Windows XP slow to update
With a clean install of Windows XP, it has been been taking 1-3 hours to complete the first 'Checking for Updates' on the Windows Updates website. The problem has been mentioned quite a bit online, including http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/exponential-algorithm-making-windows-xp-miserable-could-be-fixed
Does anyone have a solution for this?
We have seen it on multiple clean installs & it is quite a pain.
Does anyone have a solution for this?
We have seen it on multiple clean installs & it is quite a pain.
The "fixes" that have been posted do not keep it "fixed". I have not figured out what causes it. My main XP computers (which are also the fastest ones that I use everyday) do not have the problem. Almost all the ones that I only use occasionally do have the problem. Makes me wonder if it is because the update check is only being done once a month on those machines whereas my machines I use every day may be checking more often.
if it's XP they are running, there won't be many updates coming any more. Microsoft will stop supporting XP in March. It may be time to replace those relics!!!
Win7 is stable and well supported if you don't want to try Win 8.
Win7 is stable and well supported if you don't want to try Win 8.
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what i do is make an install cd with SP3 integrated (or all SP's)
then you need only updates from After SP3
here's how : http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml
then you need only updates from After SP3
here's how : http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml
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All the installs I do with XP are SP3 w/IE8 installed on first boot. The recommendations by Gary seemed to help some, but it is still a painfully long check on the first go. Slipstreaming all the updates is something to consider, especially with XP losing Windows Updates soon.
I went through all the steps in this post, but so far (about 3 hours), it hasn't worked.
I have an old XP machine in the basement that I had to press into service. It was at SP3 but about 100 or more updates behind. It took at least two hours to update.
Also, lately (around Patch Tuesday and a bit later) it seems all the people wanting to hang on to XP to or past its expiry date are doing updates, so a big load on XP update servers.
All in all, normal given the circumstances.
.... Thinkpads_User