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brand new install.... there is no anti virus..... nothing... not even defender.
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how long should it take to gather all &nbsp;possible updates.? is an hour enough?
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&quot;how long should it take to gather all &nbsp;possible updates.? is an hour enough?&quot;<br />
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The check for updates will take several minutes only, but the download of the will take much longer (possibly over an hour) depending on connection speed and server congestion.
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so here is the deal.......<br />
took several hours. &nbsp;there was a problem with service pack ..... however, also stupid me... MS &nbsp;explorer 9 had a window asking permission open in the backround.
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hi,<br />
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i am using server 2008.... the windows update tells me it is checking for updates...., but just runs and runs... and does not stop... &nbsp; <br />
is there a way to stop the process and manually get the system up to date...or must i reboot to stop the process?
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hi,

i am using server 2008.... the windows update tells me it is checking for updates...., but just runs and runs... and does not stop...   
is there a way to stop the process and manually get the system up to date...or must i reboot to stop the process?

brand new install.... there is no anti virus..... nothing... not even defender.

how long should it take to gather all  possible updates.? is an hour enough?

&amp;quot;how long should it take to gather all  possible updates.? is an hour enough?&amp;quot;

The check for updates will take several minutes only, but the download of the will take much longer (possibly over an hour) depending on connection speed and server congestion.

so here is the deal.......
took several hours.  there was a problem with service pack ..... however, also stupid me... MS  explorer 9 had a window asking permission open in the backround.

Windows update   just runs and runs

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.