I have a new install of Windows 7 on my iMac 8,1
The install seemed fine however I can't get the 100's of security updates that come with a fresh install. It continually says "Checking for updates" and does nothing.
Any suggestions?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Can you check Windows Update History and look for any error messages?
Yes I can. There's two that I don't know where they came from. When I check for updates it just "Checks" forever, it doesn't list any available or download any. If I quit and go back in to check again it says I never checked for any updates.
I've installed Windows 7 on three other Macs and have never had this problem before. Perhaps I should just start over?
I'm sure I have the right BootCamp support files... I just don't know what to try next...
Oh, and no error messages.
Try to enable Automatic Updates, disable it again, and check for updates manually.
I did try that, it didn't work.
I finally got it to work although i'm not sure what the "fix" actually was. I found a "Repair Tool" in the troubleshoot in Help. It could have done it but I also suspect it may have been the fact the HD was set to sleep at ½hour (default).
I'd pretty much given up, set the HD to never sleep, came back 3-4 hours later and there was 202 security updates ready to install!!! 🙂
Thank you for your suggestions! I hope this can help someone in the future...
Thanks for posting back. Did the Repair Tool show any fixes it made?
Windows 7 updates on a fresh install?
