Troubleshoot WINDOWS 7 Premium upgrade from Vista Basic

[Richard Little]

I am upgrading from Vista Basic to win 7 Premium and the upgrade seems to get stuck "at searching for installation updates" for hours; any ideas?

 

[Ink]

Did Windows 7 install successfully? Are you able to use the Windows 7 desktop?

 

[LabZero]

I guess it was better a clean Windows 7 installation.

 

[askmark]

Unfortunately waiting hours is not uncommon with Windows 7 updates. Just do a google search and youll find out you're not alone sadly.

Not sure what the answer is as a clean install would likely not fare much better.

Maybe if you wait it out it may eventually finish but there are no guarantees.

 

[jamescv7]

I think you need to make custom installation instead rather upgrade to avoid any loophole issues.

Don't forget to create backup, likely the issue goes on dirty bootable disc.

 

[askmark]

Remove the Windows 7 DVD, then restart your computer. Begin the upgrade again, but elect not to search for installation updates.

The problem is youre just putting off something that will need to be addressed later. When Win7 comes up it will be missing approximately 300 updates. If automatic updates is enabled then svchost will be maxing out the cpu at 100% and the pc will unbearably slow. I know this because it's happened to every fresh Win7 install I've done in the last few months. It's a known problem which is an absolute pain to reslove.

@jamescv7 suggestion is a good one. Build a custom installation CD and include all the latest updates.

Alternatively follow the steps in this article from ghacks.net:
Speed up the Windows 7 update rollup - gHacks Tech News

 

[grrr]

It's not clear to me if you were able to upgrade to Win7 and the Win7 is stuck at updates check.
In case Win7 is stuck at updates check, I can very well help you, as I found a way after multiple hit & trials. Let me know.