Re: jessie-kvm-qemu: Win7 guest fails to update
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:20:01 +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> [Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:06:43 -0000 (UTC)] Frank Miles
> <fpm@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>> I have two jessie systems with kvm-qemu virtualized Windows7 guest OSs.
>> These are mostly working well (including guest inter-networking)
>> to the extent that I use Windows, with one glaring exception: when I
>> try to do a Windows Update - the process never finds anything to do,
>> nor does it ever terminate. Ordinary Windows systems (belonging to
>> other users) are finding lots of updates and fairly quickly.
>
> [...]
>
>> Has anyone else seen this? And better yet, found a solution?
>> DuckDuckGo has not helped so far...
>
> How long ago was the last successful update? Was there ever one?
I was trying to guess that. I'd estimate 1.5 - 2 months ago now.
Maybe more. I used to be able to update without it taking all day
or longer.
> I have recently read [1] that upon reinstalling Windows 7 from scratch
> Windows Update often ``takes hours'' (like say 12 hours or such) until
> it has finally/successfully scanned for updates. The problem you
> describe sounds very similar. IIRC it can be solved by installing a
> certain Windows KB... manually and then scanning for updates another
> time.
IIRC the last time I updated it took quite a while. I was hoping that
this would correct whatever was wrong and subsequent updates would go
more smoothly.
I also have a virtualized Linux installation hosted via kvm-qemu. This
does its update without undue delays.
> [1]
> http://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2016-5-Windows-7-Windows-Update-Beine-
machen-3100633.html
>
> ...although the link does not contain a description of the solution, it
> has further links (below ``WEITERFÜHRENDE LINKS'') where the correct
> update to manually install is likely to be linked.
>
> HTH Linux-Fan
Thanks, I'll take a look at it.
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