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Remember "Windows 10 or else...."
We had the combination long search time/download issue on both of our w7 64bit Pro laptops. The desktop machines were not affected. One is a completely clean install and the other an OEM Lenovo. Our desktop machines were not affected. The problem surfaced with the machines maxing out the CPUs and using an inordinate amount of memory. The CPUs would fall back to 50% and stay there. Temperatures were abnormally high.
How to fix it? Well, I did all of the Microsoft things first. Then I found an article with a script (wsusofflineupdate.net) that actually is an offline updater - it does work once you install it. Having cleared the Update list by running various Fixits I was confronted with a huge number of Updates, including the dreaded W10 offer. I had installed Never10, btw. After culling the updates 1 by 1 I completed updating, including Windows Defender.
Today, I was able to run a normal check for updates from Startup. This was not the case during the incident as that is when everything went wrong in the background. The initial solution I used was to fully disable Windows Update and watch CPU usage return to 0 and normal/minimal memory usage.
In the opinion of others this is yet another attempt by Microsoft to try to force Window 10 on us. Having run it on a test machine, i would not use it as currently offered. The Windows 7 interface is just fine for the needs of most users. It is true that W10 is a bit faster, but so what.
Fact is - someone fixed the problem on Sunday and we should be fine until the next time MS screws with updates. One can either run the updater on startup or fully disable it until needed - that is your choice.
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Last edited by jc836; 18 Apr 2016 at 11:12.