More Windows Update frustrations -- now with Win 10

[BonzaiDuck]

I have this old laptop. It's a C2D "Centrino" T8300. I've got 8GB of RAM, and the NIC was upgraded to Wireless-N, so I can occasionally get throughputs up to around 144 Mb/s.

The laptop had not been used for a month and a half -- just plugged in to keep the battery charged up.

Now I've booted into Win 10 with the full anticipation that I would catch up on Updates.

The download is stalling at 9% by volume (last two hours). The clock cycles are being hogged @ 50% attributable to a single "Windows Installer Worker Thread". At one point, I became so impatient that I rebooted, but Windows apparently continues from where it left off with Updates, so the clock cycles continue to bounce between 50% and 99%.

For all the MONEY we shovel into Microsoft revenues, I'm appalled that this trouble still persists. The network connection for the laptop is exclusively wireless at the moment, accessing through the wireless-access-point on our router. Given the current complication, it would be more troublesome than I'd want to endure while this update problem persists to enable the RJ-45 twisted pair port and connect that way. But the wireless is showing about 100Mb/s speed, and nothing wrong with the connection.

Maybe I should try turning off the KIS AV . . . .

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

At one point, I became so impatient that I rebooted, but Windows apparently continues from where it left off with Updates, so the clock cycles continue to bounce between 50% and 99%.

Don't do that.

Maybe I should try turning off the KIS AV . . . .

Do that. Then let it sit overnight.

 

[XavierMace]

KIS has had several major issues with Win 10. If this laptop didn't already have the anniversary update, you're better off just doing a clean install. That said, this "problem" seems to be your patience and/or usage habits. Just let updates run in the background like it's designed to and you'll probably be fine. I've had zero issues on any of my Win10 systems who are running default update settings, save for changing my "work" hours.

 

[PliotronX]

Maybe add c:\windows\softwaredistribution\ to exclusions in KAV? Also, disable powering off the hard drive in power options if its a mechanical drive.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Well, just to get back on this thread, some 9 days have passed, I should've been more attentive to it, but I really had other fish to fry. It didn't take "all night" for the lappie Win 10 to snag the Updates. Still, it was such a god-awful time -- maybe three or four hours. I think that's what comes of missing a monthly update.

XavierMace was spot-on with his observations. Every so often, I run into some snag with KIS, but they're usually minor. It boils down to whether you want Win 10's Defender to run, or an I-net security with AV from another developer. Somehow, Defender still leaves me feeling a bit "naked." When I switched over from Defender to KIS late last year on this Skylake system, KIS found some malware that Defender missed.

It was so great in the old days when we didn't have internet connectivity or it was in its development infancy. You could tie in to a computer at another location with something like PC Anywhere and a Hayes "Smart" modem. You only got "infected" when somebody passed you a disc -- I got the "Stoned" virus once and had it disinfected within an hour.

I'm just whining about the 21st century. I do it every day . . . .

Oh. Here's a thought! This new KIS 2017 comes with a feature showing its own systray icon called "Secure Connection" I discovered that it was blocking my Skylake system from seeing other household machines on our network.

What the hell do I need that for? Maybe to protect my banking access even if I already feel comfortably protected? You can turn it on and off, and you can keep it from loading at boot time.