Windows Update says downloading updates but 0% after 1hr.

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Windows Update says it's Downloading Updates. It has said that more than 30 minutes ago. And it's still 0 KB total, 0% complete. What's going on?
 

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    Windows 8
If you have a slow internet connection and/or you have just done a clean install and there are many updates to download, you'll just have to be patient. For example, I just did a recent clean install of Windows 8.0 and there were 62 updates to download. I'd wait a bit more and see what happens if any of my previous assumption apply.

Good luck.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel G2020
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    ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0
    Memory
    8GBs @ 1333 MHz
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO
    PSU
    400w
    Internet Speed
    57/11
Windows Update says it's Downloading Updates. It has said that more than 30 minutes ago. And it's still 0 KB total, 0% complete. What's going on?

How many are you trying to download ?

You might want to try downloading 1 or 2 at a time.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
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    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
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    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
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    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
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    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
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    Avast Internet Security
Windows Update says it's Downloading Updates. It has said that more than 30 minutes ago. And it's still 0 KB total, 0% complete. What's going on?

How many are you trying to download ?

You might want to try downloading 1 or 2 at a time.

A very good alternate recommendation from David!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel G2020
    Motherboard
    ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0
    Memory
    8GBs @ 1333 MHz
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO
    PSU
    400w
    Internet Speed
    57/11
I had the same problem on my laptop, went into Action Center and clicked troubleshooting and picked fix problems with windows update, it fixed it after.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro w/ WMC
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    self built
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    Intel i7 3770K
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    ASRock Z77 Extreme4
    Memory
    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600
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    Gigabyte R9 280X 3GB
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    Steelseries USB
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    BenQ 24"
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD (OS)
    WD 1TB 7200rpm HDD
    PSU
    Coolermaster 700W
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    Cougar Archon
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    Coolermaster Seidn 120V
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    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Razer Taipan
    Browser
    Google Chrome
I had the same problem on my laptop, went into Action Center and clicked troubleshooting and picked fix problems with windows update, it fixed it after.

Nice find as well!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel G2020
    Motherboard
    ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0
    Memory
    8GBs @ 1333 MHz
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO
    PSU
    400w
    Internet Speed
    57/11
I'm having the same issue and have done all the troubleshooting. I even tried downloading 2 of the smallest updates only 583kb and it wont make any progress, my internet is super fast so that isn't the issue.
 
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  • OS
    Windows 8
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