Hello Imacri,
Both of my Vista machines updated today with Defender definition version: 1.259.37.0
No other updates were available as of 11:15 am (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time
windows update just seems to hang while checking.
- Thread starter ScousaJAY
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Hello Imacri,
Both of my Vista machines updated today with Defender definition version: 1.259.37.0
No other updates were available as of 11:15 am (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time
lmacri
Vista Pro
Good news. I ran Windows Update today and received the latest Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.259.172.0) so last week's glitch that Vista1972 described in post # 619 doesn't seem to have done any permanent damage to Windows Update on my Vista SP2 machine.
Just an FYI that Volume Z has already updated his download links on page 1 of peggybeggs' thread why has vista stopped automatic updates? for today's December 2017 Patch Tuesday updates. There were no new "speed up" patches released this month for my MS Office Compatibility Pack SP3 but there were patches released for Word 2007 and Word 2010 that will have to be pre-installed before running Windows Update if you were fully updated as of 11-Apr-2017 and have these MS Office products installed on your Vista SP2 machine.
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.5.2 * NS Premium v22.11.2.7 * MS Office 2003 Professional SP3
it0uchpods
Member
I did a WSUS Offline Update, Then installed KB4014661, KB4015195, and KB4015380. I got 78 updates from Windows Update with 15mins from searching. After that, Windows Update was once again stuck. I tried installing all the Windows Server 2008 Updates as well, but no improvement.
I tried installing KB4048970, but I get this update does not apply to your system, so I cannot advise if it works or not.
Kind Regards,
Josh
I tried installing KB4048970, but I get this update does not apply to your system, so I cannot advise if it works or not.
Kind Regards,
Josh
It's a misconception installing the very latest release of the update for Kernel-Mode Drivers will solve it all.
It's a misconception any version of a Windows update released after EOL is required to solve the issue. Also, KB4048970 has been superseded on January 9th.
You may be missing KB4011660 and KB4011659.
why has vista stopped automatic updates?
It's a misconception any version of a Windows update released after EOL is required to solve the issue. Also, KB4048970 has been superseded on January 9th.
You may be missing KB4011660 and KB4011659.
why has vista stopped automatic updates?
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it0uchpods
Member
Hi,
It's Office 2007 now, I prefer that version.
Same updates?
Kind Regards,
Josh
It's Office 2007 now, I prefer that version.
Same updates?
Kind Regards,
Josh
it0uchpods
Member
Got em, will try tonight and report.
Thanks,
Josh
Thanks,
Josh
it0uchpods
Member
40 Updates found. Thank you!
That should be all of them, right? Since Vista and Office 2007 no longer receives patch Tuesday updates. I'll just continue installing the Server 2008 Updates.
Kind Regards,
Josh
That should be all of them, right? Since Vista and Office 2007 no longer receives patch Tuesday updates. I'll just continue installing the Server 2008 Updates.
Kind Regards,
Josh
tgp1994
Member
@Imacri I have a Vista system that has been experiencing this "stuck on searching for updates" bug for several months, maybe over a year at this point. My general google searching has just about failed me, until I decided to just open the vistax64 forums and see what people have been posting. Turns out that the most active topic in this subforum potentially has the answers I'm looking for.
So if I understand what you've been writing here correctly then, Windows Update on Vista is essentially "bricked" until a certain number of recent updates are installed (listed at the Microsoft Answers post here)?
So if I understand what you've been writing here correctly then, Windows Update on Vista is essentially "bricked" until a certain number of recent updates are installed (listed at the Microsoft Answers post here)?
lmacri
Vista Pro
Hi tgp1994:
Yes, the instructions on page 1 of m#l's thread Updates not working, it has been searching for updates for hours are still valid (Note: I post in the MS Answers forum as user Great White North). You will have to manually pre-install a small number of Windows kernel-mode (Win32K.sys) driver, graphics component and IE9 security updates listed in STEP # 2 of those instructions to fix the "Checking for updates..." hang if any of those recommended "speed up" patches are currently missing from your system. All credit goes to Dalai who originally proposed this solution back in June 2016 on his website at Search for Windows Updates takes forever? - A possible solution.
MS Office 2010, MS Office 2007 and/or the MS Office Compatibility Pack SP3 will now trigger the same "Checking for updates..." hang so you must pre-install additional "speed up" patches if any of these older Office products are installed on your Vista SP2 computer, even if Vista SP2 / IE9 is fully patched to April 2017 (i.e., the end of extended support for this OS). Fortunately, Volume Z maintains a list of required Office "speed up" patches on page 1 of peggybegg's thread why has vista stopped automatic updates? and revises that list every Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of the month) with any new Office updates that must be pre-installed to get Windows Update working again.
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.5.3 * NS Premium v22.11.2.7 * MS Office 2003 Professional SP3
lmacri
Vista Pro
Hi tgp1994:
Thanks for the feedback, and glad to hear the instructions on page 1 of m#l's thread Updates not working, it has been searching for updates for hours got Windows Update working again.
Now that you're patched to April 2017 (i.e., the end of extended support for Vista SP2) be sure to read the supplemental thread More Shadow Brokers Exploits Patched June 2017 for Win XP and Vista about five emergency out-of-band security updates for Vista SP2 in that were released in June 2017. These updates will patch vulnerabilities for the NSA-leaked exploits EnglishmanDentist, EsteemAudit and ExplodingCan and were not delivered to Vista SP2 machines via Windows Update, so standalone .msu installers must be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog and installed manually.
I'm not sure what the process is for getting posts pinned at the top of this board but I assume one of the forum moderators would have to be involved. There are several other users in this thread who ran monthly tests of Dalai's suggested "speed up" patches each Patch Tuesday and provided important feedback dating all the way back to August 2015 when reports of these slow Windows Updates first appeared, but I'd be happy to compile a summary that includes a link to my step-by-step instructions <here> if one of the mods would be willing to pin it at the top of this VistaForums board.
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.5.3 * NS Premium v22.11.2.7 * MS Office 2003 Professional SP3
Thanks for the feedback, and glad to hear the instructions on page 1 of m#l's thread Updates not working, it has been searching for updates for hours got Windows Update working again.
Now that you're patched to April 2017 (i.e., the end of extended support for Vista SP2) be sure to read the supplemental thread More Shadow Brokers Exploits Patched June 2017 for Win XP and Vista about five emergency out-of-band security updates for Vista SP2 in that were released in June 2017. These updates will patch vulnerabilities for the NSA-leaked exploits EnglishmanDentist, EsteemAudit and ExplodingCan and were not delivered to Vista SP2 machines via Windows Update, so standalone .msu installers must be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog and installed manually.
I'm not sure what the process is for getting posts pinned at the top of this board but I assume one of the forum moderators would have to be involved. There are several other users in this thread who ran monthly tests of Dalai's suggested "speed up" patches each Patch Tuesday and provided important feedback dating all the way back to August 2015 when reports of these slow Windows Updates first appeared, but I'd be happy to compile a summary that includes a link to my step-by-step instructions <here> if one of the mods would be willing to pin it at the top of this VistaForums board.
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.5.3 * NS Premium v22.11.2.7 * MS Office 2003 Professional SP3
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lmacri
Vista Pro
Just an FYI that I've written a FAQ about these "Checking for updates..." hangs at How to Fix Vista SP2 "Checking for Updates..." Hangs and Slow Windows Updates and forum admin Brink has kindly pinned that post at the top of this Windows Update board. That FAQ has been locked and I've requested that readers who need further assistance either post their questions here in ScousaJAY's thread (or start their own topic) so that users aren't cross-posting in multiple threads.
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.6.0 * NS Premium v22.11.2.7 * MS Office 2003 Professional SP3
mostly true when installing Vista from scratch (a fresh or clean install of Vista) and installing only the newest win32k.sys patch alone does not directly solve the WU problem. that still requires installing the other "Kernel" updates (updated advapi32.dll, gdi32.dll, NTOSKRNL, kernel32.dll, shell32.dll, user32.dll along with the Vista platform updates) before installing the newest win32k.sys patch.
KB4048970 has been superseded by KB4056944.
I manually install the old Vista Updates using LDRInstaller to install the LDR (or QFE) branch of the updates instead of the normal GDR branch.
It's too bad M$ did not bother updating the WU client for Vista like they did for Win7 with KB3172605 & Win8.1 with KB3172614. a newer WU agent/client app greater than v7.6.7600.256 would have been a more permanent solution to the problem.
Edit 1/31: On my Vista Ultimate x64 laptop (an old Dell Inspiron e1405 laptop) I was missing the latest user32.dll fix - KB3205638. Installed that one along with KB4012583, KB4014793, KB4056941 (KB4015380 is superseded/replaced by KB4056941), KB4056944 (KB4015195 is replaced by KB4056944) and for KB4056568 for IE9 [supersedes KB4041661] and a fresh WU scan took about half an hour to show available Vista updates.
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lmacri
Vista Pro
WU isn't finding any new updates on 2008 now. I haven't updated since November. Have there been any released since then?
Hi townsbg:
Extended support for Vista SP2 ended on 11-Apr-2017 and there will be no further security updates released for Vista SP2 and IE9 via Windows Update after this date (see the Microsoft support article Windows Vista Support Has Ended for more information) but if Windows Update is working correctly it should still run to completion and find available security updates for other Microsoft products that are still supported like MS Office 2007, etc., assuming that Windows Update | Change Settings | Microsoft Update | Give me updates for Microsoft products and check for new optional Microsoft software when I update Windows is enabled.
Here's what was installed on my system when I ran a manual Windows Update on 10-Jan-2018 after installing the latest "speed up" patches for my MS Office Compatibility Pack SP3 add-on (KB4011605 and KB4011607, both released 09-Jan-2018 - see Volume Z's list of Office "speed up" patches on page 1 of peggybeggs' thread why has vista stopped automatic updates? ) for the January 2018 Patch Tuesday :
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32-bit Vista Home Premium SP2 * Firefox ESR v52.6.0 * NS Premium v22.12.0.104 * MS Office 2003 Professional SP3
HP Pavilion dv6835ca, Intel Core2Duo T5550 @ 1.83 GHz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS