Current Events > Oh god the latest windows update is taking forever

(+) Yeah! (+)

I hope it doesn't fuck up my PC

Its still going the heck

Running mine right now and holy shit you're right.

I swear to God i just watched the "Working on updates %" progress sit at 60% for about 5 minutes before dropping back down to 57%.

WTF Microsoft!?
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took like 2 hours and it did that 60%~ to 57%~ thing for me as well! how curious

A solid state drive helps a lot. Windows is borderline unusable on mechanical drives

Rexdragon125 posted...

A solid state drive helps a lot. Windows is borderline unusable on mechanical drives

my OS drive is an SSD

Rexdragon125 posted...

A solid state drive helps a lot. Windows is borderline unusable on mechanical drives

Mine IS a solid state drive. A a pretty good one, too.
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I have a samsung 1tb ssd, is that any good? I'd thought the computer would start up instantaneously but it still takes a minute or so.
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My SSD boots Windows 10 in like 5 seconds, you might not have the chipset storage drivers installed or you have a lot of startup junk or something

Took 4 1/2 hours and also did the 60% to 57% thing.

Like WTF, I could've uninstalled and reinstalled Windows from scratch faster than that.
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WilliamPorygon posted...

also did the 60% to 57% thing.

I really want to know more about this. I hope some computer wizards investigate why this happens.

saspa posted...

I have a samsung 1tb ssd, is that any good? I'd thought the computer would start up instantaneously but it still takes a minute or so.

It depends on what other things you have plugged in. Mouse, keyboard, etc are fine.
Things like USB storage, more and more harddrives, etc, take longer. Also might want to check the start up manager.
ctrl+shift+esc, click "more details" then start up tab then screenshot it and paste it
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biggernails posted...

I really want to know more about this. I hope some computer wizards investigate why this happens.

As the uh, the "IT EXPERT", let me let you know the arcane secret

Progress bars mean fuck all. They're placebo affects. It could go backwards, forwards, in a loop, doing the cha-cha-cha and it won't matter.
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the update literally stole 2 days worth of work from me at work.

don't do it. Other than some icon enhancements on Outlook and such I'm not even sure what the fuck was "improved"

And...really...were the icon enhancements really necessary? Talk about a waste of resources.
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yes I get that, but this happening consistently with multiple people so specifically is interesting

Caution998 posted...

the update literally stole 2 days worth of work from me at work.

don't do it. Other than some icon enhancements on Outlook and such I'm not even sure what the fuck was "improved"

I apparently have no say in the matter, I've turned my settings to not check or download for updates automatically and I still find my computer has updated and reset itself without giving me any warning that it's doing so at least once a month.

Fucking Microshit.
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biggernails posted...

yes I get that, but this happening consistently with multiple people so specifically is interesting

Not really. Is it the update form Windows whatever to Windows 1809 or something?
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why do people blindly update before confirming whether the update will break their pc or not
i have mine blocked for the simple reason i don't trust MS software quality check and only update once a year when i confirm that it won't break my pc

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gikos posted...

why do people blindly update before confirming whether the update will break their pc or not

Do you work with computers? If so the answer is: M$ is a dick.
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I'm unsure. It's some update that is required due to Windows 10 April 2018 updated becoming unsupported on November 12 odlf this year.

biggernails posted...

I'm unsure. It's some update that is required due to Windows 10 April 2018 updated becoming unsupported on November 12 odlf this year.

Probably the 1809 to 1903 update then.
The bigger ones tend to take a long ass time
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i am a power user and currently use a bat file to block the update since MS doesn't want it's user to have the freedom to decide whether they want to update or not and i hate that i like to control my pc thank you

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gikos posted...

i am a power user and currently use a bat file to block the update since MS doesn't want it's user to have the freedom to decide whether they want to update or not and i hate that i like to control my pc thank you

Well done. You're like 1% of the population
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Microsoft trying to sell us on this update is like the aliens giving Invader Zim Gir.

"it's advanced"
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This is why I'm glad that my PC with windows 10 is incapable of updating.
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Updates bring mechanical drives to their knees

I didn't notice much of a problem with it, and I have Windows on an HDD
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

I didn't notice much of a problem with it, and I have Windows on an HDD

The thing is that through the deployment of many many systems for my company, I never get the same experience twice with updates. There are also different methods they get you the updates. Windows has built in a deployment interface where you can receive the update via other systems on the LAN (you have to specifically shut that off)

What the fuck is this shit, you had 5+ hours to do updates last night



Also why are all my windows ordering everything by date instead of filename now, STOP MESSING WITH MY ****ING SETTINGS YOU *******

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WilliamPorygon posted...

What the fuck is this shit, you had 5+ hours to do updates last night



Also why are all my windows ordering everything by date instead of filename now, STOP MESSING WITH MY ****ING SETTINGS YOU *******

It has to do incremental updates / restarts / installs. If you are back three service packs, then you can expect all of that to process one step at a time