Help (windows update)

[Call911]

So I deided to revert back to Windows 7 from Windows 10(clean install-formatted SSd etc). After installing window 7 the windows updater just keep satying on checking for updates. Even tried re-installing Win10 an even there it's does'nt do updates. tride to add microsoft Security essential(in Win 7) same thing stay stuck on checking for updates. My win 7 is a legal cd copy I purchased from best buy a cpl yrs ago and Win 10 is the media creator tool dl'd from microsoft.

neeedless to say I'm officially stumped as all attempts fails to get win updates to complete.

have done several searches an tried a cpl things but nothing seems to work so i thought as a desperate attempt i'd post here in hoping maybe someone on these forumns may have had this issue an hopefully a way to solve it.

Thanx Kirk

[cichlidfan]

Did you check to see that you had a good internet connection?

 

Was Windows able to activate via the internet?

[Call911]

Yeah everything else dl wise goes ok(download DCSW beta etc, no problems) just when it comes to windows update, microsoft security essential, Windows 10 media Creation tool(for installing WinX) does the updates just seem to hang up or stick in updating/checking for updates. I let it sit for over an hr while i went to the stor an still no go. Microsoft support was well kinda stumped an i think gave up. There is quite a bit of info when googling but as i stated nothing resolves it so i'm stumped on what to do as i don't not like havin an up too date copy of windows installed with all the security updates etc. Gonna try a boot from cd an see if maybe that will somehow force win update, just somthing else to try.

edit, I put my key in an it went thru(if thats what you meant) on activation.

[cichlidfan]

As unlikely as it might seem, perhaps the problem is on MS's end.

[Call911]

Yeah I watched them in remote access an they tried alot of differnt things, like I said looked like he kinda gave up and I googled it an there were various simalarities to this and other issues related too. makes me wish I nvr switched it though I had good intentions, very frustrating.

[Kuky]

Here is what I did... I bought Windows 10 in a shop, because I read that unlike with free online update from previous OS when installing retail version user has option to disable all the rap most users do not want or need (like me) before OS is installed, and then again once installed, user is able to disable all the crap again (and there is lot of it in Windows 10) in settings... and that's exactly what I did, and I think its money well spent for not having to deal with this OS bloatware.

 

PS. Overall with all the things I don't want/need disabled, Windows 10 seems like good OS.

[Call911]

Yeah all in all beings how the preview build ended an I did'nt know that at the time I uninstalled win 10 an revertred to win 7. I was'nt able to get win 7 updated til what seems like magically after I purchased win 10(not a happy camper). I got my pc back to where I was before I started having driver issues(X52 Pro) with Win10 which is what started all this.