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#81456 13-Apr-2011 08:10
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Windows 7 just informed me of some security updates, so I started the update process... 702MB are you serious... are you changing everything :-)




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  #458101 13-Apr-2011 08:12
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Try doing that on dialup!



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  #458102 13-Apr-2011 08:12
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Sign of the times eh, most of my Mac updates START at around 700MB, not to mention the iOS updates that come in at around 250MB each.

Depends on what Windows is updating - did it give you a breakdown? Might be Windows 7 SP1?

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  #458104 13-Apr-2011 08:20
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mine was only 140.9MB



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  #458105 13-Apr-2011 08:25
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it's a mixture of Windows 7, Office, 2 versions of Visual Studio... that's not so bad then.

I did almost fall off my chair when I saw that




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  #458121 13-Apr-2011 09:20
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It depends when was the last time you updated your system. Is it offering Windows 7 SP1? Is it offering Internet Explorer 9? You mention Visual Studio, so it's something else, not "Windows". You mentioned "Office" so again it's something else, not "Windows".

My updates today were between 60MB and 70MB for my laptops and servers.





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  #458126 13-Apr-2011 09:31
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this is my update list - 140.9MB

 
 
 
 

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  #458240 13-Apr-2011 13:48
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I am back home now and tried updating my main laptop. Not only it was a 350MB download (mainly becauswe of Visual Studio 2010) but it froze when applying the .Net 4 Security Update and I had to reset the machine a couple of times.

Big fail there...





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