Windows 7x64 cant get updates installed after the previous to last (2019-12) Update

[koumooo]

got news: it worked.

I was studuying the windows update log and saw that what failed was the download of a specific file "http://download.microsoft.com/v11/2/windowsupdate/redir/v6-win7sp1-wuredir.cab"

tried to dl it, it worked fine with my default browser. Then tried to DL it using Interent explorer and it failed.

this led me to investigate, and turns out IE was blocked by the Windows firewall.

Disablign it allowed the update process to work, and got 3 updates downlaoded and installed.

I got questions still:

I cant find the rule blocking IE. I searched all of the rules one by one..

there was to my knowledge no such rule in place before hand, and as you may recall other updatres were being downloaded and installed ( dot net ones for example).

could this be a side effect of the windows repair program? and why would it block IE with the Windows firewall?

 

[zcomputerwiz]

Thanks for posting the solution you found!

There is a way to reset the Windows Firewall rules. Have you created any custom rules for installed applications? If so, they will have to be recreated after this operation.

Command Prompt

Warning: this fix is specific to the user in this thread. No one else should follow these instructions as it may cause more harm than good. If you are after assistance, please start a thread of your own.

1. Click on the Start
   
   button and in the search box, type Command Prompt
2. When you see Command Prompt on the list, right-click on it and select Run as administrator
3. When command prompt opens, copy and paste the following commands into it, then press enter
   
   netsh advfirewall reset
   
   
   
4. Right-click on the Command Prompt window and click Select All, this will invert all of the colours by selecting the text, now press enter. All of this text is now copied.
5. Paste (Ctrl+V) it into your next post please.

 

[koumooo]

Sorry for taking so long to come back it has been the work from hell due to Coronovirus related crap.

I do have a bunch of custom rules, thinkg about exporting them and trying to import them to see if the problem comes back post reset.
For conveniences sake I got my custom rules in 3 "groups" so it makes easi(er) to suposedly backup and restore them.

I;ll hold off for now. I;m thinking about whethe rit si worth upgrading this old box to Windows 10 since update works now.

Thanks for posting the solution you found!

There is a way to reset the Windows Firewall rules. Have you created any custom rules for installed applications? If so, they will have to be recreated after this operation.

Command Prompt

Warning: this fix is specific to the user in this thread. No one else should follow these instructions as it may cause more harm than good. If you are after assistance, please start a thread of your own.

1. Click on the Start
   
   button and in the search box, type Command Prompt
2. When you see Command Prompt on the list, right-click on it and select Run as administrator
3. When command prompt opens, copy and paste the following commands into it, then press enter
   
   netsh advfirewall reset
   
   
   
4. Right-click on the Command Prompt window and click Select All, this will invert all of the colours by selecting the text, now press enter. All of this text is now copied.
5. Paste (Ctrl+V) it into your next post please.