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Windows 7 Home hangs while applying update
I have windows update set so it downloads updates but doesn't apply them automatically.
For the last couple of nights, there has been an update to apply when I log off. In both cases, the update seemed to hang and I left the computer switched on overnight with the monitor switched off.
On the first occasion it was still hung in the morning so I reset the computer. All seemed to be OK during the day but when I came to close down there was an update to apply. I guess it was the same one. It hung again and I left the computer overnight again. This time it had switched off but when I switched it on again it came up with a temporary profile.
A message appeared telling me to look in the event viewer but that is a waste of time as there are several hundred million entries which don't mean anything to me.
Where do I go from here? I guess I can do a system restore but that is likely to lead me back here after a day or two as the system tries to keep itself up to date.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Last edited by 999spock; 05 Oct 2011 at 02:24. Reason: typo