does your windows 7 also hangs even for hours on searching for updates every month when they release new updates?
microsoft intentionally crippled windows update in 7 and 8.1 to get people to switch to 10. i bet you installed all recommended updates, didn't you
>>55557353
no. but the cunts really try their worst to sneak fucking 10 in.
Nope, cause I run ubuntu
[spoiler]but when I did have win7 I disabled Windows update in the registry[spoiler]
Happened to me weeks ago when i did install and gave laptop to my neice. it sat for hours. randomly did it though. hell windows 10 updates take forever too. one thing Imiss about linux
I did this
https://decentsecurity.com/enterprise/#/windows-7-fast-update/
And it just worked after that. I lost a couple of hours total on it though.
>>55557353
Only for this first handful of updates after a fresh install. Things are normal a few days after though, can easily vet each update now
>>55557385
didn't installed any recommended updates, just the important ones. i know the windows 10 notification and auto download/upgrade appear if you let him install the "recommended" ones.
>>55557353
It took over a day to find updates and another day to download them on a fresh window 7 install. I just wanted to play dawn of war again microsoft, please
>>55557353
I wouldn't know, I disabled updates and most of the Microsoft on it.
>>55557353
Install 7 SP1 then these 4 updates in this order
Installing and searching for updates is slow and high CPU usage occurs in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810
How to update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/949104
April 2015 servicing stack update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020369
June 2016 update rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161608
Restart after each
>>55557353
It's been broken for months. They don't care. Their new train of thought is "One Windows", so anything that's not 10 is basically already obselete. Even if they are releasing patches for it.
>>55558816
THIS
>>55558816
Thanks
Went to Windows 7 a while ago when I decided I didnt like Windows 10.
Took me 4 days to update it completely without trying anything.
Now I just use Windows 8.1 cus it sorts me out with my drivers and gives quicker updates.
>>55558816
thanks man.
the updates pissing about has been keeping me on W10.
>>55558303
this. Windows 7 will eventually settle down a bit on the updates. I found that when I installed apps from the windows update webpage (whatever it's called) they changed my update settings to include the recommended updates. I eventually reinstalled win7 and I won't be doing that again. On that note...
If your cpu supports virtualization then you can install something like mint or ubuntu and run win7 virtually.
I found I only use windows for a few applications but for browsing and file management it is unnecessary and actually horrible to run 'on the metal'.
I'll post more since I'm not going to hang around here and read a slew of blithering and mind numbing and quite possibly hostile pointless response.
I'm seeing most operating systems as a wrapper around the application you want to use. Currently I have 3 operating systems with apps on each one that I use and I'm using mint (since it's what I started with) to manage them all. Totally productive machine and system and quick and cheap. If I want to get on the web I don't have to wait for something to update. If I want to log into windows I can look something up while it's starting if it needs to update.
>>55557353
Haven't made any updates since I installed win7
Is win10 even worth getting for free? Spy shitposting aside, you can pretty much disable all the info gleaming from it right? I'm not really savy on having to pay over 100 dollars to migrate when m$ eventually pulls the support from win7.
>>55561430
>you can pretty much disable all the info gleaming from it right?
Nobody really knows for sure but probably not.
>not really savy on having to pay over 100 dollars to migrate when m$ eventually pulls the support from win7.
If you're gonna carry on using windows for a long time then you may as well upgrade. Better to be spied on for free than to pay for it.
>>55557353
I had this issue a few months ago when installing 7 in a VM to test something. It was stuck checking for updates for about 4 hours. I wondered if something was up with the bridge preventing it from getting through to the update server, but nope, MS was just being dumb. Furthermore it used like 40% vCPU just searching for updates IIRC.
download and install this one manually, search should only take a minute tops after: KB3161664
ignore all other advice in this thread, including: >>55558816
You are not alone, OP. It hangs for me too.
In fact, I found this so annoying I actually went out of my way and created a fresh installation ISO and injected all relevant patches and updates into the file itself. Now when I have to format/reinstall I just pop in the patched ISO and install everything (including special hardware drivers) in a single go. There are lots of tutorials online on how to do this.
Fuck Windows update and fuck Windows 10.
>>55557353
The Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display doesn't have this problem.
>>55557353
Just use WSUS Offline Update. Takes a whole day of updating down to a few hours.
>>55557353
I already said this on a previous thread to a retard that had the same issue with microsoft gimping their own windows update to force people to migrate to win 10.
Download this update and move on with your life, it will fix the windows update (also do not install the updates that will try to shove win10 back in your machine).
KB3135445 is the name of the fix for win update. The 2 updates that try to shove win 10 I forgot but you can google that shit.
>>55563126
Will this stop spyware from being installed?
>>55563226
Yes. Just make sure you only install critical updates afterwards.
