Say that five times fast. 🙂 Throughout the morning, I’ve had about a dozen systems show that Windows Updates have been disabled:
When you go and inspect Windows Updates, it shows it is Downloading and installing updates, but it’s just spinning its wheels…
I’m seeing this systems running Windows 7 and Windows XP as well…
The first system I worked on this morning, I thought maybe a user had made an adjustment to Windows Updates. It didn’t seem likely, but the user has access to do so. I noticed the ‘update’ for Windows Update and figured maybe it choked, as Windows Updates do from time to time.
As I continued working on clients’ systems throughout the early morning though, I came across system after system in this state. From everything I can see, this would not have fixed itself and Windows Updates would’ve remained disabled.
We’re inspecting each of the systems we maintain for clients who are on our Monthly Support Plan. I thought I’d share my findings though, as disabled OS updates can and will lead to security issues.
Dean
I am a Software Developer, System Administrator, and consignment software specialist. I currently manage hundreds of consignment workstations, point of sale systems, and database servers all across North America and I am the developer of Peeps' Software, Peeps2Go, and Peeps' Consignor Login for iOS and Android. I've been helping consignment & resale store-owners since 2003. I started The Computer Peeps in February of 2010. Peeps' Software launched in 2016 and is now on hundreds of systems all across North America. I have successfully converted dozens of stores from all of the major consignment software systems. After 20 years of working with consignment stores, I understand the unique challenges consignment & resale store-owners face. From electrical issues in old buildings or strip malls, to advocating for them when their old consignment software keeps crashing.