Looking for a Windows Update updates forever

Hello! I have problems with Windows Update on my old laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic installed.

Basically what is happening is not able to complete the search for updates. I tried Microsoft FixIt (it reveals an error 0 x 80070003 in the end and it can not correct no matter how many times I run) and manually reset Windows Update components, no luck, yet research forever. Strange thing I noticed is that the Windows Update standalone packages seem to work for only on a few minutes after the connection, after that even that they stop working (hungs just Installer on "search for updates", duh). Is it possible to fix it? I really want to reinstall once again, because I already did and it's this thing (for the first time after several relocations). I'll appreciate any help.

Hi BuIlDaLiBlE:

Since August 2015 there has been a large number of Vista users announcement on Windows Update (WU) hooked to the initial phase of "checking for updates...".  The problem seems to be more severe in Patch Tuesday updates when a large number of updates is displayed on the MS. servers  To date, the only solution I know is to start a manual WU and then leave your computer idle (often several hours) until WU reports finally updates are available for download.

I started a thread in this forum entitled August 2015 Windows Update Vista requires an hour to run to the end that could provide useful information and thread from March 2016 Jamie1968 only updates Windows Vista stuck when searching could also be useful.

It is also a very long but informative thread started by ScousaJay in the VistaForums titled update of windows just seems to hang when searching where several Vista users, including myself, send messages.  This thread will give you at least an idea of the range of patches unsuccessful people have tried, and if no reliable solution is finally found I imagine it will be posted.

Affected most Vista users report a long block for "check for updates..." but no other obvious problems such as error messages or downloads to fail.  I don't know if your MS FixIt error points to a possible problem with one of your components WU, but you might want to run Microsoft System tool update just to see if it finds problems.  MS has download links for this tool for 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems (Vista and higher) in the support article the what is the analysis of system update tool? and article WindowsClub CheckSUR: tool updates the system to fix Windows Update has a good explanation of the works of this tool.
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