Many different Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 systems get each year a Windows Update error that prevents them from checking for updates take an unclear reason.

Posts upon the company's Community forums could indicate where the bug first appeared on December 3 and it's a server-side issue, it means that users may possibly not have anything to so as to have this fixed. Instead, Microsoft has always been tight-lipped on the actual reason for the bug, rrnspite of the growing volume of posts located on the said Community thread.

Checking for updates on a impacted systems fails with error "Windows could not search for new updates," some saying that additional message reading "Windows Update cannot currently look for updates considering that the service is not running. You may have to restart your personal machine," when they go through the "Get help with this error" option in Windows Update.

Rebooting the product or and also "Try again" option doesn't subject, and for the time being, there are signs that undoubtedly two workarounds repair.
"Set back any kind of time to March 12"

Some recommend deploying older fixes released by Microsoft, as this is isn't the first time the software giant disintegrates Windows Update on Windows 7, but at once, it appears that setting back the date to March 12, 2017 also restores Windows Update functionality.

Funny enough, long-time Microsoft rival Apple recently experienced an iPhone bug may possibly also be addressed by setting back the date on its devices, but it goes without saying that your chosen two issues aren't related in both instances.

As it typically happens on Microsoft's Community forums, there's no helpful answer for users which might be trying to cope with the Windows Update bug, and officially the firm has remained completely tight-lipped to be able to fix this.

Very likely, the software giant will correct it in the coming days ahead of the Patch Tuesday rollout that starts this month on December 12.