Has anyone else noticed that just around the time that Microsoft starting shoving Windows 10 down our throats it started becoming more difficult to obtain Windows Updates for Windows 7? I thought so.
It seems like every time I do a full system reload on a Windows 7 computer I’m able to get a small first-round set of updates and then Service Pack 1 and then I have to let the computer check for updates overnight before it finally comes up with more. Last week I had a computer that wouldn’t bring up a list no matter how long I let it run. There are tons of postings about this problem offering solutions. I tried at least a half-ton of them, including really time-consuming esoteric ones. I finally came across a link to a program that worked for me. It’s called WSUS Offline Update and it claims to work in Windows 8 and 10.. Here is a link to it:
http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/
Its purpose in life is to download updates from Microsoft in a command window and allow you to save them on a drive for future installation on a computer that has no Internet connection. I tried it and it worked for Windows 7! And, best of all, after it installed 153 updates on the problem computer, Windows Automatic Updating starting working and I was able to do several more rounds to include some of the optionals. It’s free but they do accept donations and I cheerfully contributed. I’m going to try it on another Windows 7 reload that I’ve been battling with
