# Pkg.update fails on windows 7 with private repository

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-update-fails-on-windows-7-with-private-repository/10282>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 11, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-update-fails-on-windows-7-with-private-repository/10282 "2018-04-11T13:28:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-update-fails-on-windows-7-with-private-repository/10282/4 "2018-04-13T07:32:43Z")

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I don’t use Windows so unfortunately I cannot help you with a more specific suggestion, but I would try this fix:

> [@Errors for Git / Pkg](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/errors-for-git-pkg/9351):
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> There have been various reports of issues running package operations recently. They manifest as one of the following messages on running any package operations, such as Pkg.init or Pkg.add: ERROR: GitError(Code:ERROR, Class:Net, SSL error: error:1407742E:SSL routines:SSL23\_GET\_SERVER\_HELLO:tlsv1 alert protocol version) or ERROR: GitError(Code:ECERTIFICATE, Class:OS, user cancelled certificate check: ) This is happening because GitHub stopped supporting TLS 1.0 in February: The error occu…

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