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Question

Windows Update checking for updates FOREVER

Oct 21, 2015 2:45PM PDT

Ever since the last updates installed way over a month ago, Windows never finds updates.. just checks and checks and checks. No errors, no messages, no progress... Kept on for hours....

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(NT) Read the priors as I don't see new info.
Oct 21, 2015 3:28PM PDT
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Can't tell what happened here.
Oct 21, 2015 3:53PM PDT
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Saw this happen onWin 10 home.
Oct 21, 2015 4:24PM PDT

udates were set to "notify when to restart". Setting to"automatic" fixed it.
Dafydd.