Upgrade to 2012R2 now Windows Update will not work

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Boulder909

After upgrading to Windows Server 2012R2 from 2008R2 Windows Update will not work. It will just run forever and not complete. I've tried the Windows Repair Tool (WindowsUpdate.diagcab) which found errors but the updates still don't work. I've registered DLLs, removed SoftwareDistribution folders, verified MS sites are in trusted sites. I've ran "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" which says all is OK.

I haven't run the "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" becuase the ScanHealth says "No component store corruption detected". Should I run the RestoreHealth? I'm at a loss as what to do?

We have upgraded three servers from 2008R2 to 2012R2 and so far and the other two have downloaded and installed around 70 security updates each. This one won't do anything. Our goal is to be upgraded to Windows 2016. The MS suggested upgrade path from 2008R2 is to 2012R2 then 2016.

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