Ripping my hair out on Vista Home premium unable to download windows updates.

Hello

I'm WU notify the value and then I click to install. Updates to April 2016 installed OK.

In may initially tried to install on the 20th (we had been absent) and just hanging at 0%. Tried again the next day and got the same. Run malwarebytes, spybot, and then full scan AVG (free version). Not bad found, only the usual tracking cookies which I deleted. I tried to install again still clinging to %. I ran sfc/scannow nothing reported and wrote a check for windows and tried again the next day - even once stuck at 0%. Tried a couple of times over the next few days, tried with temporarily off AVG and even with the firewall-no joy. Then the updates installed normally may 26. I assumed (wrongly) that it was a problem at the end of microsoft which had been fixed.

This month, I get the same hanging of 0%. I went through my usual as cheques above but it sticks just at 0% then when I cancel and close there give the install updates and shutdown option, but there's nothing to install.  When I cancel the update process (after trying for long periods of time and still stuck at 0%) Although it cancels and closes the window, the Task Manager show sychost.exe using more 50% usage do so select services, and then stop the service wupdate or it really slows down this poor old machine.

Its a 2008 (?) Sony Vaio intel core 2Duo laptop. Reading some of your other requests for information:

Sound using IE9 9.0.50 but especially the use of Chrome.

I don't think he ever had norton (?) but may have had in the bloatware included mcaffee, but I would have deleted everything I wanted good enough.

I use avg free, spybot resident. I have malwarebytes, superantispyware installed but are put to use only on request.

Thanks in advance for any help.

No, install KB3168965 manually to get Windows Update to work. 

https://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=53206

Set never 'Find updates' automatic updates and restart Windows before installing.

Best regards, VZ

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