[OPLINTECH] Windows update

Tue Jul 19 12:48:47 EDT 2016

Ditto Kevin's response.

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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org>
wrote:

> 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
>>>
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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
>>>
>>> *Level 9 Networks*
>>> 740-548-8070 (voice)
>>> 866-214-6607 (fax)
>>>
>>> *Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and
>>> 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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