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    Windows 7 Windows Update Runs Forever After Clean Install

    Running Win7, ver 6.1 SP1. Not trying to update to Win10, staying with Win7. Dell XPS 8700, 8GB. Recovered using original Dell recovery disks to new drive because was hit by ransomware. Don't trust old drive, pulled it. Have data backed up from before being hit. Problem is Windows Update won't...
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    Windows 7 Windows Update Runs Forever After Clean Install

    Did a clean install from recovery disks to new drive. Seems to be ok, so first thing I tried to do is run Windows Update, but it just runs and runs and runs. Probably 5 hours now. Taskmgr shows svchost running an almost constant 25%, pretty much nothing else using any CPU. Is it normal for...
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