[OPLINTECH] Server 2012 R2 stuck checking for updates

[Chad Neeper]

Something else easy to do and that I forgot to mention is to simply let the
update keep chugging. I've had some successes (with Win7) in the past by
simply letting it run for hours (and hours, and hours...) overnight.
Sometimes it would eventually fail, but sometimes it would actually
complete and install the KB patches that resolve the problem. This has been
a well-reported problem in Win7 for well over a year, as you mentioned.
With the big push to get everyone to upgrade to Win10, Microsoft certainly
seemed to be in no hurry to fix this wide-spread problem on Win7, but
*eventually* did. (I don't know the exact patch numbers off hand.)

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On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org>
wrote:

> LOL.  I guess I should clarify what I mean by stuck.  When I manually
> check for updates, it will scan for hours and never show any results.  I
> had this happen with Windows 7 recently and applied a few KB patches and
> now Windows updates finds results in 3-5 minutes.  I am able to stop the
> Windows update by using net stop wuauserv, but I am sure that you know
> that.  I got a laugh out of your response though.
>
> Kevin Jones
> Network Admin
> Coshocton Public Library
> 655 Main Street
> Coshocton, OH 43812
> Phone:  740-622-0956 <(740)%20622-0956>
> Fax:  740-622-4331 <(740)%20622-4331>
> coshoctonlibrary.org
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Dave Tenney <dtenney at wcpl.info> wrote:
>
>> Hold in the power button, pray it comes back up.
>>
>> *Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid*
>> On Dec 20, 2016 3:31 PM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org> wrote:
>>
>> My Windows Server 2012 R2 is stuck checking for updates.  Has anyone
>> resolved this issue?  I just resolved this issue on Windows 7 computers.
>>
>> If anyone has any resolutions for me to try, I would appreciate it very
>> much.
>>
>> Windows update has become a big pain this past year.
>>
>> Kevin Jones
>> Network Admin
>> Coshocton Public Library
>> 655 Main Street
>> Coshocton, OH 43812
>> Phone:  740-622-0956 <(740)%20622-0956>
>> Fax:  740-622-4331 <(740)%20622-4331>
>> coshoctonlibrary.org
>>
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