New Laptop - Windows Updates taking over an hour to install

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Finch

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#306461 24-Jul-2023 23:23

Hi everyone,

I bought a new laptop, after the initial setup, I went into Windows Update and downloaded everything that was available, there was a good 25 or so updates

I selected the option to restart to install updates, it now says "Updates are underway, Please keep your computer on" - For a tad over an hour now

Is this normal? Or has it bricked itself?

Heading to 1130PM now have to go to sleep, thanks!

Edit - Finally some action, fans started pumping, there was a BIOS update, now it's doing a firmware update

SomeoneSomewhere

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#3107738 24-Jul-2023 23:47

Unfortunately that's not too uncommon. Windows has never been the most efficient at doing updates, and it's probably got a year or so to catch up on, since the original images were built before that model was released.

concordnz

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#3107815 25-Jul-2023 10:50

Yep, normal.
And it could have another 3-4 cycles of windows updates to go.
(some won't download/update until others have been installed/restarted.)

Microsoft admits, it can take 48hrs+ for the operating system to know it needs some updates.

So it will probably be prompting for more, all week.

netspanner

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#3107907 25-Jul-2023 15:52

Normal. The last update, that introduced the AI into windows took ages to install.