Update I was able to get Readiness Tool to run but not the update
Now the reediness tool will not even run
Security Essentials will run
I have legal Windows 7 to install
Do you think that is safe bet to try?
Had some performance issue so I ran MalwareBytes and Security Essentials.
It found some malware that was successfully removed.
I was able to Update Security Essentials and I ran it again for safety and it found nothing additions.
The last successful Windows Update was 5 days ago
Checking for Updates has been running 6 hours
CPU 100% network 0%
Windows6.0-KB947821-v35-x86.mnu fails to install
It is supposed to be a tool to address update problems
I fear the registry got hacked to prevent updates
What can I do?
I know Vista. I got it free.
Best Answer
Windows Update is slow because Windows needs to check if the updates are required or already replaced. Those calls are slow. For Windows 7 Microsoft fixed it with the July 2016 update rollup, but this was never backported to Vista.
To get updates faster for Vista, you should use WSUSoffline. Start WSUSoffline (
UpdateGenerator.exe), click onLegacytab and select here Vista/Server 2008 for the correct CPU architecture (x86 or x64).