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Fresh installs have a large (for Windows Update standards, which are rock-bottom) number of updates to download, compared to a currently updated one. AFAIR (no
by pizza234 7y ago
Fresh installs have a large (for Windows Update standards, which are rock-bottom) number of updates to download, compared to a currently updated one.
AFAIR (not 100% sure) some Windows Update fixes have been released after Windows 7 SP1 (which is the last available image), which means, in order to install a fresh system and update it, one has to install the O/S, then patch, then update.
So this explain at least some cases. Although, I remember that even after patching, WU would hang.
- Arnavion 7y agoFor fresh installs, sure I can imagine it taking a long time. The typical case is an existing install though, for which it should be as fast as I said.