Guide - When Win7 Updates Are Not Applying Anymore

I created this guide after running into this issue at work where I had to do a clean install of Windows 7 from a disk that did not include SP1, and then had to deal with the daunting task of applying a metric ton of updates.

Also, this is a great guide for those who may look at their Windows Update section and see that maybe updates have not been applied in a very long time, but when you run the update check, it fails, or just keeps searching and searching. This most notably started happening around April 2015, so if you look at your Windows Update, and it shows a date around that time that they were last applied, then this guide is for you.

• • Before performing any of the following steps, please stop the Windows Update Service each time by going to Start/Run and type in services.msc and then hit enter. Scroll down to the service, and then right click and stop. Note: On each reboot you will have to do this.
    
    
  • Install Windows 7 SP1 first - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842
    
    
  • Install the April 2015 Servicing Stack - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020369
    
    
  • Install the Windows 7 SP1 Convenience Rollup - http://download.windowsupdate.com/d..._2dafb1d203c8964239af3048b5dd4b1264cd93b9.msu
    
    
  • Install KB3050265 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47352
    
    
  • Finally, install the latest Windows Update Agent. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...he-windows-update-agent-to-the-latest-version
    

That should just about do it. Hope this helps people. Thanks!