Re: Windows 7 laptop - stuck on update

[mlazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

 I had it too, on the last update.  I spoke to a PC tech friend who 
said that he had a similar problem on several of his clients' PC's.  
Just force the shutdown, reboot and it should continue the update normally.

 -mark

On 5/19/2015 10:00 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a personal laptop at home that is Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate.
> Getting very old.  Last night it had 14 Windows updates I tried to apply.
> It sat on the first one for over an hour until I cancelled it because I
> wanted to go to bed.
>
> I clicked Start/shut down too quickly to notice the shield on shut down, so
> it immediately started applying updates with the blue background.  I just
> left it plugged in all night and this morning it was still on 1 of 14.  So
> I left it plugged in all day (at home) while I'm here at work.  No real
> confidence it will get any farther today.
>
> I have never seen this before, have any of you?  I've had updates fail
> plenty of times but never just get stuck.  I've not some googling today and
> it appears there are several things to try.  Not looking for a lot of help
> as I can try these various things myself, just a 'point me in the right
> direction' if you've seen it before and suspect something will work.
>
> Thanks.
>
>