In the last few months, many people reported, that Windows Update/wsusou takes many hours to search for updates on Windows 7. This is most likely caused by the increasing number of updates and updates superseding others. At the moment [Patchday 01-2016] it helps to install the following updates before you search for updates using Windows Update/wsusou:
- WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-*.exe
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http://download.windowsupdate.com/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe
http://download.windowsupdate.com/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/7.6.7600.320/WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x64.exe
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- KB3112343
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https://download.microsoft.com/download/3/0/B/30B6E9CF-8BD5-4F0D-8759-D42147C990D3/Windows6.1-KB3112343-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/3/5E37D67D-42E6-4AC4-B199-5B335EE092F6/Windows6.1-KB3112343-x64.msu
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- KB3087039
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https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/E/D/BEDFBCEF-F8F8-4367-9699-3CF15C7EF836/Windows6.1-KB3087039-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/F/42F048F1-A3AE-41D9-9965-AA57F8C44FA4/Windows6.1-KB3087039-x64.msu
- KB3078601
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https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/7/5/075F0E65-7F09-4554-B8FA-4F52D6E22172/Windows6.1-KB3078601-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/4/A/04A4348A-EB14-461C-B5B1-25EEBB1A24B8/Windows6.1-KB3078601-x64.msu
- KB3124275
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https://download.microsoft.com/download/D/4/B/D4B39A50-0FC9-413A-B716-DD3D1442986F/Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/D/3/9D3D1FA6-90D8-4452-8357-EB5453DB053A/Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/C/7/CC7341D1-7EBB-477B-9EBA-C60A131640CA/IE9-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/D/7/1D7B3E13-5E0A-41E4-9BF6-E535790058F7/IE9-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/2/682A6847-501E-4923-8C2C-1BF1167647E7/IE10-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/D/E/2/DE2D2043-F7C2-4498-A4C4-24BBCC66D6FC/IE10-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/6/2/76225417-E513-4DF7-9BFB-82C60CC73F5F/IE11-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/3/D/A/3DA91CFF-E81D-47D6-9D91-3CD141F8B48A/IE11-Windows6.1-KB3124275-x64.msu
- KB3109094
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https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/2/7/A2783780-2A3B-4A35-A55E-71B0EAF79E0E/Windows6.1-KB3109094-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/4/8/A48BBC7A-8045-4ED7-A43F-FB5C9B686183/Windows6.1-KB3109094-x64.msu
- KB3124000
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https://download.microsoft.com/download/F/E/6/FE67A840-EF48-4DB6-BC6F-8F61A479FBC6/Windows6.1-KB3124000-x86.msu
https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/E/8/AE8F2BE8-8A16-46D0-8138-62FCDCF3C93F/Windows6.1-KB3124000-x64.msu
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