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Everytime Windows 10 update routine shows up its ugly face (once a month), everything on the pc is almost dead, you can't acces internet, you can't do anything, and that for hours and hours. And the worse part is that you cannot shut that stupid update routine down, you can formaly delay with a few days or so etc. Any idea how to fix/solve this, except cracks for eliminate completely the routine etc ? Is there a posible "cure" for that except suing Microsoft for not letting me choose what I want ? This is more than annoying for me, I am so pissed of that , IF I will, ever get my hands on the person from Microsoft who designed that, I will beat him so bad that he will never, for anything in the world, would do that again.
 
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yeah, right, I already knew all of that mate, I mentioned there above, did you see it ? so.... thanks for nothing. I was wanting an answer TO what I asked not just someone who is beating the bushes.
 
Hey there,

Maybe calm the jets on the language and tone of your posts a little. Give people a chance to answer and get back to you. Otherwise no one will want to help.

I get your frustration. This happens to all of us at some stage or another. Given your issue seems very persistent, then I'd suggest doing a fresh install of windows with the most recent Media creation tool : https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 - It's very possible if you haven't done a windows refresh in a while, that the system is cluttered and possibly bogey drivers, or windows updates that haven't installed correctly.

Also, it would be a good idea to list your full PC specs. Does the issue fix itself after the update? How long does slow down last?
 
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Get better PC is one solution I could play games while windows are downloading and updating and that lasts less than half an hour and that's on just average PC, nothing special.
You can also delay or schedule automatic update or set it to only warn that update is available and then do it on own time. You can even stop updates altogether and download KB file from MS to do it manually at your leisure.
 
I have the same problem with ten year old laptops containing dual core CPUs running at 1.6GHz. Windows Updates can take hours. On my 7950X, it's all over in less than 10 minutes. As CountMike says, one solution is to get a better computer.
 
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Everytime Windows 10 update routine shows up its ugly face (once a month), everything on the pc is almost dead, you can't acces internet, you can't do anything, and that for hours and hours. And the worse part is that you cannot shut that stupid update routine down, you can formaly delay with a few days or so etc. Any idea how to fix/solve this, except cracks for eliminate completely the routine etc ? Is there a posible "cure" for that except suing Microsoft for not letting me choose what I want ? This is more than annoying for me, I am so pissed of that , IF I will, ever get my hands on the person from Microsoft who designed that, I will beat him so bad that he will never, for anything in the world, would do that again.
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You might want to try running winupd manually with nothing else running.

I would think you would be looking at something in the 10 min area to finish.

Certainly not hours and hours.
 
If you have an old PC, maybe try to install linux mint. I did it for our familly laptop that controls the TV (Elitebook 8570p upgraded to a 4 core CPU) , it's perfect. much better than windows wich bluescreened randomly because the drivers were old and barelly suported on W10.

I installed the "mate" version.

Since it's linux the level of control is potentially limitless
 
On slower computers (dual core sub 2GHz CPU) I accept that Windows 10 Updates can often take up to 2 hours to install, so I leave them running in the background and check back every half hour. The only machines taking less than 10 minutes to update are my 3800X and 7950X. The bulk of my systems take 15 to 20 minutes.

I'm considering Linux for some old Windows 7 vintage laptops, to avoid 2 to 3 hour Windows Update sessions. Some of these machines really struggle to run Windows 10, especially those with 1.6GHz or worse still, 1.3GHz dual core CPUs. On these, even Linux Mint is perhaps a bit too much, given its base spec of 2GHz CPU and 2GB RAM, so I'm considering Zorin Lite (1GHz CPU, 1GB RAM). Any other suggestions welcome.

TLDR
If you have an older PC, Windows Updates will be slow. Get a modern Intel Series 13 system or an AMD 7000 to reduce wait times.
 
No, nothing works. The only thing one can do is to wait until that stupid update finishesd its course. You can't pause the update indefinitely as you say. You can pause it for max one month, which is almost nothing. Aafter that it comes over you an choke you to death without asking any questions. This is an IDIOT way to do things, for Microsoft. I really hate them. I mean REALLY hate them. if i would lay my hands on that guy who designed that I would beat him until he ask forgiveness for everything that he did wrong in his life (though it wouldn't take too long until he does that LOL) and I would sleep with a clear conscience.
 
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No, nothing works. The only thing one can do is to wait until that stupid update finishesd its course. You can't pause the update indefinitely as you say. You can pause it for max one month, which is almost nothing. Aafter that it comes over you an choke you to death without asking any questions. This is an IDIOT way to do things, for Microsoft. I really hate them. I mean REALLY hate them. if i would lay my hands on that guy who designed that I would beat him until he ask forgiveness for everything that he did wrong in his life (though it wouldn't take too long until he does that LOL) and I would sleep with a clear conscience.
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Pre Win 10, updates were sort of optional. One could easily turn them OFF.

Result?
Massive botnet and ransomware infestations.

For the vast majority of malware over the last decade, the fix was released before it went wild. The only systems that were affected were those that had updates turned off.

People bitched at MS for this.


Solution?

Updates are now a required thing.

People bitch about that.
 
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nelugalbenush said:
No, nothing works. The only thing one can do is to wait until that stupid update finishesd its course. You can't pause the update indefinitely as you say. You can pause it for max one month, which is almost nothing. Aafter that it comes over you an choke you to death without asking any questions. This is an IDIOT way to do things, for Microsoft. I really hate them. I mean REALLY hate them. if i would lay my hands on that guy who designed that I would beat him until he ask forgiveness for everything that he did wrong in his life (though it wouldn't take too long until he does that LOL) and I would sleep with a clear conscience.
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again, it would help to know what hardware you have.
 
Misgar said:
I have the same problem with ten year old laptops containing dual core CPUs running at 1.6GHz. Windows Updates can take hours. On my 7950X, it's all over in less than 10 minutes. As CountMike says, one solution is to get a better computer.
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A better computer ?? LOL I have a i7-8700 32Gb RAM, RTX 3080 Ti 12Gb VRAM and a SSD...That's not it. It's not about MY computer...it's about their software.
 
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Pre Win 10, updates were sort of optional. One could easily turn them OFF.

Result?
Massive botnet and ransomware infestations.

For the vast majority of malware over the last decade, the fix was released before it went wild. The only systems that were affected were those that had updates turned off.

People bitched at MS for this.


Solution?

Updates are now a required thing.

People bitch about that.
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I completely disagree. First I am not a corporation, I am a person who has nothing to do with what you mentioned. I don't go to thin ice places on net, also I am a hardware engineer with 25 year experience... It's not about bitching here , it's about their policy , to not let you stop their nonsense and download it when you want.
 
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Bob.B said:
You might want to try running winupd manually with nothing else running.

I would think you would be looking at something in the 10 min area to finish.

Certainly not hours and hours.
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I already tried that, it doesn't work. The system halts almost everything you do on the pc. It's as if it blocks all the controllers for all the hardware you use when it runs.
 
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again, it would help to know what hardware you have.
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It's not the hardware man, I'm telling you. I have a powerfull rig (i7-8700/32GB RAM/SSD/ RTX 3080 Ti etc etc and all very good components(Corsair/ Gigabayte , Asus/MSI etc). It's not that. And I don't believe it what a guy said here that it did the update in 10 minutes. It takes forever just to download that idiot Microsoft malicious routine and then it takes hours to donwload GBs of data (the KBs), to download them, to unpack them and then to rewrite over etc. I can't even see the status in Windows update page routine of OS. Either gives an error, when thw update routine works or its animation goes endlessly round and round etc. I spit on Microsoft and their policy, that angry I am.
 
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I already tried that, it doesn't work. The system halts almost everything you do on the pc. It's as if it blocks all the controllers for all the hardware you use when it runs.
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I've never tried to run other stuff while the update is happening.
Once a month I hit the update site on my schedule and let it do it's thing.
10-15 mins later it's done and then I go off and do my stuff.
 
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It's not the hardware man, I'm telling you. I have a powerfull rig (i7-8700/32GB RAM/SSD/ RTX 3080 Ti etc etc and all very good components(Corsair/ Gigabayte , Asus/MSI etc). It's not that. And I don't believe it what a guy said here that it did the update in 10 minutes. It takes forever just to download that idiot Microsoft malicious routine and then it takes hours to donwload GBs of data (the KBs), to download them, to unpack them and then to rewrite over etc. I can't even see the status in Windows update page routine of OS. Either gives an error, when thw update routine works or its animation goes endlessly round and round etc. I spit on Microsoft and their policy, that angry I am.
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It doesn't sound like it is hardware, but you can't know for sure unless you replace it. I would also try (if you haven't already) doing a fresh reinstall of Windows.
 
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