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I just recently did a restoration process on my computer and it is all working fine i am now trying to install updates, there are 144 of them and when i clicked install updates, it said downloading updates and it has been stuck at 0% for over 20 minutes, how long does it actually take to download them or get off the 0% mark
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite C655-S5547
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30 GHZ
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphiics
Sound Card
Conexant HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
TI106321W0B(C:) 450GB
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Synaptics Pointing Device
Internet Speed
51.68 mb/s download and 12.08 mb/s upload as of 6/24/15
Antivirus
Webroot Secure Anywhere
Browser
IE11, Mozilla Firefox 41.1.01, and Google Chrome if I must
techtitan100 said:
I just recently did a restoration process on my computer and it is all working fine i am now trying to install updates, there are 144 of them and when i clicked install updates, it said downloading updates and it has been stuck at 0% for over 20 minutes, how long does it actually take to download them or get off the 0% mark
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Restart them and see if that helps, if it doesn't, restart your router.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro x86 (Temporary)
CPU
AMD Phenom ll x4 840 clocked at 3.2 GHz (AM3)
Motherboard
Pegatron Corperation NARRA5 (AM2+)
Memory
4.00 gigs (Two SAMSUNG 2.00 gig modules) (DDR2) (802 Mhz)
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 TI (Zotac)
Sound Card
Realtek High Defintion Audio (On board)
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell E772c
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768
Hard Drives
Seagate Momentus (80 gb) (Boot) (Temporary)
Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B0 (596.2GB)
PSU
Corsair CX 600
Case
Some really old PC case
Cooling
AMD stock cooler,two fans from AMD heatsinks(front and back)
Keyboard
Logitech K400r
Mouse
Logitech K400r
Internet Speed
9.87 Mbps
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome
Other Info
HP DVD drive,
Pinnacle Systems 1394 controller,
Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive,
Startech 5.25 front panel I/O
Wi-fi card
I finally got them all done and it took me long enough, I just finished them about an hour ago
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite C655-S5547
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30 GHZ
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphiics
Sound Card
Conexant HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
TI106321W0B(C:) 450GB
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Synaptics Pointing Device
Internet Speed
51.68 mb/s download and 12.08 mb/s upload as of 6/24/15
Antivirus
Webroot Secure Anywhere
Browser
IE11, Mozilla Firefox 41.1.01, and Google Chrome if I must
OK good. Was that the first time you ever installed updates on that computer? The first time is ALWAYS a struggle.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro x86 (Temporary)
CPU
AMD Phenom ll x4 840 clocked at 3.2 GHz (AM3)
Motherboard
Pegatron Corperation NARRA5 (AM2+)
Memory
4.00 gigs (Two SAMSUNG 2.00 gig modules) (DDR2) (802 Mhz)
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 TI (Zotac)
Sound Card
Realtek High Defintion Audio (On board)
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell E772c
Screen Resolution
1024 x 768
Hard Drives
Seagate Momentus (80 gb) (Boot) (Temporary)
Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B0 (596.2GB)
PSU
Corsair CX 600
Case
Some really old PC case
Cooling
AMD stock cooler,two fans from AMD heatsinks(front and back)
Keyboard
Logitech K400r
Mouse
Logitech K400r
Internet Speed
9.87 Mbps
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome
Other Info
HP DVD drive,
Pinnacle Systems 1394 controller,
Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive,
Startech 5.25 front panel I/O
Wi-fi card
I had to do a whole recovery process on it because I was having problems with the user accounts and I had my disks that cost me $59, so yes on this installation of Windows and after when I thought I was almost done some of my updates were failing with Error Code 800B0100 and I ran the Windows Update Troubleshooter from the official Windows website and then after that error was fixed, I was getting another error code I don't remember which one, but that seemed to fix itself and now Windows is finally up to date
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite C655-S5547
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30 GHZ
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphiics
Sound Card
Conexant HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
TI106321W0B(C:) 450GB
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
Synaptics Pointing Device
Internet Speed
51.68 mb/s download and 12.08 mb/s upload as of 6/24/15
Antivirus
Webroot Secure Anywhere
Browser
IE11, Mozilla Firefox 41.1.01, and Google Chrome if I must
I also had the problem of a hanging "checking for Updates" that went on for 1 hour before I gave up.
What I did was to read the posts about it then downloaded the tool, ran it and it searched for updates on my computer. It offered to install a Hot Fix update which I ran. Then I opened in Safe Mode. It luckily prompted me to install updates which I did and now seems to run properly.
Thanks to everyone who persisted and found solutions to this problem.
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
windows vista 32 bit
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