On 21/12/2020 17:41, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Monday, 21 December 2020 at 16:13:45 UTC, Bert Coules wrote:
Any suggestions as to why my Windows 7 (Home Premium) desktop PC
insists on telling me that it's updating the operating system
(always with three updates) every single time I switch it off or
reboot it? Win7 hasn't been supported for about a year now, has
it?

On every occasion, the "upgrading" goes through, only to happen
again the next time.

Thanks.

I have seen this sort of thing when there is a problem with the copy
of the update on your machine.

In Windows 10, they end up in this folder:
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Can't for the life of me remember what happens in W7.

A possible W10 answer would be to delete the contents of that folder,
restart, and check for updates. But there are bound to be numerous
articles around discussing stuck updates.

Despite W7 being unsupported, MS have sometimes issued a patch to
older software when they have had a major issue to resolve. Such as
the recent SolarWinds hacking. Or possibly, do things which make the
copy you have unable to verify itself.

Whenever an update has failed Windows has generally told me which ones.
It may be worthwhile getting the KBXXXXXXXXXX numbers of the updates and
lookup/google the issues associated with them failing.