[OPLINTECH] Windows update

[Kevin Jones]

Chris,

They do have DeepFreeze installed on them.  I haven't tried the Windows 7
repair disk and sfc scannow.

Kevin Jones
Network Admin
Coshocton Public Library
655 Main Street
Coshocton, OH 43812
Phone:  740-622-0956
Fax:  740-622-4331
coshoctonlibrary.org

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Chris Krumnow <
ckrumnow at defiancelibrary.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Did they have Deep Freeze on them?
>
> Have you tried the Windows 7 repair disk and sfc /scannow?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Krumnow
> IT Specialist
> Defiance Public Library System
> Work:419-782-1456
> Cell: 419-956-2767
> defiancelibrary.org
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:08 PM, slewis at worthingtonlibraries.org <
> slewis at worthingtonlibraries.org> wrote:
>
>> We noticed this issue with Windows 7 machines as well. Seeing the amount
>> of people who have noticed really makes me think Microsoft is crippling
>> their update services for Windows 7, likely in favor of a Windows 10 push.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sam Lewis
>>
>> Assistant Network Administrator
>>
>>
>> Find *yourself* here.
>> www.worthingtonlibraries.org
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* OPLINTECH [mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Chad Neeper
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2016 11:00 AM
>> *To:* Bell, Ken <kbell at akronlibrary.org>
>> *Cc:* oplintech <oplintech at lists.oplin.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [OPLINTECH] Windows update
>>
>>
>>
>> I just ran into this yesterday afternoon too at one of my libraries.
>> After several hours, I aborted and didn't fully investigate the issue
>> because we're replacing the computers in about two months anyway and I was
>> only trying to make a very minimal effort into fixing a few issues in order
>> to keep them usable for the next couple of months. I didn't want to waste a
>> lot of time (money) on them.
>>
>>
>>
>> As part of the minimal effort, however, I had run a script I have that
>> fully resets the Windows Update subsystem. That almost always clears up any
>> and all Windows Update issues. But it this case, it didn't seem to help on
>> four of the five Win7 Pro computers I was working on. I just figured it was
>> just part of the garbage that had started to cripple the computers in the
>> first place. Didn't realize that it was a recent common Thing until Kevin
>> mentioned it!
>>
>>
>>
>> In reviewing the MS KB, my script is just the "Manually reset Windows
>> Update components" section...in automated form. So I guess my response
>> would be:  The KB Ken mentioned didn't help in my case.
>>
>>
>>
>> The reason I created the script in the first place, though, is that I've
>> run into this issue occasionally over the years and I use the script as an
>> easy/complete fix. (It often also has the benefit of freeing up several GB
>> of storage space, if you're really tight on space.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________
>> *Chad Neeper*
>> Senior Systems Engineer
>>
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>> 740-548-8070 (voice)
>> 866-214-6607 (fax)
>>
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>> schools*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Bell, Ken <kbell at akronlibrary.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just went through this with some lap computers. I ran the tool from
>> Microsoft to fix it https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058. After
>> I ran the tool on the shutdown button was the advisor that Windows updates
>> were pending. After it installed those updates, it found and installed
>> updates normally from the control panel.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* OPLINTECH [mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] *On Behalf
>> Of *Kevin Jones
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:32 AM
>> *To:* oplintech <oplintech at lists.oplin.org>
>> *Subject:* [OPLINTECH] Windows update
>>
>>
>>
>> Is anyone else having issues with Windows updates?  We have Lab computers
>> that I have to manually check for Windows updates and they will stay on
>> Checking for updates for 4-5 hours.  They are all Windows 7 computers.  I
>> have checked all the KB articles that seem to help others and those patches
>> have already been installed.  I have also tried the Windows update repair
>> and deleted the Windows update folders but nothing seems to work.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anybody have any ideas?  Maybe Microsoft is trying to push people to
>> Windows 10.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin Jones
>>
>> Network Admin
>>
>> Coshocton Public Library
>>
>> 655 Main Street
>>
>> Coshocton, OH 43812
>>
>> Phone:  740-622-0956
>>
>> Fax:  740-622-4331
>>
>> coshoctonlibrary.org
>>
>>
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