Windows SP3 is stuck while installing.

I'll try ONE more time this time from the standalone version. *Crosses fingers*

 

All,
It took a real long time on my semi-retired Compaq which is on loan to a friend that I see on a weekly basis and make sure they get their updates and Virus scans etc. This machine is 256k ram running 900 MHz Celeron on DSL.

It took over 15 minutes. It went smooth all things considered. When I realized what a load it was I did turn off the little red umbrella (could have really gotten all wet ) to reduce the resource usage, and allow the thing to run without the usual sniff from the AV. Be aware at times it looks as if it is hung particularly during the registry work over. The update is very good at explaining what step it is preforming. I would be very careful in fooling with the update in progress.

Be aware that when you reboot that it takes longer there to, at least this was my experience on an old resource challenged machine.

The current machine I am on now is much newer but it is a cheap system PC 2 below. I am still running SP2. No update notice yet. I do note above that someone suggested going and manually getting it, this might be a good idea. I think one has more control such as system prep. Clean up, defrag and turn down the security for the install.

I would recommend in the future that MS tell us when it is a SP# what ever that way you know this is going to be a big one. Maybe they did and I just missed it, but I don't think so. It just said like it all ways does 'you have an update'.

 

Hope it works for you I am not so sure I would do that. I just clicked on the link. what I thought was being suggested was a manual update directly from the site. This is IT and Developer down load. I don't know what might be in there...

 

I saw that the microsoft site did say to go to that if you can't update though windows updates.

 

GRRRR this one is stuck also. Thats its I GIVE UP.

 

I have windows update to download the updates and not install them.

 

I'll try in safe mode and if it does not work that way THEN give up.

 

It would not do anything and froze when I clicked on it.

 

I would just forget it, and go into Win Update manually and try to find a way to hide or turn off the SP3 update so it doesn't keep showing up. Do a restore, and then immediately run Win Update manually and try to hide it. There must be a way to stop it from showing up etc..