Re: Windows/Microsoft Update takes 10+ minutes to complete.

10+ minutes is probably about right for a machine of that power.

-Frank

"Xenomorph" <spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> when i visit the Update site (either the Windows Update or the
> Windows/Office Microsoft Update site), when i click on Express or the
> Custom
> update button, IE sits for over 10 minutes (with the animated green
> progress
> bar) before showing any updates.
>
> Windows 2000 SP4 (installed from a slipstreamed disc)
> Pentium MMX 233MHz
> 96 Megs RAM
> 4 Gig HD
>
> after waiting forever for the page to load the updates, i did install the
> Rollup and all other critical updates, but it still takes forever to check
> for updates.
>
>
>


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