Startup Repair Windows 7 Taking Forever To Log In Startup Repair Windows 7 Loop Haven’t tested with 32-bit Windows 7 or with Windows 2008 Server R2 (for which both patches are available). The second one contains the Windows Update fix.I tested this with a 64-bit Windows 7 SP1 installation. At this time (again, circa August 2016) the fix seems to be manually downloading and applying these two updates, in this sequence.After applying those patches (in sequence) to a clean Win 7 SP1 install, your initial check for Windows Updates should take less than 20 minutes and should not consume anywhere near 100% of one core.Note: without the first patch, the second one will refuse to install. Suggested a couple additional workaround, neither of which work any more (circa August 2016).We now may have a stable workaround. That worked for some, for a while, then stopped working.
Subsequently, anyone installing a clean copy of Windows 7 SP1 saw the initial Windows Update consuming 100% of one core, and running indefinitely.Many workarounds were proposed, discovered, tested. In March or April 2016 Microsoft began changing something about the way it’s Windows Update service worked.