Windows7 encountered a failure while updating automatically
Failure 1:
Start Windows Update, but always show "checking for updates".
Solution:
KB3138612
This article describes an update that contains some improvements to Windows Update Client in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This update has a prerequisite.
Https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3138612
Prerequisites
To install this update, you should first install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
Failure 2:
"checking for updates", after a period of time, an error occurred.
Solution:
1. Stop the Windows Update service.
two。 Open the C:\ Windows\ SoftwareDistribution folder and delete the following two subdirectories: DataStore and Download.
3. Restart Windows.