• Possible fix for the abysmally slow Windows 7 update scans?

    Posted on April 14, 2016 at 10:58 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    I’m getting reports from several readers that there may be a solution to the slow Windows 7 update scan problem I chided Microsoft about yesterday.

    Geoff King posted the approach that seems to be working:

    Microsoft also has the very powerful Fix It Tool 50202 that completely reinstalls Windows Update components. This one is especially helpful in cases where Windows Update is not able to check for updates (for example, error 800700C1) or installs the same updates all over again (several cases with infinite loops of .NET Framework updates).

    Because Microsoft just loves to move the tool randomly around (and its site search is not helpful either), I now provide direct download link to Fix It Tool 50202. Please save the file, do not run it automatically!

    https://www.winhelp.us/files/MicrosoftFixit50202.msi

    It speeded things up for me and download and install only took around 10 minutes.

    I hope the tool works for you, too.

    If you’re uncomfortable running a Fixit from a non-Microsoft site, I see that the same Fixit is currently available from KB 971058.

    Could ya’ll give it a try and see if it works? Let me know here how things go, please.

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