Windows 7 or Windows 8 stuck with 'checking for updates' ?

Like the title says, endless looping status bar on Windows update ?

You will want to make sure you have the following fixes installed:

Windows Update Client for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: March 2016 Windows Update Client for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: March 2016

Comments

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2016
  This worked for me:https://ebraiter.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/fixing-windows-7s-windows-update-from-doing-nothing/