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Yesterday, at 10 am I got a message on my pc Windows7 , that my Windows 10 update is ready, so I clicked send and update now option and waited for 6 hours, and it still was showing ‘begin download’. I had to turn my pc off for the night. Appreciate your interest in using Windows Most devices will take about an hour to upgrade once the download is complete.

While older devices could take longer, some newer, high performance devices may upgrade faster. Hope the information is helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. I would suggest you to Reset Windows update components and place your computer in Clean boot state and try installing the update. To know how to place the computer in a Clean Boot please follow the below link:. Note: Reset the computer back to Normal Mode once you are done with the troubleshooting by following the section ” How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting ” from the same article.

How do I reset Windows Update components? Disclaimer: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. Hope this information is helpful. Its not just Windows initial upgrade and update that takes forever, but almost every subsequent Windows 10 update. It is very common for Microsoft to take over your PC for 30 to 60 minutes at least once a week, usually at an inconvenient time. This is on an Intel i7 system with 4gb RAM so its not exactly an old, slow system. Why Microsoft cannot manage their software updates much better I do not know.

My guess it that neither do they. Also the ability to schedule your own time for updates no longer works so you have to put up with Microsoft updates when they choose which is often very inconvenient. If the updates were less frequent or much quicker under 3 minutes then it would not be so annoying. This time click Restart. If the issue still persists, you can use Windows Update Troubleshooter.

It will once again ask you to select a program. Select Windows Update and click Next. You might be prompted to restart your Windows computer after the computer is done running the diagnostics. Hopefully, this would end all your Windows update issues. This will make use of Windows Module Explorer, a built-in Windows 10 service. This program tackles stalled Windows updates. Now all you have to do is close the PowerShell and see if the Windows update not working problem is no longer there.

 
 

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Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows Most devices will take about an hour to upgrade once the download is complete. While older devices could take longer, some newer, high performance devices may upgrade faster. Hope the information is helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. I would suggest you to Reset Windows update components and place your computer in Clean boot state and try installing the update.

To know how to place the computer in a Clean Boot please follow the below link:. Note: Reset the computer back to Normal Mode once you are done with the troubleshooting by following the section ” How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting ” from the same article. How do I reset Windows Update components? Disclaimer: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly.

Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.

Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. Hope this information is helpful. Its not just Windows initial upgrade and update that takes forever, but almost every subsequent Windows 10 update.

It is very common for Microsoft to take over your PC for 30 to 60 minutes at least once a week, usually at an inconvenient time. This is on an Intel i7 system with 4gb RAM so its not exactly an old, slow system. Why Microsoft cannot manage their software updates much better I do not know.

My guess it that neither do they. Also the ability to schedule your own time for updates no longer works so you have to put up with Microsoft updates when they choose which is often very inconvenient.

If the updates were less frequent or much quicker under 3 minutes then it would not be so annoying. Also the update process rarely tells the user that an update is in progress. Only occasionally is there a message on the screen that states this. Normally its simply a blue screen and a twiddling ring in the middle. If only Microsoft could at least display a message showing how far through the process the update has reached.

As it is the user has no idea whether their pc will be out of commission for 5 minutes or an hour or more. However Microsoft are not known for responding to customer complaints, despite the billions of profit that they make from those same customers. High profit levels seem to be the key driver rather than high quality and responsive customer service. Even when I was a technical support specialist when working for a large British blue chip company I usually found it difficult to get live support from Microsoft, despite the tens of thousands that we paid them every year.

Of course some updates may be essential because Windows has so many holes in it. But as the designers of the OS I cannot understand why the hackers have so many much cleverer programmers to exploit these holes. Surely Microsoft should be able to foresee many more of these holes at the design stage, but this has always been a big weakness in Microsoft products unlike Sun and Apple.

Unfortunately Sun is really for commercial users and Apple computers cost much more that Intel and AMD systems so we are stuck with the problem.

After so many years of poor design of the MS OS we are unlikely to see any improvement. Having a stranglehold on the market they probably see no gain in being better at design – it would reduce their huge profits and that would not be acceptable.

When it is not holding you up with updates then Windows 10 does seem to work fine and is much better than Windows XP and Vista though not that much of a change on Windows 7. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another. Any content of an adult theme or inappropriate to a community web site.

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This is BS. My computer has been uodating for over 8 hours and its bran new i5 gaming computer. Microsoft 10 is the worst OS ever. If i have to reinstall windows one more time ill switch to Lynux and run OS loader for Apple. Hi there.. The issue is probably because of the startup items running as you start your PC. I had the same issue and i downloaded total security , Its free and it really did sped up my updates.. I hope this helps.. The update on my six-month-old Acer Aspire E15 laptop would hang during one of the restarts when installing, leaving just a blank screen and a spinning circle for hours and hours.

The only way I managed to get the Fall Creator’s Update installed over the ? The ‘keep my files’ option wouldn’t install. It would seem that something in the OEM software was conflicting with something in the FCU and preventing it from completing.

It’s a pain, but backing up your files and putting everything back as it was afterwards is probably the quickest solution. Certainly quicker than the week I spent discovering this was the only thing that was going to succeed. Plus you get rid of all the OEM bloatware TIP: If you don’t want to sign in with your Microsoft account every time you boot up your machine, set up a local account during the installation process.

The way to do that is to ‘skip this step’ on the ‘make it yours’ screen during installation. You then get a local account setup window. Of course, you can also create a local account after the installation has completed, although you might have to try a few times. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.

Peter Burke. Windows 10 is downloading on my laptop for nearly 20 hours. How long more will this take? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Please refer the link below for more information. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User’s post on August 6, Hi Peter, I would suggest you to Reset Windows update components and place your computer in Clean boot state and try installing the update. Trying to download updates for Windows I habe been trying for 20 hours. How long will it take?

Is there a better way? My computer has been “Working on Updates” for over an hour and is only at 24 per cent. I have a seventh generation Intel processor with 12 gigabytes of RAM. I don’t want to sound like a jerk, but hey Microsoft, I do have a life. Please, pretty please help, and make the updates optional. Until the user haas 48 hours to devote to this.

 
 

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Also the update process rarely tells the user that an update is in progress. Only occasionally is there a message on the screen that states this. Normally its simply a blue screen and a twiddling ring in the middle. If only Microsoft could at least display a message showing how far through the process the update has reached.

As it is the user has no idea whether their pc will be out of commission for 5 minutes or an hour or more. However Microsoft are not known for responding to customer complaints, despite the billions of profit that they make from those same customers. High profit levels seem to be the key driver rather than high quality and responsive customer service.

Even when I was a technical support specialist when working for a large British blue chip company I usually found it difficult to get live support from Microsoft, despite the tens of thousands that we paid them every year. Of course some updates may be essential because Windows has so many holes in it. But as the designers of the OS I cannot understand why the hackers have so many much cleverer programmers to exploit these holes. Surely Microsoft should be able to foresee many more of these holes at the design stage, but this has always been a big weakness in Microsoft products unlike Sun and Apple.

Unfortunately Sun is really for commercial users and Apple computers cost much more that Intel and AMD systems so we are stuck with the problem. After so many years of poor design of the MS OS we are unlikely to see any improvement. Having a stranglehold on the market they probably see no gain in being better at design – it would reduce their huge profits and that would not be acceptable. When it is not holding you up with updates then Windows 10 does seem to work fine and is much better than Windows XP and Vista though not that much of a change on Windows 7.

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit people found this reply helpful. This is BS. To do this, follow the steps below:. Feel free to post back if you have any other concern. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. In a few cases, users fail to sync settings in Windows 10 because of the numerous issues. But the Microsoft Store versions of the utilities don’t seem to act right on Windows So in this guide, I will be telling you how to update FireStick to the recent version.

And with the recent Windows 10 Creators Update, disabling Cortana can entirely break search, according to reports, with the only way to fix it being a clean install. Solution 9.

The disk usage is another cause of Windows 10 very slow and unresponsive. The May update began rolling out on May 18 to select devices, starting with those running Windows 10 version or later. After updating to windows 10 20H2, windows update is stuck at checking for updates. If the issue still persists, you can use Windows Update Troubleshooter.

Downloaded Windows 10 The tool is designed to launch automatically when a start-up problem comes up on Windows system. Tip 6. Hi Acro88,As I understand the issue from the description mentioned above, pdfs are taking long time to open and close, could you try following troubleshooting steps: 1- Check if an update is available for Acrobat using “check for updates” option under Help menu, rebooting the machine and check. The Antimalware Service Executable results in high CPU usage when it’s scheduled to run a full scan of your system at regular intervals.

To get some idea of how the update process will work, I spent last weekend connecting a half-dozen Windows 10 PCs to the Slow Ring so that they could get a preview of the upcoming version update. After upgrading your laptop or desktop to Windows 10, you might have noticed following issues: After performing shutdown, power lights, as well as CPU fan, remains on. In short, when I open PS it can take up to five minutes. So here’s what’s going on. Windows 10 update taking hours and hours in downloading and installing itself correctly on your PC!

This works in most cases, where the issue is originated due to a system corruption. You should also make a backup of your data file.

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