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I am running running Win 7,2gig memory with 2.8 dual processor on a gateway 5240.I did A clean install. I gave my machine to a neighbor with dsl and he put on over 350 updates with no problem,great.Heres the problem.I'm using dialup.When I check for updates I get error8004402c.When I try to download afew updates that where optional I get errror800F020B .When I try to use wsus offline installer,Iget a errior can't download W61/gld.I tried a utility portup.WhenI try to use it says try again when connected to internet.I am already connected to internet when it tells me this .Can't update malwarebytes it just spins around looking.None of the programs are able to download anything.Just like not connected even though I can get web pages to display.I using comodo firewall .I turned it off,I tried custom rules allowing incoming and out going.Ishut windows firewall off..Still nothing.Is there aport being blockedI can't get anything in and it won't recognize the server or what.

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I haven't used dialup in 12 years and never on a Win 7 computer.

Who is your ISP? Some have directions for Windows 7.

 

Don't bother trying to do any Windows updates on 7 on dialup.

I have a fast cable connection, close to 30Mbps and last month it took me more than 3 hours to download one update. I can't imagine how many weeks/months it would take on dialup.

 

Is this the computer that had Vista?

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Maybe a program that monitors network traffic will help determine what is going on.

 

I've been using Netbalancer for about a week now to monitor and slow down OneDrive uploads.

 

netbalancer.com

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I had a similar problem when I was running Windows 8 with dialup, but it wasn't with updates.

Most of the so called "modern apps" were useless, because they wouldn't recognize my slow connection as internet access.

I could get updates by downloading them a few at a time in reasonably sized batches (big ones - one at a time).

 

Speculation (building on Zlim's post):

Recently Windows 7 users have been complaining about updates "taking forever".

It's possible that a slow update, combined with your slow connection, yields the symptoms of "no connection".

 

I know of a Dialup - Windows 7 user who gets his updates at a local library, and then brings them home to install.

I'm not sure exactly how he gets them... Hopefully, someone familiar with off-line updating can help you with the procedure.

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Yes ,This is the computer that had vista.I tried the troubleshooter.It did not find anything wrong.The problem is not just related to win updates.I tried an offline program wsus.When I tried to use it ,it failed because it could not download W61/gld.I tried to use portup to get updates list .The program couldn't recognize that I was online.or connected.It said try again when you have an internet connection.I did have an internet connection.I have a Windows update list of 9 updates.They are not all large,3 updates totaling1.8Mb.Win 7 would not download them.The problem is not relegated to win updates only.I can't download anything,Just like the port is blocked.I'm familiar with procedure for getting offline updates at library.I just need the list.If I want to get any update for any program regardless of windows updates it's not happening.That's is the problem.It just not isolated to win7 updates.Either i'm not communicating with server or its not coming in.If I tried using trouble shooter for a while it thought I had a lan connection,It kept telling me to put the plug in.

In control panel,network and sharing.I can set up a connection for dial-up and some other connections .When I'm online it shows up as a public connection.To have a public connection requires a IPV6 connection.I have a Ipv4 connection.Under status.It shows a Ipv4 in use and IpV6 not connected.The problem is not the speed of connection.It the connection itself,Nothing wants to come in.Is there away to test the connection by pinging.I can't run an online scan nothing comes in even when I shut off firewall.Can I configure a port sand tell windows to use it for certain traffic?I'm Stumped

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I can recall being amazed that, in the aftermath of Katrina, I was able to use a dialup connection to make phone calls via Skype. But, that 11 years ago using XP. Let's face it. As Intel gives us more and more computing power, MS takes it away with a more and more bloated OS. There are going to be MANY programs that simply will NOT work via dialup today. It isn't that Win 7 doesn't connect to the internet, it is just that the connection is MUCH to slow to get the job done. And there is absolutely nothing that can be done to change that.

 

edit: BTW, you can't compensate for a slow internet connection with a fast computer. I have heard of people who can only get dialup using a lite weight Linux distro, but you aren't going to do it with Windows 7.

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Hello,

 

Is the computer getting its time and date set correctly, including the time zone? If it is getting that information from the router, and the router isn't set correctly, this may cause an issue with the digital certificates authenticating the files, leading to an error message.

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

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Hello,

 

Is the computer getting its time and date set correctly, including the time zone? If it is getting that information from the router, and the router isn't set correctly, this may cause an issue with the digital certificates authenticating the files, leading to an error message.

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

Since when does dialup use a router?
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Hello,

 

Thanks for catching that, Lewmur!

 

In this case, the settings would be coming from the DHCP server at the ISP, which may be a router, but is likely a standalone server. The problem, though, would be the same regardless of where it was being served from, locally or at the ISP's POP.

 

Regards,

 

Aryeh Goretsky

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