Windows 10 Feature Update 2004 taking too long to install

Anonymous
2020-06-13T15:35:11+00:00

Today I was notified by Windows Update that the 2004 update is finally ready to be downloaded and installed on my laptop. I pressed download and install and left the laptop plugged in idle as I did not have any laptop work to do at that time. Now it's been 4 hours since I left it on, and the Windows Update screen (in the Settings > Updates & Security) is still at 94% installing, which is the exact number I saw more than an hour ago. Is it stuck? Why is it taking so long to install? My internet is fast enough, I don't have many programs installed apart from a few essentials such as Office and Inkscape along with other credible software. I am afraid that if I close it and reset the Windows Update, it'll take 4+ hours again (not to mention the additional lengthy rebooting and installing the update again in the blue background screen which happens with every single update), plus it's already night here so I cannot leave it turned on while I go to sleep.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-28T16:23:50+00:00

    15 minutes for this one. I guess it wasn't as feature laden as the last one.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-28T15:54:02+00:00

    Ha, nothing ever is (normal) with Microsoft. Stranger by the day. I'm hoping the shakeup at Microsoft I read about most recently will result in a better outcome, but I'm afraid their new direction of "Windows 10 is a service" means it's the end of the small bites of normalcy we had. I sarcastically suggested (to myself) maybe now is the time on get onboard with Mac, but then I remembered a recent experience a colleague had with upgrading his teenie weenie, wafer thin, "bro"fessional device from Mojave to Catalina. Maybe Ubuntu? Chromebook? Pen and paper? So many options, no real solution. LOL

    I just received the notice to install 2004 20201.1000. I am about to see if this one is as buggy as the last one was. I'll let you know....

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-27T17:15:56+00:00

    Ha, nothing ever is (normal) with Microsoft. Stranger by the day. I'm hoping the shakeup at Microsoft I read about most recently will result in a better outcome, but I'm afraid their new direction of "Windows 10 is a service" means it's the end of the small bites of normalcy we had. I sarcastically suggested (to myself) maybe now is the time on get onboard with Mac, but then I remembered a recent experience a colleague had with upgrading his teenie weenie, wafer thin, "bro"fessional device from Mojave to Catalina. Maybe Ubuntu? Chromebook? Pen and paper? So many options, no real solution. LOL

    Yea, I know. I am gonna tough it out as an Insider to see what direction they are gonna take to fix this. It can't stay like it is, that's for sure! Just don't know how long it'll take them to get it right. Something as major as this update, they should be burning the midnight oil on. But we'll see.

    And oh, the Mac thing, urgh! I just can't bite that "apple". I bought an iPad 5 years ago, that quickly reached max on the software that went from 9.3.5 to 10.0.1. My iPad was unable to update to the new OS, so it was stuck in a time warp. Some apps worked, a lot didn't. I had bought the extended storage plan for a buck a month, and was willing to try to live with it. I bought a Galaxy Tab5e, and put the iPad on the shelf. I went to do a reset on it, as I was gonna give it away, and couldn't get into my account, it was locked. This was in April. After phone calls, chats, and the like, they couldn't unlock my account. I had to change my bank account to stop them from getting that dollar, that they never stopped collecting from my "locked" account! So, enter at your own peril. I can't do it!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-27T16:54:19+00:00

    Ha, nothing ever is (normal) with Microsoft. Stranger by the day. I'm hoping the shakeup at Microsoft I read about most recently will result in a better outcome, but I'm afraid their new direction of "Windows 10 is a service" means it's the end of the small bites of normalcy we had. I sarcastically suggested (to myself) maybe now is the time on get onboard with Mac, but then I remembered a recent experience a colleague had with upgrading his teenie weenie, wafer thin, "bro"fessional device from Mojave to Catalina. Maybe Ubuntu? Chromebook? Pen and paper? So many options, no real solution. LOL

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-27T15:14:43+00:00

    Lance,

    My IT friend has some suggestions and questions for you. I hope it helps.

    "Well, first step for Lance:

    1. Check Bios / if bios update available. This happened on 1903 and 2004 for me on Dell machines. If not latest bios it would hose.
    2. update any and all drivers.
    3. he already cleared caches, but https://www. may unstick it. All it takes is a bad file in there.
    4. Check for software that may be old/uncompatible. Update software that can be. IE if you are running old Java, either update or temp uninstall if you need old version.
    5. need to know error code it gives on failed install.

    I was win 10 Alpha tester... The alphas were sometimes unusable. the betas were 2 steps forward and one back almost every launch. ended up using nightlies as it meant something from yesterday would get fixed... something would be a little better... and something else would break..."

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