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Archive for October 10th, 2016

Yet another refresh of KB3172605 to (again) fix Windows 7 SP1 Windows Update stuck checking for updates – via Super User

Posted by jpluimers on 2016/10/10

Checking for Updates until the first of never...

Checking for Updates until the first of never…

I already re-installed a few of the VMs from scratch (re-licensing and such) but to no avail.

So I’m wondering: does Microsoft hate Windows 7 users this much?

Microsoft keeps refreshing KB3172605 (July 2016 update rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1).

I’ve seen at least 3 different versions that I needed in the same number of occasions of updating Windows 7 x64 VMs that usually are off-line (I use them every few weeks to do some testing).

Each and every time the situation is the same:

  1. Windows Update will be stuck in “Checking for Updates” for hours (even overnight)
  2. When stuck, Windows Update still uses 1 CPU core at 100%
  3. Warm reboot won’t help
  4. Shutdown and cold boot won’t help

The only thing that consistently solves this is reliably:

  1. Reboot and logon
  2. Stop Windows Update service (wuauserv in Task Manager)
  3. Wait until CPU usage drops
  4. Install the latest Windows Update client
    1. currently this is KB3172605 which – though named July 2016 – has been refreshed quite a few times as late as September 2016
    2. older versions (including KB3102810, KB3138612 and KB3161647) are described at Windows 7 SP1 Windows Update stuck checking for updates – Super User
    3. the installation of the .MSU file with the Windows Update client usually seems to “hang” on "checking for installed updates" for like 30 minutes, but if you forget to stop the Windows Update service, the .MSU install will be stuck on "checking for installed updates" forever
  5. Reboot
  6. Try Windows Update again and wait for at least 30 minutes

You need to re-apply to a more recent Windows Update client each and every time this happens taking a few hours of your time.

Windows 8

After a fresh boot, I tried https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/A/8/AA842D3A-D5B0-4307-89F1-3485D88A1853/Windows8-RT-KB2937636-x64.msu via How to update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version but it shows [WayBack] “The update is not applicable to your computer”

–jeroen

via: Windows 7 SP1 Windows Update stuck checking for updates – Super User [WayBack]

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Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7 | 1 Comment »

Wish ttystudio was available for OpenSuSE and Mac OS X…

Posted by jpluimers on 2016/10/10

Really interesting stuff: ttystudio. It allows to record an apng or gif of a terminal session (so it should work on headless systems).

Anyone knowing alternatives for OpenSuSE and Mac OS X?

(Cockos Incorporated | LICEcap might cut it on Mac OS X, but not on headless systems so GNOME/byzanz doesn’t cut it either)

Sources:

Handy as well:

–jeroen

Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Apple, Linux, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, MacMini, openSuSE, Power User, SuSE Linux, Tumbleweed | Leave a Comment »

How to group by date in excel? – Super User

Posted by jpluimers on 2016/10/10

Sometimes you don’t recognize how easy it is until you see it:

Add a column that is of type date with value =FLOOR(A2,1) .Then Insert -> Pivot Table. Then drag the date column on the right into the Rows box, and also drag it into values box. Done.

Thanks David d C e Freitas!

via How to group by date in excel? – Super User.

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