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What is it with Windows Updates
10-07-2012 7:19 PM
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But earlier I gave in! Now that I have a fair speed BB
45 mins later after d/l and install restarted pc everything loaded...
Window pops up informing me of 2 critical windows updates, thought WT?
D/l installed 20 mins restart....
Oi Bill Gates you having a bubble? Yet another critical update for windows!!!!
WT? is going on.....
Re: What is it with Windows Updates
10-07-2012 8:14 PM
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Re: What is it with Windows Updates
10-07-2012 8:59 PM
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If you clean install Windows (most older versions) without service packs you may require several update/restart cycles before you're fully patched - not necessarily a 'fault' in Windows,just the way it works with years of incremental updates (though the 'service packs' do cut it down a fair bit).
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Re: What is it with Windows Updates
11-07-2012 12:57 AM
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I did an update on an old Vista machine last week. Set it going around 10 pm...................... midnight.........
.....3 am ...................... went to bed around here somewhere, couldn't keep me eyes open any longer....
7 am, still going - though the download was finished and was on the install stage.
Forget what time it was all done.
Mind you, the last time it had an update was 2008, so...
edit - oh yes, my speed is pretty good here. between 15 - 17mb
Re: What is it with Windows Updates
11-07-2012 7:19 PM
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Quote from: IanSn edit - oh yes, my speed is pretty good here. between 15 - 17mb
I am sure that the guide lines as to what one can post with regards to Personal Attacks and your boast of lightening speeds
is some what similar to playground bullying.
Re: What is it with Windows Updates
11-07-2012 7:55 PM
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Edit: just to be clear, I was referring to reply #4
Re: What is it with Windows Updates
12-07-2012 1:06 PM
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Go online and widows automatically started downloading some updates about 40Mb....which was ok.
This morning Microsoft notified us we need a 300Mb (122 files) update for Windows...gulp....that was downloaded took just over an hour.
After a few minutes we were informed 2 more updates were required (3Mb)...downloaded them and switched off computer.
Switching the computer later Microsoft informed us we needed another 200Mb of Windows updates....and we haven't reinstalled Office yet!!
Re: What is it with Windows Updates
12-07-2012 3:14 PM
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Or indeed that there was a 'boast' (??? the speed has nothing to do with me, I'm just lucky). It was simply to say that even at this speed the update took all night....
I'll tip-toe more carefully around here in future...
Bizarre!
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12-07-2012 3:29 PM
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12-07-2012 4:05 PM
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Nothing wrong with pointing out that your D/L speed was not likely the cause of it taking so long!
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Re: What is it with Windows Updates
12-07-2012 8:30 PM
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Sounds like I was lucky there actually - it did it all in one go. And it still worked okay afterwards
Re: What is it with Windows Updates
13-07-2012 7:10 AM
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Just to be clear, I've edited my reply #5
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15-07-2012 10:11 AM
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Doubling the RAM from 1 to 2 GB made a huge difference at a cost of about 12 quid (OK, still rubbish but only half as rubbish as it was before!)
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