Surely everyone knows that installed updates to the operating system not only expand its capabilities, but also improve security. From time to time, situations arise when updates are not installed on Windows 7 . There are a great many ways to eliminate this trouble. The most effective will be considered in the article.
Fixit
If Windows 7 updates are no longer installed, the very first tool you need to use is Fixit. This program was released specifically for solving such problems by Microsoft, respectively, it can be downloaded from the official site for free. After downloading, the application must be launched and installed, like any other.
When the installation is completed, you can try to update the OS, but it is advisable to reboot first. No other user intervention is required, the application will search and carry out the elimination of all problems automatically.
Manual installation
If the Fixit program finished, but the updates are still not installed, you will have to perform a manual configuration. This method is also good because it does not require searching for the necessary utility on the Internet.
Follow the path "Start" - "Control Panel" - "System and Security". Click on the link "Windows Update". A menu will be displayed in the left pane of the window; in it, select the "Search for updates" item. After a short wait, the Install Now button that was previously inaccessible will appear on the right side.
Automatic installation
If Windows 7 does not install updates manually, you can try to configure the installation on a schedule. To do this, in the "Update Center" window, select "Settings". Under the words “Important updates”, set the selector to “Install automatically” and specify the time when the system should perform such a procedure.
Viruses and antiviruses
Malicious programs may cause Windows 7 to not install updates. Even if an antivirus is already installed on your system , try checking your computer with a distribution kit that installs on a bootable USB flash drive.
Sometimes just the presence of programs that increase OS security can create a problem for updates. Try disabling the anti-virus screen or firewall. However, before shutting down, it is better to check the computer for viruses with an external program.
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Usually they occur if the computer is not connected to the Internet or if the connection is not stable enough. If everything is OK with the Internet, you can use Fixit to solve the problem. If it doesn’t help, try disabling firewalls and antivirus software. Often, it is because of them that messages with the indicated errors appear during the update.
The obvious is not always noticeable
If you tried all the methods, but still no updates are installed on Windows 7, check the amount of free space on the system disk.
No matter how trivial the advice may be, users often forget to monitor the free space. And it decreases all the time, if you do not regularly perform disk cleanup, because new recovery points, update cache and browsers are constantly growing in volume. Do not forget that for stable operation of the system Microsoft recommends constantly having 2-5 GB of free capacity on drive C.
If the OS distribution is downloaded from a pirated site, help for the computer should begin by installing the official version of Windows. Very often, in third-party assemblies, functionality is cut, services and components are disabled, and registry changes are made. Initially, this all seems not too important, but after a while there are pitfalls.
If there is no internet
Sometimes there is no Internet on the computer and it is not possible to connect it. Someone will decide that in this case the OS will not succeed in updating, but there is a way, however, you still have to find a computer that will have access to the World Wide Web with the updates already installed. In this case, you need to know where Windows 7 updates are installed.
Go to the directory C: \ Windows \ SoftwareDistribution \ Download. Here they are downloaded. From the computer on which the updates are installed, copy all the files from this directory to the PC on which there is no Internet. Then reboot and go to the "Update Center". After clicking on the "Install Updates" button, they will be successfully installed. You should not have high hopes, it will not be possible to update the OS completely, because some components are downloaded separately for different equipment.
Also knowing about this directory will be useful in order to keep updates. If Windows breaks and you need to reinstall it, you won’t have to download updates again. Among other things, the number of files in this folder is constantly increasing. Over a year of operation, several gigabytes can accumulate. Files from the directory can be surely deleted to clean up disk space. It will not lead to failures.
If the operating system is not installed on drive C, then look for this directory in the section where Windows is located.
Low download speed
From time to time, everyone is faced with a situation where updates are installed for a long time. Windows 7 displays the same window for several hours, but the status bar fills up slowly. In this case, check the speed of your Internet or the speed of writing data to the hard drive. Any equipment fails over time, and HDD is no exception.
If you have just installed Windows or have not previously applied a single update, most likely, a long installation time is associated with a large amount of installation files. Over several years of updates, it can accumulate over several gigabytes, and the OS distribution kit usually comes in its original form.