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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: kamikaze33 on August 28, 2016, 04:36:03 PM

Title: Windows Update Won't Update?
Post by: kamikaze33 on August 28, 2016, 04:36:03 PM
I recently wiped my SSD and did a fresh install of Windows 7, and now im having troubles with windows update; specifically, if i try to go through the control panel etc., the wizard continually says 'searching for updates' and will never change. Ive tried downloading the System Readiness Tool through microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20858  (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20858))and that too will continually sit on 'searching for installed updates.' I also tried the WSUS offline installer (http://download.wsusoffline.net/ (http://download.wsusoffline.net/), and that seemed to install SOME updates, but it still hasnt solved the original issue of windows failing to update.
This all came about as i tried installing Plex, and im getting a system error saying that api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing. I tried to update that, ran into the whole windows update issue.

Im running Windows 7 Home Premium, legit copy, not pirated, using SP1
Intel Core i5-3570K CPU
16gb RAM
64bit OS

not sure what other info i should be providing?