September 13 Solution to Windows 7 Updates Taking Forever Manually downloading and applying these two updates, in this sequence. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020369 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172605 If you see “searching for updates on this computer… when running those two updates, Stop Windows Update Service(run as admin) : net stop wuauserv and try update again. Category: Repair, Windows | LEAVE A COMMENT