It's time for Microsoft to fix the Windows 7 update slowdowns

Removed A Couple

I Found a couple installed from Callender's list and uninstalled. Will they be offered again?

HammerHead said:

I Found a couple installed from Callender's list and uninstalled. Will they be offered again?

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No. They are "Windows Update Client" upgrades and only future versions will install automatically. The old versions can only be installed manually.

Thanks Callender, I found one from that last list you gave us so I uninstalled it.

Callender said:

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Okay here's my list of problem WUC's to check for removal (the ones that caused problems)


KB 2990214 - Apr 2015 - WUC: enables ability to upgrade to Win10

KB 3065987 - Jul 2015 - WUC: unspecified "improvements" (replaces 3050265) adds telemetry

KB 3075851 - Aug 2015 - WUC: fixes mess due to KB3065987 [cuts down WUC memory usage, but hides Update notifications if GWX app is active] (replaces 3065987)

KB 3083324 - Sep 2015 - WUC: unspecified "improvements" (replaces 3075851) adds telemetry

KB 3083710 - Oct 2015 - WUC: unspecified "improvements" (replaces 3083324) adds telemetry

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Before running the updates for my wife's laptop, I checked and found 2 of the above updates so I uninstalled both.
Unfortunately her laptop is still running the updates S-L-O-W. I think to MS this is all just a big W7 cat and mouse game.

This is my little Specialized High Intensity Training list of Win 10 downgrade, telemetry, and vague updates to avoid. So far, I haven't had any problems with slow updates.

KB2990214 KB3035583 KB2923545

KB2952664 KB3021917 KB2970228

KB2819745 KB3022345 KB2592687

KB3050265 KB3068708 KB0660075

KB3065987 KB2505438 KB2506928

KB2670838 KB2976978 KB2726535

KB2977759 KB2990214 KB2994023

KB3102810 KB3080149 KB3077715

KB3075249 KB3044374 KB3078667

KB2902907 KB2976987 KB2999226

KB3083324 KB3083710 KB3095649

KB3075851 KB2876229 KB2545698

KB3112343 KB3123862 KB3138612

KB3135445 KB3133977

Lady:

Any chance you can post that list in numerical order so I can cross-check against my own list?

I don't think I've got that many items in my own list.

I've been having these naughty thoughts that I might just bend over and allow myself to be assimilated by Win 10, so I need the strength to resist.

ignatzatsonic said:

Lady:

Any chance you can post that list in numerical order so I can cross-check against my own list?

I don't think I've got that many items in my own list.

I've been having these naughty thoughts that I might just bend over and allow myself to be assimilated by Win 10, so I need the strength to resist.

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I added those numbers as I encountered them and I've been too lazy to put them in order. When I get updates, I just run dowm the list and compare the last four digits. It goes plenty fast.

Edit: This is your lucky day, my friend. I'm killing time waiting for some epoxy to cure enough to allow trimming with a razor blade so I went ahead and put them in numerical order for you:


KB0660075
KB2505438
KB2506928
KB2545698
KB2592687
KB2670838
KB2726535
KB2819745
KB2876229
KB2902907
KB2923545
KB2952664
KB2970228
KB2976978
KB2976987
KB2977759
KB2990214
KB2994023
KB2999226
KB3021917
KB3022345
KB3035583
KB3044374
KB3050265
KB3065987
KB3068708
KB3075249
KB3075851
KB3077715
KB3078667
KB3080149
KB3083324
KB3083710
KB3095649
KB3102810
KB3112343
KB3123862
KB3133977
KB3135445
KB3138612

Thank you very much; that goes into my master file on the issue.

You had 6 I didn't have.

I have 4 on my list as "suspect" that aren't on your list. Do your own diligence on them:

KB3112148; first seen 12/8/15; “more info” link gives error, so this is suspect

KB3118401; first seen 2/28/16; update for Universal C Runtime in Windows 10

KB3139929; hidden as of 031216; this has been discussed on this forum and is confusing.

KB3150513; re-enables the unwanted KB3035583

I feel a little silly my list is way to short
KB2952664
KB2999226
KB3035583
KB3075249
KB3013531
KB3021917
KB3068708
KB3080149
KB3123862
KB3150513

ignatzatsonic said:

Thank you very much; that goes into my master file on the issue.

You had 6 I didn't have.

I have 4 on my list as "suspect" that aren't on your list. Do your own diligence on them:

KB3112148; first seen 12/8/15; “more info” link gives error, so this is suspect

KB3118401; first seen 2/28/16; update for Universal C Runtime in Windows 10

KB3139929; hidden as of 031216; this has been discussed on this forum and is confusing.

KB3150513; re-enables the unwanted KB3035583

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Thanks for sharing!

KB3112148 is a time zone for some countries I'll never deal with so I didn't install it. I ignore time zone updates anyway unless they are for the U.S.

KB3118401 apparently never came up for me because it isn't installed on my computer. I added it to my list anyway.

KB3139929 was installed on my computer but GWX Control Panel must have blocked the Win 10 ad. I removed it and added it to my list.

KB3150513 wasn't installed on my computer. I added it to my list anyway.

Might as well add my list - 43 updates.

kb:2505438
kb:2506928
kb:2592687
kb:2660075
kb:2670838
kb:2726535
kb:2876229
kb:2882822
kb:2902907
kb:2923545
kb:2952664
kb:2970228
kb:2976978
kb:2977759
kb:2990214
kb:2994023
kb:3012973
kb:3015249
kb:3021917
kb:3022345
kb:3035583
kb:3044374
kb:3050265
kb:3050267
kb:3064683
kb:3065987
kb:3065988
kb:3068708
kb:3072318
kb:3074677
kb:3075249
kb:3075851
kb:3075853
kb:3078667
kb:3080149
kb:3081437
kb:3081454
kb:3083324
kb:3083325
kb:3083710
kb:3083711
kb:3086255
kb:3150513

Lady Fitzgerald has 40 updates listed.

Differences with duplicates aligned:

KB0660075
KB2505438 kb:2505438
KB2506928 kb:2506928
KB2545698
KB2592687 kb:2592687
kb:2660075
KB2670838 kb:2670838
KB2726535 kb:2726535
KB2819745
KB2876229 kb:2876229
kb:2882822
KB2902907 kb:2902907
KB2923545 kb:2923545
KB2952664 kb:2952664
KB2970228 kb:2970228
KB2976978 kb:2976978
KB2976987
KB2977759 kb:2977759
KB2990214 kb:2990214
KB2994023 kb:2994023
KB2999226
kb:3012973
kb:3015249
KB3021917 kb:3021917
KB3022345 kb:3022345
KB3035583 kb:3035583
KB3044374 kb:3044374
KB3050265 kb:3050265
kb:3050267
kb:3064683
KB3065987 kb:3065987
kb:3065988
KB3068708 kb:3068708
kb:3072318
kb:3074677
KB3075249 kb:3075249
KB3075851 kb:3075851
KB3077715
kb:3075853
KB3078667 kb:3078667
KB3080149 kb:3080149
kb:3081437
kb:3081454
KB3083324 kb:3083324
kb:3083325
KB3083710 kb:3083710
kb:3083711
kb:3086255
KB3095649
KB3102810
KB3112343
KB3123862
KB3133977
KB3135445
KB3138612
kb:3150513

:roflmao:

To simply my last post:

Updates in my list that do not appear in Lady Fitzgerald's list:

kb:3012973
kb:3015249
kb:3050267
kb:3064683
kb:3065988
kb:3072318
kb:3074677
kb:3075853
kb:3081437
kb:3081454
kb:3083325
kb:3083711
kb:3086255
kb:3150513

Updates in Lady Fitzgerald's list that do not appear in my list:

KB0660075
KB2545698
KB2819745
KB2976987
KB2999226
KB3077715
KB3095649
KB3102810
KB3112343
KB3123862
KB3133977
KB3135445
KB3138612

Dallas 7 said:

Callender said:

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Okay here's my list of problem WUC's to check for removal (the ones that caused problems)


KB 2990214 - Apr 2015 - WUC: enables ability to upgrade to Win10

KB 3065987 - Jul 2015 - WUC: unspecified "improvements" (replaces 3050265) adds telemetry

KB 3075851 - Aug 2015 - WUC: fixes mess due to KB3065987 [cuts down WUC memory usage, but hides Update notifications if GWX app is active] (replaces 3065987)

KB 3083324 - Sep 2015 - WUC: unspecified "improvements" (replaces 3075851) adds telemetry

KB 3083710 - Oct 2015 - WUC: unspecified "improvements" (replaces 3083324) adds telemetry

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Before running the updates for my wife's laptop, I checked and found 2 of the above updates so I uninstalled both.
Unfortunately her laptop is still running the updates S-L-O-W. I think to MS this is all just a big W7 cat and mouse game.

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Uninstalling the updates does,t fix the problem. The list was posted as "WUC clients that have caused problems on my machine" - subsequent WU search slowdowns/ high RAM usage at some point. The fix for me was not as simple as removing those updates.

Callender said:

To simply my last post:

Updates in my list that do not appear in Lady Fitzgerald's list:

kb:3012973
kb:3015249
kb:3050267
kb:3064683
kb:3065988
kb:3072318
kb:3074677
kb:3075853
kb:3081437
kb:3081454
kb:3083325
kb:3083711
kb:3086255
kb:3150513

Updates in Lady Fitzgerald's list that do not appear in my list:

KB0660075
KB2545698
KB2819745
KB2976987
KB2999226
KB3077715
KB3095649
KB3102810
KB3112343
KB3123862
KB3133977
KB3135445
KB3138612

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Most of the posts in your list that didn't appear in mine were for Win 8.1. One or two were for time zone updates; I don't install time zone updates for countries other than the U.S. Most of the remaining few weren't installed on my computer so they probably weren't offered to me.

The first one on my list was a typo and shouldn't have been there. The correct number was in your list.

Yes, I was anal enough to check them all.

Here's my list of unnecessaries:

KB3156417
KB3147071
KB3141092
KB3140245
KB3139923
KB3138901
KB3138378
KB3137061
KB3133977
KB3123862
KB3121255
KB3118401
KB3107998
KB3102429
KB3095649
KB3080149
KB3080079
KB3075249
KB3068708
KB3064209 - ***Pulled***
KB3054476
KB3040272
KB3035583
KB3022345 - ***Pulled***
KB3021917
KB3020370
KB3013531
KB3006625
KB3006137
KB2999226
KB2985461
KB2970228
KB2952664
KB2919469
KB2908783
KB2893519
KB2891804
KB2882822
KB2857650
KB2853952
KB2843630
KB2830477
KB2773072
KB2763523
KB2732059
KB2726535
KB2660075
KB2592687
KB2574819
KB2545698

ThrashZone said:

I feel a little silly my list is way to short
KB2952664
KB2999226
KB3035583
KB3075249
KB3013531
KB3021917
KB3068708
KB3080149
KB3123862
KB3150513

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Shorter than mine:
KB 2952664
KB 2976978
KB 2990214
KB 3021917
KB 3022345
KB 3035583
KB 3044374
KB 3050265
KB 3068708
KB 3075249
KB 3080149
KB 3112343
KB 3123862
KB 3139929
KB 3146449

Oh what a fun game Win 7 has turned into when it comes to updates :sarc: Oy Vey!

The only "recommended" updates I install these days are ones which have specific crashes detailed in the descriptions (e.g. fixing a crash caused by a previous security update). Or if it's adding something which seems beneficial (Windows update plugin in the Disk Cleanup Wizard). Most of the others don't seem relevant to my systems. And a lot of recent ones seem more aimed towards a server environment.

I do install ALL security updates manually.

Yep I believe most of the fun is If the update system actually finds updates the way it supposed too

Installing them has always been another fun experience slightly different than finding them

Oh yea I guess I do have 25 now I haven't loaded the 10 I showed are just what I deem 10 related.
Other 15 are mostly remote desktop.... stuff.