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From: Timo Kunze on 15 Nov 2009 05:21 I'd say there's something wrong with your machine (a virus maybe? or a missing/bad driver?). Windows Update works absolutely fine on my system and many others. Timo -- www.TimoSoft-Software.de - Unicode controls for VB6 "Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither." "Demokratie ist per Definition unsicher. Ihr Schutz entsteht aus der Überzeugung, dass die demokratischen Kräfte überwiegen und sich – auf demokratischem Wege – durchsetzen."
From: Richard Russell on 15 Nov 2009 05:39 On Nov 15, 10:21 am, Timo Kunze <TKunze71...(a)gmx.de> wrote: > Windows Update works absolutely fine on my system > and many others. Agreed, I've never experienced the symptoms described by Alf either (WinXP); Windows Update is permanently enabled here and I'm not really aware of it. I wonder if his issue is an unfortunate interaction with a virus scanner, or some memory-hungry process(es) running which are resulting in a lot of swapping to disk. The trouble is, Alf is unlikely to solve the problem whilst he blames Microsoft's 'stupidity' rather than actually investigating the cause. Richard. http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/ To reply by email change 'news' to my forename.
From: Alf P. Steinbach on 15 Nov 2009 12:14 * Richard Russell: > On Nov 15, 10:21 am, Timo Kunze <TKunze71...(a)gmx.de> wrote: >> Windows Update works absolutely fine on my system >> and many others. > > Agreed, I've never experienced the symptoms described by Alf either > (WinXP); Windows Update is permanently enabled here and I'm not really > aware of it. I wonder if his issue is an unfortunate interaction with > a virus scanner, or some memory-hungry process(es) running which are > resulting in a lot of swapping to disk. > > The trouble is, Alf is unlikely to solve the problem whilst he blames > Microsoft's 'stupidity' rather than actually investigating the cause. > > Richard. > http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/ > To reply by email change 'news' to my forename. Well, the darned update process, "wuau..." something, started again, machine slowed to a crawling handicapped snail's pace. Or actually, I noticed machine almost stopping, checked processes, and there the ugly monstrosity was, pretending to have just a little working set but huge allocation of virtual memory: why are you so hairy and have such long teeth, grandma? I turned off automatic updates in Security Center, killed the wuau.., and stopped the update service, C:\Documents and Settings\Alf> sc stop wuauserv SERVICE_NAME: wuauserv TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS STATE : 3 STOP_PENDING (NOT_STOPPABLE,NOT_PAUSABLE,IGNORES_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) CHECKPOINT : 0x1 WAIT_HINT : 0x7530 C:\Documents and Settings\Alf> sc GetDisplayName wuauserv [SC] GetServiceDisplayName SUCCESS Name = Automatic Updates C:\Documents and Settings\Alf> sc stop wuauserv [SC] ControlService FAILED 1062: The service has not been started. C:\Documents and Settings\Alf> _ and lo and behold! :-), machine again usable. :D :D :D Problem identified and terminated. Or at least /one/ of them. Now all I have to do is to remember to do manual updates... Cheers, - Alf
From: ScottMcP [MVP] on 15 Nov 2009 17:02 Yep Alf, same thing happend to me a couple of days ago. This was on an old XP machine that had not been turned on for a few months. The automatic update is rude and inconsiderate.
From: Alf P. Steinbach on 16 Nov 2009 03:02
* ScottMcP [MVP]: > Yep Alf, same thing happend to me a couple of days ago. This was on > an old XP machine that had not been turned on for a few months. > > The automatic update is rude and inconsiderate. Yeah, I was p**sed. Still am, for that matter. I believe in speaking one's mind. :-) Cheers, - Alf "Think straight, talk straight" |