Win updates : automatic retry

[rpg.314]

I have Win7 x64 and I was updating my computer when it hit some stupid proxy issues and the update process barfed. Consequently, many updates failed to install. I am no longer behind a proxy and my internet connection is just fine now.

How do I get WIn7 to retry those updates? There are a lot of them and I don't want to dl them manually.

 

[Grall]

Whuh? Just open windows update; the updates should already be selected, click the "install updates" button.

Downloading should commence, followed by install, and then with near 100% certainty, the almost inevitable reboot (because after fifteen fucking years, MS still hasn't figured out how to unload an API library from memory and then reload the updated version).

 

[rpg.314]

In my update history, there are dozens of failed updates while the update tool only shows me 1 update pending.

It is the failed updates I want to fix.

 

[Zaphod]

Stop the Windows Update service -> rename/delete [drive]:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution -> reboot -> try updating again. This tend to clear up such issues in my experience.