Scroll down to the bottom and look for a service by the name ‘Windows Update’.

How to fix the Windows 7 Windows Update Error 80072efeġ) First, check if the Windows Update services is running on your Windows 7 PC. There may not be new updates, but especially if you have reinstalled Windows 7 on a machine, then the existing updates still works. This has been confirmed by us on 25 March 2022. By the way, though Windows 7 is out of support, Windows updates still work. If you are one of those running Windows 7 PC for whatever reasons, and you are stuck with the Windows Update Error, then read on.

According to StatCounter, around 16% of all current Windows PCs were running Windows 7 in July 2021.

As per ‘The Verge’, Windows 7 appears to still be running on at least 100 million machines or more.

But still there are many PCs running Windows 7. Therefore, if you are still running Windows 7, then it is better to upgrade to newer Windows 11. Microsoft ended Windows 7 support on 14 January 2020.

In this post, we shall see how to fix the Windows 7 Windows Update Error 80072efe.īy the way, Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft. If you are trying to run Windows Update on Windows 7 PC and you encounter and error which says ‘Windows could not search for new updates’ with error code 80072EFE, then here are some steps to resolve it.

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