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

You mean I have to do a system image before the updates? Cuz it's going on an hour and a half now, and still no progress.

Hi,
Yep but too late now,
I would switch your update settings to never check for updates and restart.
Then download and manually install the June update client in this rollup
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161647
Main download page,
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161608

Win-7 32bit
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=52976
Win-7 64bit
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=52974

ignatzatsonic said:

What's the incentive to get any of these "roll-ups" other than to possibly save time by not having to download a bunch of updates individually?

I suspect that if you install the Update Pack your final clean W7 installation will be slightly smaller, than if you install the 200+ individual updates (despite the WU Cleaner tool).

Also, I don't remember having to perform dozens of reboots (when I used the Update Pack on a VM).

Mellon Head said:

Well, I can't say that MS has sped up anything. I've had WU downloading the latest updates for over an hour and it's still at 0%.

Getting a little tired of this...

Same deal here, left it running for many hours and its still, "checking for updates". Mine seems to be hit or miss. Sometimes its almost normal other times it takes days to even find the updates, let alone download and install them. Luckily for me, its only a test machine for the GWX stuff. I only ever turn it on once or twice a week to see if anything changed since I declined the offer.

No sign of GWX after finally installing the rollup update today. It's a shame that something as simple as applying a patch has to be undertaken with so much finger-crossing.

Just wanted to post my results with the updating of KB3161608, see: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 14th 2016 | Post #38

profdlp said:

No sign of GWX after finally installing the roll-up update today. It's a shame that something as simple as applying a patch has to be undertaken with so much finger-crossing.

Finger crossing? I tried that years ago, and the result was disastrous! That's about as effective as praying to a little stone idol.
It takes positive moves, like doing a C: drive backup before ever accepting any updates to your computer.
That way, if an update goes South, you can just do a quick Restore of your last backup and in just a few minutes, you're back up and running as if nothing ever happened.
I went one step further, after installing Windows 7, and getting the first batch of updates.....
I turned OFF MS Updates.

I downloaded and installed both Dot Net 4.? and I.E. 11 for Win-7 today and of course got the "GWX" popup banner, which I promptly X'ed out.
Operating a PC today is a lot like shooting Skeet.... you've got to keep your eyes open.

Cheers Mates!
TechnoMage

Here's some news:

In my never ending quest to do stupid things, I installed Win 10 on an old machine I had laying around...

Now, I had always thought that the Win 7 update slowdowns were a ploy by MS to make us frustrated and fed up, and get us to switch to Win 10, where presumably the updates were faster.

Imagine my surprise when it took the better part of ten hours to get just the Win 10 updates to install Win 10, never mind the install and a second seven hour update procedure.

Apparently, the update service is bad all around. So much for my conspiracy theories. (*Takes off tinfoil hat*)

For the last couple of day my Windows 7 and MSE updates have been working just great as they should be. Maybe Microsoft has shifted their update priority again.