Windows Update has started doing a few fun things lately

[mikeymikec]

I'm seeing the same thing on two Windows 7 machines here - on the plus side, Windows Update is no longer using oodles of RAM, on my machine it used to use about 1.7GB RAM during a Windows update check and is now down to less than 500MB (during a check for updates).

On the minus side, a Windows Update check took something like five minutes to run on my machine (and longer on the other one as that only has a Celeron), during which time one core was being saturated.

Also, despite the update to Windows 10 Home being "optional", both machines are attempting to install it every time they shut down and failing (there's a failure noted in the Windows update log visible through the GUI).

I've got a laptop with Win81 on it, I'll have a poke at that later to see what interesting quirks WU has picked up on it.

 

[Puffnstuff]

If you want to stop it from attempting to auto install 10 go to your optional updates and hide the 10 update which will end the problem.

 

[mikeymikec]

If you want to stop it from attempting to auto install 10 go to your optional updates and hide the 10 update which will end the problem.

I've done that on mine since spotting its attempted installation.

 

[Ketchup]

Did you also get rid of KB3035583? That will get rid of the Icon in the Notification Area, and the requests to install it. If you are not upgrading to 10 (or already secured your license by other means) you can also get rid of the temp folders in the root directory.

And yes, Windows Update has been slow on 7 for a while. It is what it is.

 

[mikeymikec]

Hiding the Win10 update looks like it might have sorted the problem of WU taking a long time to run a check. It took less than 30 seconds on my machine when I triggered it just now. I'm adopting a "never say never" attitude towards my machine and Win10 at the moment, though I think if I were to take the plunge, I would go for a clean install.

Btw ketchup79, I wasn't so much thinking of my computer running WU slowly, I was thinking of the millions of Win7 machines that MS's tinkering will screw the performance of.