Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 26, 2014 Root Admin ID:912968 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Just updated less than a month ago and look how many updates I need again today. 1.6GB of updates. At this rate I'll need to replace the hard drive next year to keep up with the Windows Updates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted November 26, 2014 ID:912995 Share Posted November 26, 2014 It's worse when you have Office 2013 installed. It is like you must have high speed broadband just to keep Windows up-to-date. It is bloody ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted November 26, 2014 Author Root Admin ID:913006 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Yes I have MS Office 2013 installed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 27, 2014 ID:913037 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Don't think I had any updates last week or this week, Just did a manual check and none to be found/offered. Office 2013 (365 - University) installed. Win7 Home Prem.Which update(s) is so big, Ron ? Jeez.. that's a lot ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marclewal Posted November 27, 2014 ID:913038 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Just updated less than a month ago and look how many updates I need again today. 1.6GB of updates. At this rate I'll need to replace the hard drive next year to keep up with the Windows Updates. too_many_windows_updates.jpg It's an odd paradigm. On one hand I'm glad that they are active, on another...yeah. The nature of Windows however lead to this kind of obscenity as an inevitability. in 2014, a "Be all" type of OS that it has always strived to be is going to be a little nuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted November 27, 2014 ID:913182 Share Posted November 27, 2014 i just checked for updates ...a little over 22 megs for MSO .removing the "malicious software removal tool" and the "windows defender update" leaves 213 megs of windows updates .there is an option for a 251 meg update for my nvidia card (no thanks , i go back to nvidia for my updates) . i know that a fresh install of MSO results in about a gig of updates . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Spud Posted November 27, 2014 Staff ID:913184 Share Posted November 27, 2014 And another one I noticed today for IE although it was a small download. If we add the other updates (security, drivers, etc) these downloads can be insanely huge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted November 27, 2014 ID:913251 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Isn't this that part where someone inserts some random thing about Linux or MacOS being superior? That reminds me, I don't remember the last time I installed updates on my Fedora 20 laptop. That probably means I have about 500MB worth of updates waiting for me, if I ever get around to it. I do remember the last time I installed updates for Windows 7, and it was when that "Platform Update for Windows 7" came out that was required for Internet Explorer 11, and which caused a bunch of problems for people... Needless to say, I uninstalled that thing as soon as I discovered it was the cause of my issues, and haven't installed an update since. I think everything that had issues with it has been patched though, so perhaps it's time to stop being afraid of Windows Updates? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daledoc1 Posted November 27, 2014 ID:913273 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Has anyone tried this (for Win7): https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386/en-us I'm told it can take a long while to work, but that it can recover substantial space.I've never had the guts to try it.Might do so before I nuke/pave my older DT, just for fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913370 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Has anyone tried this (for Win7): https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386/en-us I'm told it can take a long while to work, but that it can recover substantial space.I've never had the guts to try it.Might do so before I nuke/pave my older DT, just for fun.Hmmm, Interesting, especially for folks like me with a near-full SSD. I must have the update installed because I can see the options in Disk Cleanup ; I could retrieve close to 5 Gigs right now, with unneeded updates and Service Pack backups...If I'm reading them correctly, the risk is more for folks who would want to roll back far behind and would no longer have those updates present.I'm tempted to do an image right now and just clean out those 5Gs... but Santa may bring a bigger/faster SSD soon, so why rush into it... lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913383 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Has anyone tried this (for Win7): https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386/en-us I'm told it can take a long while to work, but that it can recover substantial space. I've never had the guts to try it. Might do so before I nuke/pave my older DT, just for fun. If my opinion matters, I use it almost daily on Windows systems I work on/repair. It's a very neat utility and one of my favorite (when talking about Windows built-in features). Yes, it stays stuck for a long time on "Cleaning Windows Updates", but it's worth it. On a poorly managed system, it can easily detect the 5-10Gbs of accumulated Windows Updates and delete them without any errors. It also works on Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10. I use this utility when doing a standard clean-up on a system, I recommend it to everyone. Actually, I'm going to run it on my system right now and let you know what it finds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913384 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Looks like I can't edit my posts here, I even wrote a tutorial on that utility, if you ever want to read it, let me know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913436 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Looks like I can't edit my posts here, I even wrote a tutorial on that utility, if you ever want to read it, let me know. The ability to edit posts used to be automatically granted once your post count reached a certain number (possibly 50, but don't quote me on that). I'm not sure if it's the same these days, as I'm a little out of the loop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913465 Share Posted November 28, 2014 "Isn't this that part where someone inserts some random thing about Linux or MacOS being superior?"if someone did , i would counter it with the fact that when you download and burn the latest flavor of most 'nix OSes there are doing to be a bunch of updates .the number depends on how old the .iso is that is installed ... just as it is with windows .as for programs ... these too can have a continuous string of updates ... look how many versions and updates there have been to FF and libre office . "I'm not sure if it's the same these days, as I'm a little out of the loop."i have been out of it for years . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1PW Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913468 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The ability to edit posts used to be automatically granted once your post count reached a certain number (possibly 50, but don't quote me on that). I'm not sure if it's the same these days, as I'm a little out of the loop. 100 now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913475 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Yes, that's the magic number. But at the same time we do not want new members to reach that number as a goal. All posts must be natural. Not forced or junk posts just so one can reach that goal - quicker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted November 28, 2014 ID:913498 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Thank you for informing me guys. I'm sure that if I had read the Rules and Help Docs beforehand, I wouldn't have asked this question. It's my mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted December 12, 2014 Author Root Admin ID:918764 Share Posted December 12, 2014 They just keep coming. Another Gigabyte and most of it's for MS Office 2013 again. So at this rate we get what ? 20+ GB a year in fixes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted December 12, 2014 ID:918771 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Be glad you are not on 3Mb/s DSL or 3G/4G Cellular Broadband. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted December 12, 2014 Author Root Admin ID:918786 Share Posted December 12, 2014 It's getting difficult. I think the MS servers are getting hammered too from all of this. I'm here on a dedicated symmetrical 100Mbps link and it is taking systems with i7 and new setups 3 hours to download and install these updates. Crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted December 13, 2014 ID:918958 Share Posted December 13, 2014 checking ...about 40 megs for MSO 2007 .321 megs for windows and IE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 14, 2014 ID:919327 Share Posted December 14, 2014 They just keep coming. Another Gigabyte and most of it's for MS Office 2013 again. So at this rate we get what ? 20+ GB a year in fixes.Remember the good 'ol dial-up days ? I sure do. Can't have that anymore, unless you give up Windows updates and updating security programs. Wish I understood why/how .Net Framework requires soooooo much updating. Unreal. Sloppy coding ? I know for me with a slower than average connection, reinstalling a system and waiting on all those .Net updates is almost killing the Windows experience for me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted December 15, 2014 ID:919595 Share Posted December 15, 2014 heh ... most *popular* 'nix distributions have the same deal .i have downloaded the latest and greatest .iso of several distributions and wound up installing a bunch of updates .i will say this about the 'nix stuff ... at least the updates are frequent and close together and do not break the/other programs . also ... when one updates most all 'nix distributions , all of the programs that are currently "installed" in the machine are updated ...this is a big difference from windows and does account for the sometimes large size of some updates . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Spud Posted December 15, 2014 Staff ID:919601 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I feel sorry for those people in the UK villages that get 2mb connections (at best) and others in worse off areas of the world. These updates are not only time consuming but a real frustration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted December 16, 2014 ID:919770 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Be glad you are not on 3Mb/s DSL or 3G/4G Cellular Broadband. I am. Love my 25Mbps fiber. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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