Prerequisite Updates ----- *Root certificate Update* www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?familyid=d3f212e9-2c49-4cd6-bd2f-51cf8a712ba6 *Servicing Stack Update* www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4536952 *Windows update agent* docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/update-windows-update-agent Speedup Patches ----- *Update Rollup* www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB3179573 *- KB4490628: Servicing Stack Update, March 2019* x86 download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2019/03/windows6.1-kb4490628-x86_3cdb3df55b9cd7ef7fcb24fc4e237ea287ad0992.msu x64 download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2019/03/windows6.1-kb4490628-x64_d3de52d6987f7c8bdc2c015dca69eac96047c76e.msu *- KB4474419: SHA-2 code signing support update, September 2019* x86 download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2019/09/windows6.1-kb4474419-v3-x86_0f687d50402790f340087c576886501b3223bec6.msu x64 download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2019/09/windows6.1-kb4474419-v3-x64_b5614c6cea5cb4e198717789633dca16308ef79c.msu *- Latest Extended Servicing Stack Update, KB4555449 (May 2020) or later* x86 download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2020/04/windows6.1-kb4555449-x86_36683b4af68408ed268246ee3e89772665572471.msu x64 download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/secu/2020/04/windows6.1-kb4555449-x64_92202202c3dee2f713f67adf6622851b998c6780.msu *- KB4575903: ESU Licensing Preparation Package (required to get updates via WU)* x86 download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2020/07/windows6.1-kb4575903-x86_5905c774f806205b5d25b04523bb716e1966306d.msu x64 download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/secu/2020/07/windows6.1-kb4575903-x64_b4d5cf045a03034201ff108c2802fa6ac79459a1.msu *ESU bypass Tool* ----- 7z file password: 2020 drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1SLxdgBWqlL1veFyEv87a9nbrYgEYJWdl *Custom Installation ISO* ----- archive.org/details/win-7-pro-sp-1-english-x-64

This was a Godsend. I have been doing PC tech work for 20+ years and have to admit, since the release of Win10, I personally haven't done a lot with 7. Have a good buddy that uses 7 on his laptop and cant update to 10 for software requirement reasons. Long story short, he had an issue which required everything be reinstalled fresh. Jumped through so many hoops trying to find good software for install but could never get updates to work. Found this and my prayers were answered. I was able to get the files from the links using Microsoft Edge(they don't work in Chrome)and everything went fine. Wish I had found your install media to begin with. Would have saved a few hours. Thanks so much for your work here. Great tutorial and easy to follow.

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I don't know if you have been keeping the links updated, but all links and steps still work perfectly in July 2022. I did this for a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit running on VMware Workstation 16 and received 171 updates. Edit: OMG! Following this tutorial fixed my Windows Defender not updating and fixed VMware Tools not installing. Thanks again very much!

I love this series. You really made me go back to virtual machines.

I followed your great instructional Video after I performed an F3 on the win7 and this info was a god send. I performed the Updates with a few that failed and did this on 3Nov22 so the update still works for now. Top job Mate.

I recently went through the rigmarole... I mean... um... process of installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and updating it for a totally fresh and updated Windows 7 master virtual machine to use in future, and only had to install the first servicing stack in order to get the results in this video. I didn't need to install anything else before or after in order to consistently get 169 important updates available at around 1.5 Gb in size... and I can also confirm that this is the case for the Professional edition too. The initial search for updates took around 12 minutes every time and then 3 hours 30 minutes to download and install the updates that I chose to do in 6 batches which required 4 reboots. So this begs the question of the need to install all those other updates before or after manually and what difference they actually make. Please know that you have an excellent channel and I'm not questioning the legitimacy of you personally. Maybe you just followed this methodology from an uncorroborated source that didn't do extensive testing. Windows updates always were a very strange process with equally odd results in consistency throughout certain points in history.

This process STILL WORKS as of 1/15/2022! THANK YOU! 👍👍👍👍

Great tutorial ! Win7 = best windows ever... Thank you !

Thanks! Here's my experience following these tips: I started with a Sony Vaio laptop, fresh restored from the restore partition with Windows 7 Home Premium. In the first step I get the message that it doesn't install one package, made a second attempt after restart, seemed to work, as the third re-attempt said it was already installed. Good. When starting the next part, servicing pack update, the download doesn't start when clicking the link in the new browser window, I had to copy the link to the main window to get it to download (then the same for all these KB-packages from that page). When installing I get notified that the update KB4536952 has not been installed. Trying again doesn't help. Continue anyway? Sure. No problems with the rest of the guide, it's currently at update 53 of 192. Many thanks!

Thank you very much,. You made this so simple. 176 updates found :-) I used your ISO file.. took 8hrs to download. I’m happy I now have windows on my apple MacBook. Thank you once again

Hi Adam, thanks for the video. i downloaded this : "Windows6.1-KB3004394-v2-x86" since i use 32 bit win7. However, it is still not working-- saying this is not applicable to your PC. Can you help?

Thank you it works in 2022 also just replaced windows 10 with Windows 7 which is what this Optiplex came with 9 years ago everything works great and it's completely updated

I had the message: "The update is not applicable to your computer." But I'm sure I have downloaded the x64 files correctly, so I continued. I'm happy because I can see 101 updates on my favorite Windows 7. Thank you.

This is going to be very useful in 1 Week after I'm done upgrading my iMac and install Windows 7 Ultimate via Bootcamp.

I'm glad that you have found a way to keep dead operating systems alive! It's incredible!

Bro I almost killed my self trying to find a way to make this shit work again and I gave up then YOU fix it ...so can understand how much I love you right ?

I've been waiting for this for so long! Thanks!

great video and info just restored my 2009 retro gaming rig with fresh install of windows 7 ultimate x64 and your provided links worked perfect and i got all my windows updates and security

When I try to install the Service Stack Update, I always get an error. This specific file worked on other computers running the exact same version of Windows 7 (Ultimate SP1 64 Bit) It says some updates were not installed. if you know how to fix this, please let me know asap. thanks.

I have correctly downloaded all updates and tools for my 64-bit PC But it is showing that "This Update is not applicable for your computer"😢

i have installed the custom iso for windows 7 with the esu updates slipstreamed, do i need to repeat these steps to continue getting updates or can i get updates automatically

On new versions of Chrome in the Windows Update Catalog you have to right click and select save as because Chrome blocks HTTP downloads linked from a HTTPS page.

Hey, I have a problem, when trying to install the Servicing Stack Update (The Link After the Root Certificate Update) I always get an error saying "Some updated were not installed" and then it says the "Security Update for Windows (KB4536952)" wasn't installed. What is weird is that this Windows Update file had no issues whatsoever when I installed it Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64 Bit computers, but this computer decides to not work. This is running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 at 64Bit. If you know how to fix this, please let me know asap, thanks so much.

Thanks so so so much! This actually worked.

Great work. Is there a way to bypass the unsupported hardware message and continue with updates on newer CPUs? Thank you

I owe you one! I got sick of win10 and wanted to go back to good old days.

hello, i am a window 7 64 bit user, at the very beginning i am trying to install your mention root certificate but it says " the update is not applicable to your computer", what does this mean and can i favorably ask an advice from you please...

Hey Adam, that was such a great adventure! Thanks for a great job, you rocked it, man!

I plan on getting an ssd or HDD(if it's too expensive) For my old laptop I plan on using windows 7 32bit since I only have 2 gigs of ram(ddr2 ram is expensive) Is it mandatory to install security updates I mean it's already outdated by a year so why waste space and time over updating?

Thank you very much bro, I just bought a brand new never been opened Acer laptop from 2012 that has Windows 7 and could not get windows update to work, I had a feeling getting direct downloads to the updates would fix it. Everything works 100% now 👍🏻

Your a blessing my friend ! you are the man! worked great got some equipment working that only works with windows 10 - Question - I have not burned an ISO since 2010. I dont even have a drive I dont think Id have to look - My question is can I mount the ISO onto a USB extracting it onto a USB Stick and allowing that to be bootable rather than burning it to a DVD ?

I just subcribe to your channel. Thank you very much for this wonderful video

So glad to run across this. I have several Win7 laptops I neglected for years and want to revive.

I did all the steps, but Windows Update doesn't download the remaining updates. It's stuck at 0kb and 0%. Would the ISO file work for home premium?

I have 32 bit netbook. What is the "Root certificate Update" for 32 bit hardware? The one you point is x64. Thank you.

does the ISO disk also contain Win7 OS or just the updates..:? Asking for a buddy

Also to those of you who are wondering, this works on Windows 7 Ultimate. I'm going to test this out on 32 Bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate, but it works on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

On a corporate network... I installed WSUS Offline Update esr and windows 7 update started to work normally and installed the remaining newer updates, certificates and Edge browser included.

Bro windows 7 expired how to update

I did everything you did and it did not work just kept giving me an error code application not working or something

Also tried with x64 and that seemed to work okay with the exception that the May 2019 update failed, but WU did run with one limitation. The option for "Get updates for other Microsoft Products" doesn't activate.

Thanks for your wokrs! May I know if the ISO included nvme driver? I want to install it to my main computer but I found some ppl said it needs an NVME driver

Unfortunately it only works so far for me.....I' am unable to download the "Update the Windows Update Agent to the latest version" tried to download the package for Win7 x64 and does nothing :(

Does this work for win 7 home premium? I have a Dell Vostro with 4 Gig of ddr2 that I want to use.

It's excellent Thank you!

I downloaded the servicing stack update and when it finished the installer said “the following is not installed”(It was a kb4536952 file) should i download it or move onto the windows update agent?

Yeah, he was making the out of support windows 7 into supporting until now to the future updates

Hey I’ve got one question. Is any update which is installed by those official tools, to get the automatic updates listed in the windows update application? I ask, to disable and uninstall certain updates, which are not necessary. If it’s not listed, how should I update to get all updates which I only „need“ and which not. Again: are any of these updates listed in the windows update application to get an overview which are installed actually on the operating system.

What a brilliant video, thanks for going through this, it looks like you will be saving me the cost of a new laptop!! Unfortunately, I get a failure installing the KB4536952 Servicing stack update, real wind up because everything else installed. I presume that because the Servicing stack didn't install, I can see in Windows Updater all the updates it wants to download but the downloads never start. Any ideas? Thanks

Thank you so much! However, when we use the iso from 2018 with a bunch of updates (btw official iso), we havent all theses errors, which was a lot annoying when i didnt knew about it. It's so cool however that you show that for not updated iso! Keep up the good work! +1 like Adam

I got a "file not downloaded potential security risk" message when trying to download the Update Agent.

Thank you very much, this works out well enough for me! ;)

It says, the update is not applicable when trying to Install Root Certificates. I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate btw.

Will it works on windows 7 ultimate please reply

jeez i had 183 updates to download & install but on reboot it said failure configuring windows updates reversing changes and shit's taking forever. Any suggestions?

Like in Frankenstein: "It's alive..." thx for ur work

Or simply install the simplix pack 7 which contains all the updates.......

I hope you are doing well, I am running into quite a pickle as when I am trying to install windows update agent, it froze in the middle of it copying and now it won't do anything other than crashing my bare metal computer. I'd like to point out too that I am running on unofficial hardware (Ryzen 3 CPU,) but if it's not too much, I would like some tips to help me out on my Windows 7 Dual Boot Journey. (Windows 7 itself runs great! It's a really nice tool to help me keep focus in online classes while windows 10, it's very easy to get distracted.) Cheers

"The update is not applicable to your computer." Could you tell me what to do when you get this error message? Thanks very much.

On running Root certificate update it is saying "this update is not applicable" my pc is x86 based so I downloaded x86 (kb3004394). What to do ?!

so, does this esu (till 2023) combined with a vpn and a antivirus, make windows 7 safe to be used as a daily driver?

Any idea how to get software to run on Win 7 that claims it needs Win 10? Can you hack the manifest or something? It seems like much of it SHOULD be able to run but they're just putting roadblocks in front of the installation.

it works in 2022, thank you for your effort

There also is a 3rd party update patch for all forms of Windows 7 that is being updated all the time. Also pre-build updated iso of everything like win 95 2021.

Your video helped me a lot. Thank you so much!

I have an issue, I installed the Root Certificate Update, but the Servicing Stack Update will not install. I get an error saying that the update failed to install. What should I do? Also I downloaded your ISO and it has a few issues. Half the updates install, other times it doesn't, other times it does. It gets buggy.

do you have a discord server or something? I'd love to join it. Nice vid btw

no se instalar ms-dos 8.0 en pcem por falta de requisitos del sistema

In the description the updates given by you is that all updates enough ?

THERE ARE 5 OPTIONS TO TRY AND EVERY ONE WHEN I LEFT CLICK IT MY PC DO NOTHING AS IF IT DONT EXCEST ?? AM REALLY LOST HELP PLS, SEND ME A LINK FOR FIRST STEP PLS WINDOWS 7 64 BIT PLS PLS PLS

Hey I have the 64-bit version of windows 7 ultimate and I tried installing the root certificate and it says "The update is not applicable to your computer". Is there a way to fix that? I have everything else including the ESu-bypass-tool. The root certificate is the only thing left. I read some comment saying that I need the 64 bit version of windows but that confused me since im already running it, anyways respond if you can.

Thanks so much! This video helped a lot!

Servicng Stack Update is not installing it says not aplicable

Can you please find a way to make Vista Windows Defender Updates automatic again? They have required manual installation for some time now, as the auto-update function does not work.

could you please make a video on how to install mac os or linux in a vm, maybe and old version for your next video?

so will u be releasing the installation iso here

thanks my old software weren't working it always works on windows 7 only now it works

The servicing stack update will not install, so unfortunately my adventure grinds to a halt

I recently reinstalled win 7 ultimate for a friend, I installed enough updates to get Windows update functional to the point it showed the end of support splash screen. But even though I can still download updates from Microsoft update catalogue manually only the service stack updates worked (successfully updated upto 2022) Any monthly rollup however with fail to configure then revert settings during restart. Is this the expected behaviour for a non paying Windows 7 system when trying to manually update? Blocking automatic updates for non paying customers is understandable, but to have updates publicly available to download only to stonewall installation is just scummy imho.

Awesome work! I love windows and not ready to move to windows 10 on my desktops. 👍

Tried to install the Iso drive through restarting Bios, and opening the USB folder to begin setting up. Nothing works successfully. The start up of the windows 7 logo screen keeps freezing!! This computer by sony Vaio used to have Windows 7 but after Win10 it became all sluggish.

On updates: Service Stack KB4536952, KB4555449, KB4575903 when I try to install them manually it gives me the error: "Install encountered an error: 0x800b0109 A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider. " What is the solution? I have Windows 7 Pro SP1.

"The update is not applicable to your computer." what can i do now ?

Hi I'm getting error message for the servicing stack update " some updates were not installed" ... now what?

A big thank you for the post!

Thanks a lot brother U got one big subscriber

Thank you so much for sharing your updated video 🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳💗💗💗💗❤❤💕💕💞

Hello! Just wondering if we install the custom W7 in the description, will we need to do all the steps from the video ?

I searched for the error code I got when trying to use Windows Updates and could not find anything until I stumbled across this video.

It might have been asked somewhere else...but any idea how to get SP1 in first? Tried it with the update from the catalog and it cant acquire the needed cab file.

I don’t know if you still replying to people now but I downloaded chrome and chrome just simply doesn’t open what should I do

So is this better than doing POSReady?

Still working today in 2023.

hey what happens if the first step doesnt work? it says "the update is not applicable to your computer"

lmao @ "the only acceptable use of internet explorer"

Doesn't work for Windows 7 Pro x86. Trying this out to test a fresh install of Windows 7 SP1 x86. I found the root cert update for x86 by searching update catalog for KB3004394. The March 2019 x86 servicing stack update fails, but I moved on. Other x86 updates in your list install, but Windows Update reports error 8007000E.

Fantastic work. Thank you.

Some updates were not installed. But in the end everything is installed when I run auto update again.

Hello there, when I am trying to update the "universal c runtime" in windows 7 ultimate, it says the update is not applicable. Also the windows update shows this error (80072efe)

I have an old laptop, Wanted to ask, till when will that ISO be able to fetch updates from Microsoft? Thanks for the ISO