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Question

Windows Vista updates

Jul 29, 2012 3:14PM PDT

I have an older computer that has Windows Vista installed that has been turned off for awhile. I hooked it back up and noticed that it needed to be updated. I have been doing the updates for about for days and it will only download and install 5 to 6 updates at a time. I was wondering if there is anyway I can increase the amount of updates it can download and install to speed up the process. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
armandster39

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Couldn't agree with you more.
Jul 30, 2012 2:35AM PDT

An old machine that had been off line for 360 days, not quite a year popped up with 170+ updates. Had to let it grind at it for a day.

If Microsoft is going to keep us around, they may want to reconsider this issue. But my bet is this will not get fixed for XP or Vista and 7.
Bob

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I agree
Jul 30, 2012 9:33AM PDT

I think your right but I have an older computer with Windows XP that I did some work on and when it came time to do some updates it had over 150 updates that I needed to download and install. It took some time but I is now running like a champ. I just can't figure out why the Windows Vista computer will only download and install 5 to 6 updates at a time. I have now installed over 300 updates but it is taking to much time.

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Some updates must be done before others.
Jul 30, 2012 9:52AM PDT

So it's an involved process. I think some folk dumped their PC for an iPad so they could turn it on and get their email, etc. without all this fuss.
Bob