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System.. Windows 7 pro sp1. Lenovo lap top, last update registers as 08/05/16
Problem.. When I use the check for updates from the control panel it tells me the last check date is 08.08.16 last updated 08/05/16. When I try to go to windows updater and check for up dates the green bar just keeps gong and going. I have tried for a number of times letting it check for 12 plus hours. No success.
Trouble started the first part of July when I tried to down load the win 10 update. Having tried three different times with no success, I gave up on it. The win 10 down load would get part way loaded then stop. On July 31 when I booted up the computer the hard drive ran for about 15 min. When it was finished I checked my down loaded updates, All the updates having to do with win 10 were gone. I restored my computer to the last restore point, Performed check disk, disk clean up, as well as defrag.
I have checked the admin services and all update services are running. Went to MS windows trouble shooter for update problems and after scan all checked out ok. The trouble shooter found one problem with the service register however it repaired the problem or so it indicated. I have done several scans for virus problems as well as mal ware etc. No problems found with Defender, my other virus software or MS malicious detection and removable tool. My hard drive checks out good as does my RAM.
The only other problem I have noticed is MS windows update uses 49 to 51% of the cpu . I have read other posts stating that it uses a lot of cpu even when idle.
Any ideas or other help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Problem.. When I use the check for updates from the control panel it tells me the last check date is 08.08.16 last updated 08/05/16. When I try to go to windows updater and check for up dates the green bar just keeps gong and going. I have tried for a number of times letting it check for 12 plus hours. No success.
Trouble started the first part of July when I tried to down load the win 10 update. Having tried three different times with no success, I gave up on it. The win 10 down load would get part way loaded then stop. On July 31 when I booted up the computer the hard drive ran for about 15 min. When it was finished I checked my down loaded updates, All the updates having to do with win 10 were gone. I restored my computer to the last restore point, Performed check disk, disk clean up, as well as defrag.
I have checked the admin services and all update services are running. Went to MS windows trouble shooter for update problems and after scan all checked out ok. The trouble shooter found one problem with the service register however it repaired the problem or so it indicated. I have done several scans for virus problems as well as mal ware etc. No problems found with Defender, my other virus software or MS malicious detection and removable tool. My hard drive checks out good as does my RAM.
The only other problem I have noticed is MS windows update uses 49 to 51% of the cpu . I have read other posts stating that it uses a lot of cpu even when idle.
Any ideas or other help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Update mechanisms are different, as are the Activation servers, and the roll-ups will be different also. The general mechanism of pushing out the updates to Windows customers will be similar (Not identical), but W10 has major differences in the kernel of the OS as well as the Windows Update engine is completely rewritten from W7. Not sure where you read that, but it's wrong.
As mentioned this is a HUGE problem with mobile devices such as laptops/tablets due to drop damage. You mentioned you tested your computer hard drive and RAM? How did you test them and EXACTLY which diagnostics did you use? And how many passes, or hours did you test each one. Most home users do not test their computers with anything other than built-in diagnostics provided by the computer-maker as in the case of Dell or HP diagnostics. This are not effective nor conclusive.
The fact that you are running a W7 machine means that you are running a computer that's 6 years old and hard drives are known to be only designed to last 3 years-tops. If you haven't replace that hard drive and you are the original owner of the computer, you need to test it properly or replace it and reinstall windows from factory Recovery Discs; retest your CPU idle. If it abates, your hard drive had failed.
