On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:20:01 +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: > [Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:06:43 -0000 (UTC)] Frank Miles > <f...@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> I have two jessie systems with kvm-qemu virtualized Windows7 guest OSs. >> These are mostly working well (including guest inter-networking) >> to the extent that I use Windows, with one glaring exception: when I >> try to do a Windows Update - the process never finds anything to do, >> nor does it ever terminate. Ordinary Windows systems (belonging to >> other users) are finding lots of updates and fairly quickly. > > [...] > >> Has anyone else seen this? And better yet, found a solution? >> DuckDuckGo has not helped so far... > > How long ago was the last successful update? Was there ever one?
I was trying to guess that. I'd estimate 1.5 - 2 months ago now. Maybe more. I used to be able to update without it taking all day or longer. > I have recently read [1] that upon reinstalling Windows 7 from scratch > Windows Update often ``takes hours'' (like say 12 hours or such) until > it has finally/successfully scanned for updates. The problem you > describe sounds very similar. IIRC it can be solved by installing a > certain Windows KB... manually and then scanning for updates another > time. IIRC the last time I updated it took quite a while. I was hoping that this would correct whatever was wrong and subsequent updates would go more smoothly. I also have a virtualized Linux installation hosted via kvm-qemu. This does its update without undue delays. > [1] > http://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2016-5-Windows-7-Windows-Update-Beine- machen-3100633.html > > ...although the link does not contain a description of the solution, it > has further links (below ``WEITERFÜHRENDE LINKS'') where the correct > update to manually install is likely to be linked. > > HTH Linux-Fan Thanks, I'll take a look at it.
