Windows 7 stuck in update loop?

[MikeVic]

Hi FOFC! So I seem to be stuck in some sort of updating loop in Windows 7. For the last few days, whenever I shut off my computer it says it's installing 4 updates. Then when I turn my computer back on, it's stuck at 0% for the update configuration for awhile and then the OS boots up. Rinse and repeat.

Anyone else experience this lately?

[Thomkal]

I am too Mike-ever since the service pack (which still hasn't installed successfully) it's been like that for me-I went to their site and found this.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-is-the-System-Update-Readiness-Tool

I tried the tool and of course it didnt work for me. So Ive just turned off the updates for Windows in windows update for now, so the loop wouldn't continue. I too have those 4 updates to install as well as the service pack. Let me know if it works for you, or if you find some other fix

[gstelmack]

In order to install SP1, I had to actually download the big ISO and run it manually rather than relying on the web download to figure out what it needed.

[Thomkal]

In order to install SP1, I had to actually download the big ISO and run it manually rather than relying on the web download to figure out what it needed.

ya know Microsoft should kinda have figured out how to do a web download correctly by now. :)

[Apathetic Lurker]

ya know Microsoft should kinda have figured out how to do a web download correctly by now. :)


Why? They havent figured out how to keep IE safe yet. What makes you think they might be able to figure out something like this?

[Thomkal]

Why? They havent figured out how to keep IE safe yet. What makes you think they might be able to figure out something like this?

I'm an optimist. ;)

[Young Drachma]

I've been experiencing it too, but didn't really know what to make of it. Just went ahead and turned off notifications.

[Ksyrup]

Had the same problem the past week or so. I just went into the Windows Update, manually installed the updates, and it took care of it on the next restart/Windows reconfigure.

[MikeVic]

Had the same problem the past week or so. I just went into the Windows Update, manually installed the updates, and it took care of it on the next restart/Windows reconfigure.

This worked for me too. Once I manually selected what to install and let it do it right away, it got me out of the loop.

[Thomkal]

This worked for me too. Once I manually selected what to install and let it do it right away, it got me out of the loop.

I just tried again based on your post here and got a failed upgrade message again-am I not understanding something about manually selected? I go into Windows update, click the box next to the service pack install, click install, wait a few minutes till it finishes installing. asks me to reboot, so I do, wait a while it reboots, get a windows screen telling me to wait while it finishes, gets all the way to 99% then get the failed upgrade message then takes forever to revert all the changes the service pack does?

[MikeVic]

I just tried again based on your post here and got a failed upgrade message again-am I not understanding something about manually selected? I go into Windows update, click the box next to the service pack install, click install, wait a few minutes till it finishes installing. asks me to reboot, so I do, wait a while it reboots, get a windows screen telling me to wait while it finishes, gets all the way to 99% then get the failed upgrade message then takes forever to revert all the changes the service pack does?

That`s all I had to do, and it completed successfully without anymore looping...

[MikeVic]

So I'm stuck in another fucking loop. What is this shit! Can't Windows update properly? I don't want to turn off updates but... this is kind of stupid. Windows XP was really solid for me for years.