Cannot install update kb2888049

Noel, hard to think of not doing anything on the computer until 30 minutes after an update.

Hans L

NoelDP said:

There's only two things I definitely avoid doing if possible during that period -
1) Shutdown/restart/reboot
2) System maintenance tasks (CHKDSK/SFC/Defrag/etc)

Otherwise, I just tend to get on with what I'm doing, and accept the temporary slowdown that occurs.

Oh boy, I install, reboot, then another program (usually an Adobe) has an update, I do that on,e reboot, etc.

What bad things could happen?

Regards,

Hans L

NoelDP said:

To be honest, I don't know
It seems to me to make sense to allow one set of updates to totally complete before attempting the next.
In theory, Windows will suspend whatever it's doing gracefully - but there are any number of external factors that could make it stumble.

Okay, the problem is, of course, to know exactly when Windows have finished its update process.

Regards/
Hans L

NoelDP said:

which brings us back to the HD indicator light - or TaskManager

Which may blink for a ton of reasons ... not only update-related. And it is very difficult to interpret the processes going on in Task Manager. Generic processes that may indicate a lot of different things.

Regards/Hans L

NoelDP said:

Generally, anything to do with TrustedInstaller is WU-related. There are a couple of .NET optimisation processes that tend to continue for quite a while as well.

So, TrustedInstaller under Services is what I should look at, until it goes from "Running" to "Stopped"?

What should I look for when it comes to .NET? Processes something or Services something?

Hans L