It would help us if we knew exactly which updates you're having problems with.
The most common problems for such update repeats are those that are concerned with NET Framework.. If you find that the updates you're having issues with are involved with NET Framework, the best option is to uninstall the NET Framework versions in Control Panel-Programs and Features, then reinstall them again ONLY if you need them.
Remember also, it sometimes helps to install only one update at a time by doing it manually from the downloaded update installer file (type the update number into Google, then download each individual update to the desktop and run them manually), or "hide" all but one or two updates during the automatic updates process and let those one or two updates install individually. You can then determine which updates are causing the problem.
Hope this helps.
Grif
I'm running W7 Ultimate. I've had the computer for two years with no trouble until this happened.
I'll run Windows Update and it will show the updates as installed but when I want to sleep the computer, it goes to "Shutdown" mode and "installs" the same updates it said it installed in the first place.
I've heard about this problem and there's a bad update from MS that came out in August. I couldn't track the solution anywhere online.
Also, I ran System Restore but my restore point doesn't go back to August.

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