windows xp update slows comp

niccy

i have auto updates set for midnight,but once in a while (like now) i get the little shield with the exclamation mark come up down on the task bar and my computer goes on a go slow.

Q why is it downloading updates at 10 in the morning when i have it set for midnight

Q why will it now take up to 8 hours to download

Q why is slowing up everything


thanks for any help/advice

jje_2

dont know but i find the best way to update is when i am online as now /using the computer and grab the updates . I have never had any of the problems you describe even on automatic updates .

jje

niccy

since i posted it is reading,downloading updates 1%

TAKING FOREVER:mad:

and it slows surfing down to a standstill:o

jje_2

Between posting i have downloaded 35 mb of updates no problem .
Could be your ISP ??

Might be worth googling the problem on the MS tech boards .

jje

penrhyn

What's the speed of your internet connection?

niccy

speed is 512

it works fine except maybe once a month this windows update kicks in and slows it down.
And thats strange to, i presume updates are very regular,so why is this a rare (ish) event

superscaper

Probably still a problem with your ISP, maybe it's throttling certain connections. Today is the day most people get their critical updates and there are a few of them. Like jje, I've actually downloaded something like 150 odd MiB of updates since you started this thread without speed problems.

niccy

Hmm

BT is my ISP and i would certainly like to throttle them sometimes:j



thanks everyone for your help


now reading 16%:cool:

should be surfing with speed about 12 tonight:o

jje_2

Second Tuesday in the month is the Microsoft new update day .

jje

niccy

jje wrote: »

Second Tuesday in the month is the Microsoft new update day .

jje

yerno i'm such a sad person i will enter that in my diary:o




thats the "Collins" diary (made of paper) on my desk (made of wood):D

TonyLisaP

If microsoft ever make a product that doesn't suck it will be a vacuum cleaner