Wtf? Do they really asking us to waste electric power, because they can't design update service properly?
I could see where a clean install would take 8 hours to get updated. Beyond that, it seems unlikely to be an issue.
LOL. I fire up my Windows 10 VirtualBox machine up once a month. Updates take a very long time when they are available. January 6 was the last time I ran it.
I have no problems with monthly updates from MS, they are always on time every second Tuesday, and they are triggered almost instantly after starting my computer. When I manually update Windows every morning though (basically to update Windows Security), it could take between 1 and 5 minutes to finish the operation. Not a big deal really, but why 5 minutes? With a fast connection it should be instantaneous. I'm not complaining... My computer during the day when not active is hibernating, and during the night it is turned off completely. I agree, it is a waste to have a computer on all the time especially for updates...
- Isn't Microsoft able to split up the update into say 10, 20, 30 or 40 parts that are downloaded separately to one's computer before this update is installed ? That would make the download process much simpler. If one or more parts are not properly downloaded then those parts could be downloaded again. - Has this to do with the poor quality of the internet infrastructure here in the US ?
Cumulative updates are simpler for Microsoft to manage. Anyway article says that only 2 hours of uninterrupted and presumblary fast connection is needed. 6 hours OS is doing/waiting different things in background
windows 10 update search is slower than on windows 8. and its downloads also. and it fails sometimes, in special when defender updates are loaded. i noticed same for NET framework updates - were before others, but were not loaded instead the next one (system update), win10 updates are quirks, never had for win8. but - half year update for in10 did not need an hour with loading and installing. in fact i could work meanwhile.
