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11-20-2015, 09:58 PM | Topic Starter |
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Windows 7 updates
I just installed a clean copy of Windows on a IBM Thinkpad and for some reason Windows Update never connects. I click find updates and it just sits there searching indefinitely. It has solid internet connection. I can view youtube and surf without issue but it never finds updates. is it a problem with the Microsoft servers or a problem with the laptop. I've never seen this before.
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11-20-2015, 10:41 PM | #2 |
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11-21-2015, 12:23 AM | #3 |
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How long are you letting it check? I've seen it take an hour or so. Probably a couple hundred updates available.
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11-21-2015, 07:08 AM | #4 |
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I had it going for around 30 minutes. I've never seen it take that long before. I'll just open it up today and let it run.
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11-21-2015, 12:46 AM | #5 |
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you may have better luck if you update via ethernet than wireless. 7 might not recognize your connection until it is updated.
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11-21-2015, 09:29 AM | #6 |
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Happened to me on a clean install I just did the other day. I left it for a couple hours and nothing happened.
I eventually gave up on it.
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11-21-2015, 10:40 AM | #7 |
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I think that there are times when the Microsoft server is unresponsive. I'll bet that if you try at a different time of the day, you'll get a connection.
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11-21-2015, 01:08 PM | #8 |
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70 minutes still nothing. This is nuts.
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11-21-2015, 01:34 PM | #9 |
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does anyone happen to know what the name of the initial update file is? maybe I could download that manually and it would resolve this. The one thing I know about MS and updates on a clean install is that the first time you run it there is only one update. Once you reboot with that update it then goes out and gets the other 20-30
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How are you accessing it? Are you going to Windows site or through the Control Panel?
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11-21-2015, 01:42 PM | #11 |
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control panel/windows update
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11-21-2015, 01:48 PM | #12 |
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I'm going to download a couple manually and see of getting a couple installed might trigger something.
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11-21-2015, 01:52 PM | #13 |
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officially at 2 hours now.
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11-21-2015, 02:21 PM | #14 |
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screw it. Time to give ubuntu another try. First time in probably years. Oh Simplex where are you?
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