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Windows 7 updates are not searched. What should I do if the search for updates in Windows is broken? Stopping the Update Center service

Installing updates on your computer allows you not only to make the system as compliant as possible with modern requirements, but also to patch vulnerabilities, that is, to increase the level of protection against viruses and intruders. Therefore, the timely installation of updates from Microsoft is a very important element in ensuring the performance and health of the OS. But some users are faced with such an unpleasant situation when the system cannot find updates or looks for them indefinitely. Let's see how this problem is solved on computers with Windows 7.

Especially often, users are faced with the fact that the search for updates does not end after installing a “clean” Windows versions 7, which does not contain any updates yet.

This process can take an infinitely long time (sometimes, in addition, loading the system through the svchost.exe process), or it can fail.

In this case, you must manually install the necessary updates.

But there are also cases when the problem is caused by certain problems in the system or by viruses. Then you need to take a number of additional steps to eliminate it. The most well-known methods are discussed below.

Method 1: Windows Update Diagnostic

If you cannot independently determine the reason why the system is not actually looking for updates, then this will help you special utility from Microsoft - WindowsUpdateDiagnostic. She will identify and, if possible, correct the problems.

But there are also situations when WindowsUpdateDiagnostic cannot solve the problem on its own, nevertheless issuing its code. In this case, you need to score this code in any search engine and see what it means. Perhaps after that you will need to check the disk for errors or the system for file integrity with subsequent recovery.

Method 2: Install the service pack

As mentioned above, one of the reasons why updates do not come is the lack of certain updates. In this case, you need to download and install the KB3102810 package.

But before installing the downloaded package KB3102810, you need to disable the service "Windows Update". To do this, you need to go to "Service Manager". click "Start" and choose "Control Panel".

Go to point "System and safety".

Open section "Administration".

Listed system utilities and tools find the name "Services" and move over it.

is running "Service Manager". Find the name in it "Windows Update". If the elements in the list are in alphabetical order, then it will be located towards the end of the list. Highlight the specified item, and then on the left side of the interface "Dispatcher" click on the caption "Stop".

The service will be deactivated.

Now the service is deactivated, as evidenced by the disappearance of the status "Working" opposite its name.

Then you can proceed directly to installing update KB3102810. To do this, double-click the left mouse button on the previously downloaded file.

The Windows offline installer will launch.

Then a dialog box will automatically open in which you must confirm your intention to install the KB3102810 package by clicking "Yes".

After that, the required update will be installed.

After it finishes, restart your computer. Then don't forget to re-enable the service "Windows Update". To do this, go to "Service Manager", highlight the desired item and press "Run".

The service will start.

After its activation, the status should be displayed opposite the element name "Working".

Now the problem with finding updates should be gone.

In some cases, you may additionally need to install updates KB3172605, KB3020369, KB3161608 and KB3138612. Their installation is carried out according to the same algorithm as KB3102810, and therefore we will not dwell on its description in detail.

Method 3: Eliminate viruses

A virus infection of the computer can also lead to a problem with finding updates. Some viruses specifically arrange this problem so that the user does not have the opportunity to patch system vulnerabilities by installing updates. To check your computer for malicious code you need to use special utilities, not regular antivirus. For example, you can use Dr.Web CureIt . This program does not require installation, and therefore can perform its main function even on infected systems. But still, in order to increase the probability of detecting a virus, we advise you to run the scan via LiveCD/USB or run it from another computer.

As soon as the utility detects a virus, it will immediately inform you about it through its working window. It remains only to follow the advice that is displayed in it. In some cases, even after removing the malicious code, the problem with finding updates remains. This may indicate that the virus program has violated the integrity of system files. Then you need to check with the built-in Windows Utilities sfc.

In the vast majority of cases, the problem with finding updates is caused, no matter how strange it may seem, by the lack of necessary updates in the system. In this case, it is enough to simply update manually by installing the missing packages. But there are times when this problem is caused by various failures or viruses. Then you will come to the rescue, respectively, specialized utility from Microsoft and anti-virus programs.

Good afternoon, dear blog readers and subscribers, the previous time I told you about how to update windows 7 to windows 10, and today we will also talk about the seven and its update, more precisely, when you have an endless windows 7 update, and we will solve it in a minute, I met a bunch of people on the Internet who fell into such a situation, users want their system to be as secure as possible, and Microsoft puts spokes in the wheels, once again I am convinced that they are trying in every possible way to transfer users to their top ten, which is up to so raw it's creepy.

Before the story, I periodically build my builds of Windows, because I do not like to constantly install the same updates, spending a lot of time on it. They are very popular because official updates there is nothing in them. Whether Microsoft wants it or not, Windows 7 is currently the most popular operating system in the world and its new brainchild, Windows 10, is not yet gaining its place in the sun so quickly, but this is not about that now.

And so I sit here and collect new version assembly, everything, as usual, I install Windows 7 on virtual machine and I start to update it, but it was not there, it was a search for updates in the Update Center Windows already hung for 5 or 6 hours, the reboot did not help, it immediately became clear that something was not right.

This is how it looks endless search windows updates 7, the green slider runs and that's it, wait at least until you turn blue. It’s good if after some time you get an error that will be easy to search in the same Google, but it’s just a black box. I will not torment you for a long time and will immediately tell you a solution that will help in 95 percent of cases.

We solve the endless update of windows 7

The solution to the endless search for Windows 7 updates will be, oddly enough, their official offline updates, download and install, which you can solve this problem.

Download the package (KB3102810) to solve the error endless search for updates windows 7 64X (https://cloud.mail.ru/public/FuX2/8as6DnF3Y)

Download the package (KB3102810) to solve the error endless search for updates windows 7 32X (https://cloud.mail.ru/public/KGmP/Yz9AcAqbH)

do the following, we need to stop the Windows 7 update service. This is done simply in two ways:

A small addition from reader Valery, if it doesn't help with KB3102810:

Download the update KB3020369-x86(https://cloud.mail.ru/public/7c2V/yQ8j5d8JH)

Download the update KB3020369-x 64 (https://cloud.mail.ru/public/N91u/TURuiBjwm)

install it and restart your computer, then download and install the following KB

Download the update kb3172605-x86(https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9f4m/LkHLAg5qN)

Download the update kb3172605-x 64 (https://cloud.mail.ru/public/FuX2/8as6DnF3Y)

Reboot and enjoy life

A small update from user Alex, fix KB3161608 helped him fix the problem:

endless check for updates
high CPU usage
high memory consumption

There is also a solution that I have not tested from the user Vasily:

It is proposed to permanently solve the problem with the "windows update" service in this way.

1) Go to the control panel, disable automatic search and installation of updates.
2) Reboot the computer.
3) Download and install updates in the following order (for Windows 7 x 64):

Windows6.1-KB3020369-x64.msu
Windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3050265-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3065987-v2-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3102810-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3135445-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3138612-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3161664-x64.msu
Windows6.1-KB3172605-x64.msu

After installing the above updates, go to the control panel and turn on
automatic search and installation of updates

The first one is graphical you click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and there already look for Windows Update, right click on it, select properties from the context menu

and select the Stop button.

The second method is you open the command prompt as an administrator and enter the following command

net stop wuauserver

As a result, this service operating system stop

We have fulfilled all the main conditions and our Windows 7 is now ready to install the standalone package.

If you don't stop this service, then your standalone package will not be installed, and it will also look forever for a Windows update, get the same endless loop

The offline installer will show you its code, it will be KB3102810, we agree to the installation, click yes.

We wait a bit until the slider reaches the end

We all see that it was successfully installed and the application requires a system restart, which we do. In 95 percent, this action allows you to eliminate the endless updating of windows 7, I hope that you are in this number.

After rebooting and trying to find updates, I successfully found them, in the first stream there were more than 200 of them, and this is normal seven then net.

After downloading them, the installation went without problems and everything is clear. Infinite update defeated. If you were unable to defeat him, then try the second method described below.

Second method

As a result, having launched the utility, select the Update Center item and click next.

Troubleshooting will start.

After correcting the errors, run the utility (WindowsUpdateDiagnostic) Diagnostics and Prevention of Problems on the Computer and ensure that such a window appears, then restart the Update Center or simply reboot.

Summing up, we have figured out how the problem is solved when the endless updating of windows 7 does not make it possible to roll up updates to the system, now the elimination of this infection will not take you much time.

Update 07/31/2016

If the methods described above did not help you and you are still endlessly looking for updates in Windows 7, then try installing this collection of updates. (They are all official, for this I answer with my head). Be sure to install on Service Pack 1.

Make sure you have the update service turned off, then run the update pack. Click to install.

I rolled, as many as 120 updates.

After installing the updates and rebooting, the endless windows 7 update will disappear.

Download UpdatePack7 Live 13.5.10

from https://cloud.mail.ru/public/Agod/3Qq2BQVEm site password

Update to fix the endless search for updates from 06/30/2018

The fourth method of fixing the endless windows update is to use the monthly update package, I already showed it to you when I did not install the Russian language and there was an error " 0x80073701". And so follow the link below:

Windows 7 - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4009469

As a result, you will be taken to a page where you can download monthly Windows update packs for certain months. I advise you to download the last few of them and install them manually.

In my example, I chose the June collection, opening its contents at the very bottom you will find a link to the Microsoft Update catalog.

As a result, select the desired KB based on your architecture and install. What do such collections give, they carry a number latest updates and allow you to fix the current problems with the infinite search.

Today we will tell you how to solve one of the most strange problems that interfere with operating room users Windows systems 7. And this problem lies in an excessively long, even eternal search for new updates.

Description of the problem

When trying to find and install new system updates, users are faced with the fact that the search takes too long and continues even after many hours after the start, i.e. becomes endless. At the same time, the Windows Update indicator continues to work, making you think that the process is in progress. However, the search does not complete even after several hours of tedious waiting - the Update Center just hangs at the "Searching for updates" stage.

The reason for the eternal search for updates in Windows 7

There is an opinion that the reason for everything is the update of the Windows Update client program, as well as the subsequent changes on the Windows Update servers. It seems that Microsoft has changed how the mechanism for checking and downloading updates works, so the old Windows clients Update can no longer search for and download updates from company servers. This explains the fact that in most cases the problem occurs after clean install operating system.

Ways to solve the problem

There are several working solutions, all of which are described below. Do them one by one until the problem is fixed.

1. Manual update of Windows Update Client

This is the most efficient and simple solution to the problem. In order for Windows Update to start looking for and installing updates again, you need to download the necessary updates for the Windows Update client program and install them manually. These updates are available for both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of Windows 7. You can view the operating system's bit depth in the system properties.

For Windows 7 32-bit (x86):

For Windows 7 64-bit (x64):

Note: a temporary stop may be required before installing updates windows services update. You can do this by executing the following command from a command prompt running as administrator:

When the updates are installed, restart your computer and then search for new updates. After 10-60 minutes, Windows Update should show a list of all available updates. But if that doesn't work for you, read on.

2. Installing Convenience Rollup

In 2016, Microsoft released a large cumulative update package that contains almost all updates released after Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1). Thus, you can try to solve the problem of an endless search for updates by installing Convenience Rollup.

Again, for your convenience, we publish direct links to download the Convenience Rollup:

It is important to note that this service pack includes updates released after SP1, so you must have SP1 installed to install Convenience Rollup. To verify that Service Pack 1 is installed, look at the system properties.

5. Edit DNS settings

A long search for updates can be caused by problems on the side of the provider's DNS server. Therefore, you can try to solve the problem by using free public DNS servers that provide a more reliable connection to the Internet.

in order to change DNS address, open Network and Sharing Center public access».

Open the connection/adapter properties.

In the properties window, find the TCP/IPv4 protocol. Double tap Open the properties of this protocol with the left mouse button.

Activate the option "Use the following DNS server addresses" and enter any of the following addresses:

Google Public DNS:

Preferred DNS Server: 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS Server: 8.8.4.4

Yandex.DNS:

Preferred DNS Server: 77.88.8.8
Alternate DNS Server: 77.88.8.1

opendns:

Preferred DNS Server: 208.67.222.222
Alternate DNS Server: 208.67.220.220

The new settings should take effect immediately upon application. But if you don't notice any change, try clearing the DNS cache. To do this, open a command prompt window with administrator rights, and then run the command ipconfig /flushdns.

6. Checking the integrity of system files using the SFC utility

The endless search for updates can be caused by corrupted or missing files or Windows settings update. You can check and restore the integrity of these files using the built-in SFC tool. We talked about how to work with him.

Have a great day!

Installation of service packs is provided for all operating systems of the Windows family. The seventh version of the operating system, although considered the most stable, of all the existing ones was no exception. but this system first sets the search. Updating the Windows 7 operating system can go on forever for various reasons. Let's look at all the aspects that are related to this. The solutions proposed below help in 99% of cases to eliminate an unpleasant situation. All of them are quite simple so that even the most inexperienced user in matters of system configuration can use them. But let's talk about everything in order.

Why does the search for updates in the Windows 7 operating system take so long? Let's begin our consideration of the main issue by finding out the reasons for the violations in the update service. The main reasons, many experts attribute failures in the operation of the Update Center itself and the system services of the operating system that are involved in this process. Today, situations related to virus exposure will not be considered, since each user must take care of protecting his PC on his own. Let's look at how you can fix the endless updating of the Windows7 operating system on your own. There are at least three ways to do this.

Endless update: diagnostics of the "Update Center" using the built-in system tools

Since the endless process of searching for update packages is associated specifically with the "Update Center", it is quite logical to assume that this service needs to be checked for operability. If used for this purpose software the operating system itself, then the problem associated with the endless updating of Windows7 can be fixed using the built-in debugger. It can be called from the Run console by typing msdt/ idWindowsUpdateDiagnostic. After that, a window will appear in which you will need to use the link to additional settings. In the new window, you will first need to check the box next to the option to allow automatic application of fixes, and then click on the link to run as administrator. Next, you need to click on the continue button. After that, the user will only have to wait for the diagnostic process to complete. Next, you need to go to the "Update Center" and set a manual search with installation confirmation.

Using special utilities to diagnose problems

If someone is not satisfied with the method suggested above, or you just don't want to dig into the debugger settings, then you can go the other way. From the official website of Microsoft or any other trusted Internet resource, you can download a small program called Windows Update Diagnostic. By the way, this program Suitable for more recent versions of the operating system. After starting the utility, you must select the update center line and start troubleshooting. Problems will be displayed in the results. The cause of the problems may lie in the drivers or the hard drive. Pay special attention to the following point: this program does not fix the problem in the Windows 7 operating system. The infinite update is only defined, and the user is indicated for what reason it could occur. Install drivers and check HDD you'll have to do it yourself. Drivers can be installed from the "Device Manager", but this is an overly lengthy process. It is better to use automated tools for this purpose, such as Driver Booster with automatic search and integration of drivers into the system.

If the problem associated with Windows updates persists, then you will again have to pay attention to the Windows 7 Update Center. You can fix the endless search with another method. To do this, you need to download the so-called standalone package to your computer under the number KB3102810. When downloading, you must select the appropriate bit depth - 32 or 64 bits. You can download this package either on the Microsoft website or on other resources. This is only half the battle.

Stop the Update Center service

In the Windows 7 operating system, you can fix the endless update only by deactivating the service that is responsible for finding the installation of updates. You can try to end the active process in the "Task Manager", however, as a rule, this does not lead to anything. The service will be activated again. It can be completely disabled only in the corresponding section of the services, which are accessed through the services.msc command, which must be entered in the corresponding Run menu bar. Here you need to find the update center line and by right-clicking the mouse call the context menu. Next, you need to select the stop command. In order not to rummage through the service directory, you must use command line with administrator rights, where you need to register the netstopwuauserv combination.

Manual search for updates and package installation

Now let's talk about the most basic thing - installing a standalone package. It must be launched by a standard double-click on the downloaded file and agree to the installation offer. After that, the installation process begins. Upon completion this process you will need to restart your computer. If errors occur during the integration of the package into the system, then something was done incorrectly at the stage of disabling the update service. It is necessary to repeat all the indicated steps and run the installer again. It is also possible that the offline package installation file itself was not completely downloaded (it happens sometimes). In this case, as should already be clear, you need to re-download the file or download from another source. When the package is successfully installed and the system is rebooted, you need to go to the "Update Center" and use the manual search for updates there.

What to do if nothing helped

What should I do if none of the above procedures helped fix my Windows 7 Infinite Update issue? You can remove the endless update by installing the UpdatePack 7Live service pack (build version 07/31/2016). After completion of its integration into the system, the search for updates will be automatically launched. Most likely, there will be a huge number of them. In some cases, their number reaches two hundred or more. This should not be surprising, because after installing the package, the user essentially gets an almost “clean” system into which no updates were installed. It should be noted that this pack can only be installed over the already existing ServicePack 1. If it is missing, then the updater will not be installed. In this case, the way out of the situation is to install SP1.

Conclusion

As you can see for yourself, there is nothing critical in the problem described above. It is eliminated quite simply by the methods proposed above. Such solutions, of course, only apply to a system that has not been found to have potentially dangerous or active threats. In other cases, such solutions are quite effective.

Some Windows 7 users are experiencing issues with the default Update Center operating system. Windows 7 searches endlessly for updates, fails to download them, and keeps looking for more.

Such a problem can cause a lot of trouble. Firstly, the latest patches will not be installed on your computer, which can reduce work efficiency OS. Secondly, while the search is on, processor and physical memory are heavily loaded. This may not be very noticeable on powerful PCs, but on “weak” ones it is very unpleasant. This article describes what to do if Windows Update 7 cannot complete the search for updates.

Setting up automatic search

Firstly, you need to completely disable windows update, loading the operating system, as it goes on indefinitely. Subsequently, you can fix the problem and activate it back, if you like. But even without Windows updates still works stable. Many users disable them on purpose and experience no problems.

You will need to do the following:

After that follows to restart a computer to stop searching. Now your system will not try to look for new updates. If you need to enable this feature, you can do it in the same menu.

Stopping the service

In some cases, the method described above may not work. For example, when you try to reboot, the computer will take a long time to download and install some kind of patch. And after turning it off and on manually, all settings will return to the initial state. And accordingly, the endless search for Windows 7 updates will begin again. To fix a similar problem, you need to completely disable the service in charge of work Update Center.

After these steps, the search for updates will be completed. To run it, you need to reset the service configurations to their original state.

In some cases, stopping the service and restarting it may solve the problem. Try this before resorting to more complicated methods if the computer is looking for new patches for a long time.

Correcting errors in system files

Often these problems result from damage to important system files. This may occur as a result system failures, actions of virus programs, incorrect installation previous updates etc.

On Windows there is special utility, with which you can automatically find and fix such errors. It does not have a graphical interface, so users need to launch the system command line to work with it.

This is done in the following way:

If you would like to copy given line, you need to use context menu by clicking right click mouse inside the window. The Ctrl + V combination in the console does not work.

Thereafter Windows will scan everything system files . All found errors will be corrected. After that, you should restart your computer and start searching for updates again. If the process is still too slow- needs to be searched other ways to solve the problem.

Microsoft released special update for their operating systems, fixing Windows Update, which is endlessly looking for updates. The download links are on the official website of the developer, so you can download the patch without resorting to the services Update Center.

For owners 32-bit version Windows - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49542
For Windows with 64 bit architecture - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49540

You need choose the interface language of your OS and click on the red Download button. Further simply run the downloaded file, wait for the installation to finish and restart your computer. In most cases, this patch solves all the problems that arise.

Updates KB3020369 and KB3172605

If the previous solution did not help, then you should update the seven by installing two more updates, restarting the computer between their installations. This method was suggested by several of our readers at once and it really helps a lot.

Troubleshooter from Microsoft

Another way to solve the problem is to use the Microsoft troubleshooting tool. Its action is somewhat similar to "sfc / scannow", with the difference that it was created specifically for Update Center and can make a big difference large quantity malfunctions. Besides, she has GUI , which makes it easier for users who are not used to using the console.

Do the following:

Wait for the operating system scan to complete. If the utility detects any problems, it will notify you and automatically apply the fixes.

We hope this article helped eliminate the endless search for updates to the seventh version of Windows, significantly speeding up your computer and making it much more stable.