Re: Windows Update Slow

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On Jul 4, 10:28 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[I was replying to Jim.]



techcafe wrote:
On Jul 4, 9:44 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jim giglio wrote:

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Has there been any explanation from M$oft?

The process of procuring updates is just agonizingly slow.

The slowdown started about a week ago, and the MS updates page is the
only
one I visit that exhibits this behavior.

Is Automatic Updates enabled?

doesn't matter, manual updates are slow either way, ime- Hide quoted text -

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ugh, i'm finishing up an XP install on one of our machines... it's
taking forever... because as Jim said, it's agonizingly slow, the
manual/web-based update process, not automatic updates. it's been
like this for a week or more. as you say, could be related to Vista
SP2 being pushed-out to automatic update subscribers.

it's annoying, nevertheless
.

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