I ran out of time I'm afraid, just switched off Windows updates and the processor time has gone down to about 5%. If i switch it back on svchost usage goes back up to 50%.
I just didn't seem to be able to install any of the updates manually.
Hi VosperD:
Good luck, and post back if you run into any problems. And that's my fault - I was just re-reading your
post # 11 today and realized you were also getting hangs while you were manually installing a standalone update package (.msu file).
I've learned that these "
Checking for updates..." hangs can also occur when you're manually installing these .msu installers if there is a Windows Update session already running in the background. Hopefully the step-by-step instructions posted 16-Jun-2016 in m#l's thread
Updates not working, it has been searching for updates for hours will get you up and running again.
I've tried this workaround for my June 2016 and July 2016 Patch Tuesday updates and it seems to work. I don't have any problems running the .msu installers in Step # 5 of those instructions, even when I'm connected to the internet, but I think that's because I always have automatic Windows Updates permanently disabled [Windows Update | Change settings | Important updates |
Never check for updates (not recommended)] and don't have to worry about a scheduled Windows Update automatically launching in the background. Vista updates are normally released in batches on Patch Tuesdays (the second Tuesday of each month) and it's very rare for Microsoft to release an out-of-band security update for Vista/IE9 outside of a Patch Tuesday, so I've decided there's no point having automatic Windows Updates launching each day and eating up my CPU - especially when there are so many problems these days with Windows Update.
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