Andrew David Wong: > On 2016-12-17 03:44, Swâmi Petaramesh wrote: >> Hi there, > >> I have attempted several installations of Windows-7 in a HVM (32 or >> 64 bits, with or without Qubes Windows tools for the 64-bit >> version...) and it "basically works", which means that Windows >> starts, I can use the explorer, I have Internet access, etc. > >> BUT, on *ALL* installations I attempted, Windows cannot use >> "Windows Update" : When starting Windows update, the Win7 VM will >> stay at the "Checking for updates" phase forever, without any >> visible progress, until the VM eventually crashes.
Make sure you have enough RAM. Min 2 GB but I'd go with 4 GB until upgrades are done. You can lower it back afterwards. And disk space. 7 GB initial install can balloon to 30 GB during upgrade process before settling in around 20 GB. > > This is a longstanding Windows problem: > > https://superuser.com/questions/951960/windows-7-sp1-windows-update-stuck-checking-for-updates > > Fixed! (for now) https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/windows-7-update-solution/f39a65fa-9d10-42e7-9bc0-7f5096b36d0c Windows downloads full list of needed upgrades in minutes. Only one (or two) patches needed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4caa6572-9657-743d-5fc3-34a5c3b65ac3%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
