Why are Windows updates so slow (and long) with VISTA

Anonymous
2009-10-27T21:27:29+00:00

Compared to WinXP, windows updates take MUCH more time with VISTA:

  • the downloads are often very slow(er)...
  • the installation is also very slow(er)
  • more annoyingly, after mots updates, a restart is required AND implies (often)

. a post-installation process ... (Configuring updates ... "Do not turn off your computer") thattakes several minutes before shut down...

. a second post-installation process (configuration) upon restart that takes also several minutes...

The last update took me about 40 minutes to complete !

Will Windows 7 improve this...  It makes people to refuse updates especially if they are using portable computers and are on the road.  Who can stop for 40 min ...

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T23:31:50+00:00

    Vista's updates have been a pain.

    Fresh install of Home x32 on a client's laptop - took 2 hours for Vista to find updates, plenty more to download them.

    Then for some reason I was unable to check for more updates.  No repair would work, the Update repair tool wouldn't even install.

    Wiped, re-loaded Vista again, now stuck for 3.5 hours checking for updates.

    Now that Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 have all been released, Win 7 should be a free upgrade to Vista.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-28T16:16:32+00:00

    I am doing mine right now and its been an hour and it still in zero percent.

    Do you know anyway to make it faster.

    Not that this may be a really good idea, but... .. .

    I skipped Win8 am am now on Win10. There are some problems‡, and getting on top of the new Windows update scheme requires some work, but the updates are faster... .. .

    ‡My beautiful Microsoft® Wired Keyboard 200 (I have four) won't work with Win10.

    ‡No more DVD maker or Media Center

    ‡Microsoft will trick you into using your Microsoft account as logon, troublesome and possibly invasive.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-28T12:44:11+00:00

    I am doing mine right now and its been an hour and it still in zero percent.

    Do you know anyway to make it faster.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-26T18:42:39+00:00

    Ya I'm with you guys on the slooowwww updates. I reformatted my pc yesterday and am STILL downloading updates! And I have FiOS! Vista updates are trash. Not only does it take long to download updates, it even takes 15 minutes for it to just search for updates sometimes! That is complete ****!

    I have abandoned Vista and moved to Windows 7 Ult.

    Updates are still slow, so no help there.

    I regularly download at up to 50MB/s except at Microsoft where it an erratic 10KiB/s.

    And these are the folks who tell us the Microsoft Cloud is going to save humanity.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-02-25T18:47:45+00:00

    YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK, CALL ME PARANOID, DONT CARE, THEYRE CHECKING THINGS ON YOUR COMPUTER ARE LEGIT, BIG BROTHER????????????????

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