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Win7 update loop
Vurbal:
Probably a bad download that can't install properly - why not reset windows update and let windows do the update properly - or else download it and do it manually?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058-Carol Haynes (February 14, 2015, 05:16 AM)
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+1 - Windows updates do on occasion get stuck on a bad File. If you find out which one is looping you can Google it and probably find a few other people with the same problem...and a fix. If not, hide only the problem child...do not disable everything.
Speaking of bad WU behavior, has anyone else noticed Windows suddenly deciding to re-enabled the automatic reboot by itself? I've been on a manual update schedule for years. But this past week - after making none of my own changes - my computer just decided to start rebooting for updates ... All by its evil little self.
-Stoic Joker (February 14, 2015, 08:14 AM)
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Mine didn't do that exactly. It was insisting on rebooting after installing an update, which I assumed meant my son installed one without asking/telling me. He insists that didn't happen.
However, automatic updates are not enabled and there is at least 1 pending update which hasn't been installed, once again suggesting my son wasn't responsible. He wouldn't have any reason to pick just 1 to install.
Stoic Joker:
However, automatic updates are not enabled and there is at least 1 pending update which hasn't been installed, once again suggesting my son wasn't responsible. He wouldn't have any reason to pick just 1 to install.-Vurbal (February 14, 2015, 09:57 AM)
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Hm... same here, is yours KB3021917 from 2/10/15 also?
MilesAhead:
I set mine to never check for updates. I just looked by pressing Winkey Q and typing Updates in settings. It told me I last checked for updates on 12/10/2013.
One thing I noticed. Getting off that screen is not very intuitive. After fumbling around Alt Tab did the trick. I'm not sure if it's because I have Classic Shell installed.
I tried reading through updates in case I needed any and selecting individual ones to install. I found myself wasting half a day just on that. So I turned it off altogether. I can't be doing that every Tuesday.
bit:
However, automatic updates are not enabled and there is at least 1 pending update which hasn't been installed, once again suggesting my son wasn't responsible. He wouldn't have any reason to pick just 1 to install.-Vurbal (February 14, 2015, 09:57 AM)
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Hm... same here, is yours KB3021917 from 2/10/15 also?
-Stoic Joker (February 14, 2015, 10:02 AM)
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"KB3021917 from 2/10/15"--> yes. Ran Microsoft FixIt, and it failed again. Switched off updater for now.
Vurbal:
However, automatic updates are not enabled and there is at least 1 pending update which hasn't been installed, once again suggesting my son wasn't responsible. He wouldn't have any reason to pick just 1 to install.-Vurbal (February 14, 2015, 09:57 AM)
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Hm... same here, is yours KB3021917 from 2/10/15 also?
-Stoic Joker (February 14, 2015, 10:02 AM)
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Why yes it is. Very interesting indeed.
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