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I have not yet tried any of this on a fresh install, but MANY threads at sevenforums.com and at other fora seem to confirm that these 3 patches will get WU up and running, so that all of the many other, important patches can be installed in minutes, rather than hours or days:
3125574 (convenience roll-up)
3020369
3172605
Each computer is unique and -- as of a few months ago -- other individual patches (such as 3138612, 3145739 and 3102810) had been mentioned. However, several of those have been superseded, and -- at least for me and many others -- they did not fix the WU issue.
On an existing Win7 install (not a new one), I think 3125574 can be skipped. 3020369 and 3172605 ought to be sufficient.
YMMV, of course...
HTH,
MM