I am fixing problems on my mother in law's Acer laptop. It last received Windows updates in 2015. I have had it running all night 'checking for updates' but it just hangs there. Can anyone help me get Windows Update working again please?
I take it I do NOT try those Win 7 updates if using Vista?
How do I "Download the updates mentioned above and install them via WUSA on a CMD shell (as Administrator):"? Does that just mean open a Command window and paste in what is shown below these instruction?
Have you thought of upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows 10?
Windows vista is stuck in the past with many websites no longer work on it or flash up security warnings and ie9 is losing support every day...
By all means try the updates method above, it requires some patience and it may work for now...
It's my mother in laws laptop so not looking to pay out any money. I have a copy of Windows 8. Could I upgrade to that from Vista without losing any documents?
I tried the fix above and after trying to manually install the packs 'Windows Update Standalone Installer' just hangs showing "Searching for updates..."