welcome back to the adventure today we are repairing automatic updates
in windows 7. here we have a test system running a clean installation of windows 7
pro with service pack 1. this is what happens when we attempt to check for updates
we get an error message to get started we need to open internet explorer and download chrome
understandably you may already have a browser feel free to skip this step
now that we have exercised the only acceptable use for internet explorer we can move on to chrome we
need to download and install the root certificates update this update has to be installed first
otherwise we won't be able to install the servicing stack update once the root certificates
update finishes installing we can move on to sourcing the servicing stack update for windows 7.
in a nutshell the servicing stack is the component that installs windows updates
next up we need to find download and install the updated windows update agent
the windows update agent does the heavy lifting so to speak in verifying what operating system
is installed and what the patch level is for the system so the check for updates won't show things
that are currently installed have been superseded by another update that is already installed
or updates that do not apply to the version of windows on the system
after this finishes installing we will be at a point where communication with the update server
is restored if we go back to windows update and attempt to check for updates we don't immediately
get an error however the check for updates will take an extremely long time to complete
to avoid this we can install the windows 7 update rollup
windows 7 received its first and only service pack in february of 2011.
instead of getting a second service pack windows 7 had an update roll up from may of 2016.
it contained nearly five years worth of patches
the update rollup is an essential component in repairing automatic updates once installed the
windows update agent doesn't have to check and verify against nearly a decade worth of updates
now i'm thinking to myself why stop here when we can continue on and grab the prerequisite
updates for the esu bypass mainstream support for windows 7 ended in january of 2020.
for businesses it's not always possible to update every computer so it can run a supported operating
system as a lifeline microsoft offers extended security updates for windows 7. unfortunately
this program is not offered to consumers even if you could afford it microsoft isn't selling it
in light of that there is a way to bypass the eligibility check for extended security updates
meaning that theoretically you can continue to receive security updates for windows 7
through the end of the program in 2023
we can take a moment to source download and install the prerequisite updates
we will need to start with installing the servicing stack update for march of 2019
not much else to say about this update other than it needs to be installed first
next up we have an update for sha-2 code signing support from september of 2019.
microsoft has discontinued the use of sha-1 endpoints
which is what causes issues with automatic updates on earlier versions of windows through
some digital wizardry it is possible to revive the automatic update feature in windows 2000 and xp
now we need to download and install the latest servicing stack update for anyone who is counting
yes this is the third servicing stack update we are installing was one of the previous ones
redundant it depends on if you are doing the esu bypass or not the esu bypass tool will throw an
error if the servicing stack update for 2019 has not been installed otherwise you are safe to use
the latest servicing stack update only finally yet importantly we have the esu licensing preparation
package this update basically enables the installation of extended security updates
it's going to take several minutes and possibly a few reboots to get all of these patches installed
once finished we can move on to using the bypass tool itself what we get is
a compressed file that contains the bypass tool we can create a new folder on the desktop
then drag and drop the contents to it
open the new folder then right click on live os setup and select run as administrator
a command prompt window will open we want to select option 1 for full installation if all
of the prerequisite patches worked successfully we shouldn't get any errors about missing updates
now open up windows update and check for updates in testing this took a reasonable
amount of time to complete and when it did i had 169 updates available fantastic
then i thought to myself it would be pretty cool to take just these updates
and slipstream them into an installation disk for windows 7. so that way you can install
windows 7 and be able to install all of the updates available both mainstream and extended
so that's what i did i used a tool to slipstream those updates into an installation disk
which will be generally available on archive.org in a few weeks
patrons of the channel get early access to it so there we have it we have repaired
automatic updates for windows 7. i want to take a moment and thank all of my patrons
i really appreciate your support thank you thanks for stopping by see you next video