Windows Vista Windows updating very slow!

I'm using Ultimate and was able to install SP2 a few days ago and my NAGGING problem still exists! Here's the scenario, last August I stopped having windows updates automatically installed because when "patch Tuesday" rolled around the updates would take almost A DAY to install. I would get the message 'Do not unplug or power down" for HOURS @ a time!!!!!!! With SP2 it took overnight to install!!! I keep thinking that the SP's will correct the install problem. Guess not!! I broke down, last October and contacted MSF for paid help. After doing, "this and that ", the outcome was to do a clean install!! To me, this is not a good resolution to the problem. When all else fails, PUNT!!!

I'm not a believer that all possibilities have been tried. Any suggestions anyone????

I have 3 "How to" documents on performing the re-install and know that partition D is the "recovery" partition. The second physical HD contains most of the important data, back up, and "temp" files.

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Hi Steve, thanks for the speed test site. My speed was 3285 Kbps. I don't seem to have a download speed problem. The updates arrive on the machine and the first thing, that is tried, is the "creating a restore point ". This screen will stay up for a LONG TIME with NO progress indicated. Then, when I shut down or restart the machine the blue/green screen appears saying "DO NOT UNPLUG OR POWER DOWN - INSTALLING (current update) OF (total updates)" This state will last for hours!!!!!!

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Broni, here's the info:

Intel Core 2, Q6600 - Quad 2.4 Ghz
4 G of RAM : 3068 used
First physical HD: Local C: 178 GB free of 223 GB
Recovery D: 4.42 GB free of 9.39 GB
Second physical HD: Data E: 43.4 GB free of 48.8 GB
Drive F: 382 GB free of 416 GB

Use: Norton 360 v3

 

Broni, second part of message:

Also use: Webroot Spysweeper
Diskeeper 2008

 

Thanks, I have several windows updates waiting in the wings, since I haven't updated since last October!!!!!!! I tried this a few days ago with a 7 KB update and it took 6+ hours to install, finishing sometime over night. This time I'll do the disabling. I think MSF had me do some disabling, last October when I paid them to tell me to do a clean install.

I'll let you know the outcome - PROBABLY TOMORROW!!!!

 

Before I shut this monster OFF, I wanted to tell you what I did and the results. I downloaded one of the "important" updates to my "temp" file and made the system changes per your suggestions. Offline, I opened the down loaded file and it did it's thing: checking for malicious software and removing it - did not find any!!! This tells me the file was NOT added/installed to Vista's software, but the tool acted independently.

So, I turned the net back on, went to "windows update ", in control panel, and downloaded the update - like normal. The system got to the "preparing to install" screen and the "creating a restore point" with the moving green line STAYED AND STAYED AND STAYED. This is what has happened for a LONG time in the past!!!! The update never progresses until I shut down or restart, like I will be doing shortly, and another ALL NIGHTER begins!!!!! I'll get back to you midday, tomorrow!!!!

Thanks,
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I believe there is an "install" application or applications hosed up!!! Forgot to tell you earlier, that "uninstall" requests, within "programs and features ", does not work either. Yesterday, I went back to the "windows update" screen and selected 3 updates associated with the SATA controller thinking the updates just might have an influence on this problem. While staying with the "msconfig" changes, you suggested, I downloaded the 3 updates and started the install. As before, the update screen showed "creating restore point" - without any change for about an hour!!!! @ 5 pm I selected the shutdown option and the "blue/green" screen appeared saying "do not turnoff or power down the machine - installing 1 of 3 updates ". @ 6 am this morning the screen showed STILL installing update 1 of 3. (12 + HOURS). An hour or so later update 2 was being installed. Sometime around noon all 3 were installed. I checked the update history and one of the three updates failed with the error code "8007000D ".

I don't think I'm wrong when I say there is an INSTALLATION program or two - malfunctioning.

 

WOW!!!! I believe the WUfix WORKED!!!!! I ran the fix and reinstalled the failed SATA update. The install ONLY took 18 minutes for 127 KB and was SUCCESSFUL!!!

Thanks for the tip. Should I use this .bat file before I want to perform win updates or uninstall a program. Wonder if this means there is light @ the end of the tunnel!!!!!!

 

I had a similar problem sometime ago will use the info next time around.