Microsoft Update - Win 7 Pro 32 bit

Question

Howdy,

I got an error when attempting to update Win 7 Pro SP1 32 bit.  I renamed the Software Distribution Folder and rebooted to create a new SD folder.  That fixed the error but now Windows Update only updates Windows and no other Microsoft products such as MS Office.

So, I opened an elevated PowerShell prompt and entered the following to restore 'Microsoft' Update:

$ServiceManager = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager"

$ServiceManager.ClientApplicationID = "My App"

$ServiceManager.AddService2( "7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d",7,"")

The last time I used this fix it worked flawlessly.  However, this time it gets stuck on:

  RegistrationState ServiceID                       IsPendingRegistrationWithAU Service

  ----------------- ---------                       --------------------------- -------

                  2 7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a...                          True

Any suggestions on how I can get 'Microsoft' Update to work on this PC?

Thanks

Joe

Answer 1

Thanks for the links.

Joe

Answer 2

You're not alone....

See:

• https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/windows-7-update-search-stops-with-0x80248015/536d2025-280c-41e2-a6c7-608c3dadd833
• Windows 7: Error 0x80248015 in Update Search (Dec. 4, 2017) | Born's Tech and Windows World
• Windows Update for Win7 broken, throwing error 80248015 | Computerworld
• Getting Windows 7 Update error 80248015? You are not alone - gHacks Tech News

Answer 3

You're welcome :)

Julia

Answer 4

Julia,

Microsoft fixed the problem as of this post.

Thanks again for your input.

Joe