Windows Update Hangs

50% on a multiple-core system but 100% on a single-core system? Programmatically, that would be easier to do.

Just a matter of checking for updates on off peak hours when server load is lower

No, it's your slow cpu.

All i know is when M$ pushes a Russian time zone update as Important you have to wonder what the heck is going on really :p

Most likely the US military needs to be on the same page as the Russians. MS agrees to mark it as important instead of personnel frantically digging for it later in the long list of optional updates.

Just a matter of checking for updates on off peak hours when server load is lower

Heck M$ may have halted distribution and working on a recall

Blood bath in the win-10 round

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/microsoft-wants-to-know-anyone-seeing-issues-with/8cc2af67-d1ef-43d8-8658-b5c5a69be530

All i know is when M$ pushes a Russian time zone update as Important you have to wonder what the heck is going on really :p

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3148851

Why is this happening?  Is there any other way to get these updates.  I have restarted the OS to no benefit.

Honestly, there's nothing much we can do. They purposely do this to force users to update to Windows 10.

I read somewhere the process bar doesn't actually tell you the exact percentage of where it's at. It just says 0% for many people and it just suddenly hits 100% an hour later or so.  So perhaps just waiting would be best even if it may seem like it's not doing anything because it may actually be in the background. That's what I did last night and it worked after an hour of passing by.