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Just the
answer.... After loading up a fresh copy of
Windows 7 SP1, do not go to Windows Update in control panel and let it
do its thing. Out of the box, Windows Update is broken. Instead, go
here:
Windows
Update Client for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: March 2016
Scroll down and pick the appropriate update for your system, either
32 or 64 bit. Download the update, run it, let it do its thing, and THEN
go to control panel --> Windows Update and let it phone home and get
updates.
Final Words...
If you found this helpful or not, please send me a brief email -- one
line will more than do. Or more! I love hearing tidbits from users I've
helped. Maybe share a line of what you searched for or how you found
this article.
I can be reached at:
das (at-sign) dascomputerconsultants (dot) com
Enjoy!
David Soussan
You can stop
reading now Or you can keep reading along if you
so choose. The point of the rest of this document is to give clues to
searchers with errors I saw in the hopes the search engines will point
them here at the answer instead of sending them on wild goose chases all
over the internet trying various things (like I did) before I finally
came upon the answer given above.
After loading up Windows 7, if you go to window updates in control
panel and let it search it might fail with an error code 0x80070057.
Or, it might take forever and take 100% (or 50% if on a dual core
CPU, or 25% if on a quad core or dual core with hyper threading) and it
may never finish. Or I've seen it sit with the green bar rolling saying
"Checking for updates" and never finish. Well, maybe not never - I left
one run overnight and when I came back in the morning the little green
bar was still rolling and it was still checking for updates.
Something tells me there is a bug in the code as it should never take
that long. But what do I know - I've never seen the source code.
Various errors and failures were logged in
c:\windows\windowsupdate.log, the dates and times have been stripped
but here they are:
940 464 AU WARNING: Failed to change download properties of
call, error = 0x80070057
# WARNING: Install failed, error =
0x80070308 / 0x80070308
2012 c60 Handler FATAL: Completed install of
CBS update with type=0, requiresReboot=0, installerError=1,
hr=0x80070308
940 76c AU >>## RESUMED ## AU: Installing update
[UpdateId = {B3CD5165-7BDA-468F-95FA-B8B2F36D085E}]
940 76c AU #
WARNING: Install failed, error = 0x80070308 / 0x80070308
940 86c
Report REPORT EVENT: {A53ED85C-94CC-4661-BA91-66DF0153926F}
1 181
101 {B3CD5165-7BDA-468F-95FA-B8B2F36D085E} 200 0 AutomaticUpdates
Success Content Install Installation Started: Windows successfully
started the following update: Update for Windows 7 (KB2923545)
940
86c Report REPORT EVENT: {80A93F73-E665-4DC9-A412-9BFEDDB005A8}
1
195 101 {B3CD5165-7BDA-468F-95FA-B8B2F36D085E} 200 80070308
AutomaticUpdates Failure Content Install Installation Failure: Windows
failed to install the following update with error 0x80070308: Update for
Windows 7 (KB2923545).
940 ca4 Agent LogHistory called.
idUpdate={8EEFD87E-41B7-45FF-97F2-144E4A3BA51A}.201,
resultMapped=80070308, resultUnMapped=80070308
920 86c AU
UpdateDownloadProperties: 1 download(s) are still in progress.
920
86c AU UpdateDownloadProperties: download priority has changed from 1 to
2.
920 86c AU WARNING: Failed to change download properties of call,
error = 0x80070057
920 86c AU ########### AU: Uninitializing
Automatic Updates ###########
920 b54 Agent * WARNING: Failed to
filter search results, error = 0x8024000B
920 b54 Agent *********
916 fd8 DnldMgr Regulation server path:
https://fe2.update.microsoft.com/v6/UpdateRegulationService/UpdateRegulation.asmx.
916 fd8 DnldMgr Per-Update: 4f02faba-f4f9-4fc2-9326-4f8a2fda1774 at rate
0
916 fd8 DnldMgr * Regulation call complete. 0x00000000
916 fd8
DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId =
{4F02FABA-F4F9-4FC2-9326-4F8A2FDA1774}.202] ***********
916 fd8
DnldMgr Regulation: {7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D} - Update
4F02FABA-F4F9-4FC2-9326-4F8A2FDA1774 is "PerUpdate" regulated and can
NOT download. Sequence 7084 vs AcceptRate 0.
916 fd8 DnldMgr * Update
is not allowed to download due to regulation.
916 fd8 DnldMgr
Regulation: {7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D} - Update
4F02FABA-F4F9-4FC2-9326-4F8A2FDA1774 is "PerUpdate" regulated and can
NOT download. Sequence 7084 vs AcceptRate 0.
3f0 AU Forced install
timer expired for AUInstallType = 4
916 3f0 AU
UpdateDownloadProperties: 1 download(s) are still in progress.
916
3f0 AU UpdateDownloadProperties: download priority has changed from 1 to
2.
916 3f0 AU WARNING: Failed to change download properties of call,
error = 0x80070057
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