Vista reinstalled, need updates, doesn't seem to find any!

Hi I have just joined. I have a Vista Business 32 bit running on an old Lenovo apart from running my Quick Books it is the last OS that will run my Nikon 8000 scanner. I have had it reinstalled on a new hard drive from a recovery disk from a previous reinstall in 2012, it has service pack 2 but Windows Update just seems to not connect, forever looking. Is there nothing available anymore, how would I find out if it is fully up to date?
Thanks in advance.

 

Not sure as I'm a newbie myself running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. Just installed on a HP G42-475DX and if you take the time to google and you will find youtube info as to use 2008 server updates which run till 2020 and work . It's lots of time but worth it if you surf with the system.

Hope this helps...

Mister E

 

Check online. But vista hasn't had any updates since 2017 and won't get anymore

 

Hey,

I had this issue as well. This tutorial from YouTube helped me get this issue resolved, and I hope it helps you as well! ☺

 

Thanks I had someone else do it, but I have kept the link just in case.
Chris

 

Windows Vista SP2 stopped official support in April 2017, but unofficial post-EOL support continued until January 2020 by installing the updates for Windows Server 2008 - which use the same code.

After doing a clean install of Windows Vista SP2, the Windows Update issue can be resolved by installing specific updates afterwards.
The clean install and update guide and the post-EOL update guide that I've posted in the Windows Vista forums should be helpful to you.

 

Same as Windows XP. You download the updates after your SP that's installed. It suggest that you click here: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=vista+sp2 This is the download Catalog for Vista. Updates has been removed from the operating system's url online.

 

Post #6 is more than 10 months old, so a lot has changed since then.

If you need to know how to do a clean install Windows Vista SP2 64-bit and get it completely up-to-date:
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/restore-windows-update-for-vista.82336/page-2#post-1632575

Note: As of the date of that post, Windows Vista SP2 64-bit was brought up-to-date to December 2020.

 

Thanks for the update. Too often Windows threads stall & are rarely updated. Finally good news! Thanks again

 

You're welcome.