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72 questions linked to/from Windows 7 SP1 Windows Update stuck checking for updates
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Windows Update doesn't work and consumes 100% of CPU (Win7 SP1) [duplicate]
I've observed a strange behaviour with Windows Update (Win7 SP1). The process svchost is consuming an entire core of my Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) doing nothing (i.e., there is no network traffic ...
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Windows 7 - Windows Update Hangs On "Checking For Updates" [duplicate]
Today I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1. For some reason, it will just not update. I try to run Windows Update but all it does is hangs at "Checking for updates". I even let ...
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Windows update stuck. Fix It is stuck. So is KB947821. What should I do? [duplicate]
I installed a new computer. After I installed it I updated everything and let the computer run for days. Then I don't know what my daughter did. The computer stopped responding and Windows Update no ...
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Searching for updates takes ages on freshly installed Windows 7 Pro [duplicate]
The title says it all. Since a few months, on every Windows 7 workstation I reinstall, the first check for updates takes several hours, during which there is no disk nor network activity but an ...
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KB-3135445 getting stuck at "searching this computer for updates" [duplicate]
I installed Windows 7 fresh and installed SP1. A manual Windows Updates check hangs on the checking for updates screen. Following the advise in this answer:
https://superuser.com/a/1022204/563857
I ...
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Windows 7 Update Stuck on Checking for Updates [duplicate]
I recently ran into the same problem that quite a number of users are having after a fresh install of Windows 7 SP1 64 bit. I have recently had to recover a number of Windows Laptops to their factory ...
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svchost.exe using 1GB of ram [duplicate]
so toray my computer was slowing down, so I checked the task manager to see what was going on. and svchost.exe was using about 1GB of ram. anyone have an idea to stop this?
os: Win 7 (non-genuine ...
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Windows 7 update doesn't progress beyond 0 KB 0% [duplicate]
I have tried the answers in this question
Windows update doesn't progress beyond 0 KB 0%
I have all ready installed the Update kb3102810, Installing and searching for updates is slow and high CPU ...
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Windows 7 not finding any updates after clean install [duplicate]
I just did a clean install of windows 7 professional 64-bit on my skylake build and I was able to install windows 7 fine, I even installed the usb drivers, chipset drivers and the rest of the drivers ...
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SVCHOST.EXE Using 25% Of CPU Load When Windows Update Is Running [duplicate]
Usually Windows Update does not take that much time to check what updates are available but this time I noticed that it took over 1 hour for it to check and return with information what updates it ...
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Windows 7 Trusted installer using 4gb of ram and up to 50% of my cpu [duplicate]
My windows 7 updater was been bugging out since I got a fresh install of windows 7, I downloaded the patch that was meant to fix this. And I thought it did at first, the updates download and started ...
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Windows 7 sp1 stuck checking for updates [duplicate]
I am asking here because I have tried everything I can and it wont fix. I restored to different restore points, returned to factory three times, and ran the auto fix utilities.
It updated Saturday ...
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Error 8024402C immediately after installing Windows from scratch and updating [duplicate]
I just installed Windows 7.1 (SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_N_7w_SP1_32BIT_English_-2_MLF_X17-59635.ISO) in a VirtualBox (Linux host) with a stable Internet connection.
Then I opened Windows Update, and let it ...
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Windows Update fails working on windows 7 with Error Code 8024200D [duplicate]
It may seem at first that we have many answers to this question but I tried them all but the update still fails.
Note: Windows 7 does not stuck in checking for updates. However, it downloads them but ...
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svchost.exe high CPU usage [duplicate]
I recently installed Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro and everything runs fine, however at all times there is a svchost.exe process that stays at 50% CPU usage. I have installed all updates and tried ...
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