majority that I need) . There are no error codes and SFC/SCANNOW and CHKDSK come back with no integrity violations. It just keeps...