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+title = 'Updating a fresh Windows 7+SP1 install'
+date = 2024-02-05T02:30:19-06:00
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+**2026 UPDATE**: Use Atak\_Snajpera's [Windows 7 Image Updater](https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/384921-Windows-7-Image-Updater-SkyLake-KabyLake-CoffeLake-Ryzen-Threadripper)
+
+## How to update a fresh Windows 7+SP1 install in 2024
+
+*Mostly taken from http://www.freenode-windows.org/resources/vista-7/windows-update ([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220925214048/http://www.freenode-windows.org/resources/vista-7/windows-update))*
+
+Windows 7 Ultimate (SP1) SHA1 hash: `36ae90defbad9d9539e649b193ae573b77a71c83`
+
+## 1. Download rollup updates
+First, manually download (but don't install) these updates from the [Microsoft Update Catalog](https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspx):
+
+1.  [KB3125574](https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB3125574)
+2.  [KB3172605](https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB3172605)
+3.  [KB3020369](https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB3020369)
+
+## 2. Disable Windows Update
+
+1. Disable the internet connection
+2. Disable the Windows Update service (`stop-service wuauserv` in admin PowerShell)
+3. Remove cached update files (`remove-item C:\windows\softwaredistribution\WuRedir` in admin PowerShell)
+
+## 3. Install rollup updates
+
+1. Install KB3020369
+2. Install KB3172605 and reboot
+3. Install KB3125574 and reboot
+
+## 3. Updating via Windows Update
+
+Reconnect to the internet and launch the standard Windows Update program.
+
+Many updates will fail, but if you retry and restart enough, they will eventually succeed.