I stopped the windows7 update process while it was downloading files. (I have a laptop that is seldom used and has 76 updates to be applied.)  If I restart it, will it pickup where it was, or will it start over?  Sp1 is on.  I have 76 updates to be applied. I am using wi-fi(which shouldn't matter. I am in the process of downloading them.  Extremely slow, most of the down loads use less than 1% of capacity.  Long waits between downloads.  I stopped the downloads and connected to the direct lan connection I have on my desktop.   same thing,  just really poor performance!!  Thanks for the replies.
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I installed Windows 7 fresh and installed SP1. Now, when I try to check manually for Windows Updates it just hangs on the Checking for updates screen.    I tried running the tools in , but this did not fix the issue either:  No matter what I do it just hangs on the "Checking for updates..." screen and goes no further.
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I like Windows to keep itself up to date via the automatic updates, but sometimes it does that when I'm not at the computer and it's doing something critical, like downloading the latest stack overflow podcast.  How do I prevent Windows from doing the automatic reboot if I'm not there?
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I find that at the end of a long day, I sometimes have a large number of programs running. All which I will need to use tomorrow. Normally, this isn't an issue, I can simply lock the machine and come back tomorrow. My problem arrises when windows update launches in the middle of the night and force restarts my computer. That in turns closes all my open software. I of course save everything regularly so I don't loose anything, but I waste time reopening all of those resources whenever there is a restart.   [EDIT]  I should clarify that I still want to be able to restart my computer when an update comes down. Preventing the restart only delays the problem until later. I should have been more specific in that I want to be able to recover my working environment after a restart for any reason. Things like scheduled maintence, power loss, updates, and software installs.  [EDIT]  I can't simply have them setup to launch at startup becasuse those files change from week to week. So I need something that monitors what I have open, and gives me the option to "recover" those software sessions when I log back in.  Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? I'd even be willing to purchase software to do this for me if that is the only option.  Thanks
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What options, if any, exist for offline update of Microsoft  Windows?  If a solution exists please list your experience using it.    Background:  If for any reason a computer does not have a connection to  the Internet or the connection is too slow to download  several hundreds of megabytes every so often some kind of  offline Windows Update is required.  In a multi-computer environment a lot of bandwidth (and thus in some cases money) and/or  time could also be saved if it is possible to update in an  offline manner.
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I have a computer which is working fine after a windows re-install.  However, I did not install any drivers at all, they seem to have been installed via Windows Update.  Back then, I remember I had to download the latest drivers from the motherboard manufacturer, video-card manufacturer, etc.  Is this still valid?  Should I download the latest drivers from the manufacturers, or are the drivers available via Windows update enough?  I am running Windows 8.1.
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Update I was able to get Readiness Tool to run but not the update Now the reediness tool will not even run Security Essentials will run    I have legal Windows 7 to install Do you think that is safe bet to try?    Had some performance issue so I ran MalwareBytes and Security Essentials.     It found some malware that was successfully removed.    I was able to Update Security Essentials and I ran it again for safety and it found nothing additions.     The last successful Windows Update was 5 days ago     Checking for Updates has been running 6 hours CPU 100%  network 0%     Windows6.0-KB947821-v35-x86.mnu fails to install It is supposed to be a tool to address update problems   I fear the registry got hacked to prevent updates     What can I do?  I know Vista.  I got it free.
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I'm on a Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) update channel. It's been a while after Microsoft released an update to fix issues in the initial Windows 10 1809 update. But a  where we can download the updates as standalone packages still has a hole instead of download link to the 1809.17763.1 version package:    Windows 10 Update Assistant  is useless as well, since it offers to download April 2018 Update, lol.  So, I can't update my 1803.17134.376 to 1809 even after more than a month since it's initially was released.  (Of course, "drastically improved" Windows Update doesn't suggest the 1809 update, too. Actually, it has been never working on this Win 10 copy, so I used to download all the updates manually via the first link in this post.)  Has anybody figured out a way of how to manually update from 1803 to 1809?  Without hardcore stuff, please, like making bootable media which potentially would have a great chance of destroying the currently installed Win 10 copy.  (I was completely confused by that "Microsoft recommends" wording near the 1809 update on that page and some top articles in Google saying that it was released and ready for production with that quick patch. So, this question is from this confusion.)
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In earlier Windows versions when updates were downloaded they were automatically installed the next time the PC was shutdown (and powered back on later). With Windows 10 this option seems to be gone. I can manuall trigger a restart and installation by using the button under "Windows Update" or I can let Windows reboot automatically when my PC "is not in use" (whatever that means) but I can't configure it so that the Updates get installed automatically the next time I shut down the PC.  Is there a way to get the previous behaviour back?
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I'm downloading GTA V. After 20gb / 100gb I paused my download for restarting my pc. Then download restarts from 0%.  Why this could happen? Can I restart my PC during downloads without losing progress?
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I am trying to upgrade my Win7 system to Windows 10 (because I am, apparently, masochistic). It's not working, locking up at about 30 to 35%, requiring me to reset, which then backs out the upgrade.  The whole process takes about three to four hours. A large part of this is having to download 3.5GB of upgrade every time, because Microsoft's tool doesn't cache the install files.  The tool has an option to create a bootable USB stick, which I can use to do an install. This should be way faster.  However, Microsoft seem really firm that if I want to get my free upgrade, I need to pick to 'Upgrade this PC' option from the upgrade tool. This seems peculiar. Can anyone confirm (i.e. who actually knows from first hand knowledge) whether upgrading from a USB stick actually works?
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I'm one of very few people at my company who does graphic work, and I do quite a lot of it. Headquarters doesn't quite get that graphics work requires different hardware than, for example, sales work, which is pretty much email/Excel/Powerpoint/web browser and that's it. So they give everybody the same low-end rental PCs to work on.  This was tolerable when we were all on XP.  Recently I got "upgraded" to a new computer, which happens every two years or so as leases expire. The catch: the new PC had the same Core 2 Duo processor that the previous one did, less RAM, it runs Windows 7 instead of XP, and all the Creative Suite applications have been upgraded from CS3 to CS5! I am the first in my office to get 7.  So now I am in a situation where I have the slowest machine in the office, yet I have to do the most demanding work. I got them to OK 2 more gigabytes of RAM, and I hoped that would solve the issues, but it just isn't helping that much at all. I actually have to reboot every day after lunch because the machine stops responding after wake if you leave it asleep for too long.  I am currently talking to Information Systems to see if I can get a capable machine, but it does not bode well for me. Can anyone share any performance optimizations for Win7 that I might be able to use?  Thank you very much in advance! SS
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, I'm starting to believe it is not active.  Last night I started up Task Manager and I see 2 disks - Disk 0 (C:) and Disk 1.    Disk 0 appears to be active -    Disk 1 appears to be not active.  It's been this way for at least 3 hours of active use, both Metro and Desktop use.   This is supposed to be the Solid State part of my Hybrid Drive, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything, at least not from the perspective of the Task Manager tool.  Does anyone know of any additional tools that I could you for analysis or do you know if there is some way to activate this part of the drive?  Thank you in advance!
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So, I have Windows 7 pro, and I'm looking to upgrade so that I can use some of the apps that are only available in Windows 8+. I considered just taking advantage of the free Windows 10 upgrade, and actually installed it at one point, but then I found out that there's forced automatic updates and decided that wasn't for me(I'm a bit paranoid after Android 4.4.4 killed Flash Player without telling me. :P). So, I did some research.   From what I read, the Windows 10 upgrade "consumes" your Windows 7 license into a Windows 10 license, and so even if you revert back after upgrading then you can still change your mind later and jump back to Windows 10. () I also read that Windows 10 has "downgrade" rights to Windows 8 and Windows 7, which to my understanding meant that if you have a Windows 10 key, you can also use it to install Windows 8 or 7 if you want. ()  My plan for the process is re-upgrade to 10, pull the license key, downgrade to 8 and use the license key, then upgrade to 8.1 via Windows Store, and end up on 8.1. So my questions are: Is this possible?  Will it wipe all my data in the process?(not a dealbreaker if it does, but I'd need to know that so I can back it up) Do I need to re-upgrade to 10 in order to downgrade to 8?  Any input is definitely appreciated. Thanks!
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I have Windows 8.1 Update, if I update to Windows 10 when it becomes available what is going to happen to my data and apps?  Of course I have to do a backup, but I wonder if the data will be overwritten or not.
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TL;DR: The Windows 10 upgrade icon went missing. How do I get it back in order to update my system? I am running Windows 7 SP1.   I woke up this morning... er, noon all excited about Windows 10. I had reserved my copy using the clever little icon in the taskbar a few weeks back, so I thought I would be set to go. I booted my computer and checked the icon to see if it would download the update. It still behaved the same as if Windows 10 wasn't launched yet. I supposed this was normal behaviour. After all, Microsoft can't roll out the update to everyone at once.   Windows Update did want me to install several updates though. I installed KB2952664, KB3064209 and KB3048761. Everything went fine, and I was prompted to restart my system.   After restarting, the icon wasn't there anymore. I tried a lot of solutions including the answers provided by our awesome community on , and the answer provided to  posted on the Microsoft Windows support forums.   How do I get the icon back in order to update my system?  UPDATES:   Installing from the Media Creation Tool does not working with an error "Something Happened" with as description "Something Happened". Both are translated from Dutch.  I tried to install it from the Media Creation Tool using PowerISO to mount the created ISO. It will not accept my product key, even though I am able to verify my Windows installation is already registered and the product key is correct. I looked into the Event Log, and GWX-Ins has a bunch of error messages saying: Error message: GWX Main: App failed to start hresult. After that it says what is roughly translated to English as "Cannot find the element".
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Is it possible to minimize disk space usage?    I only want to play multiplayer anyway and the biggest chunk of the download is the campaign.  Since the multiplayer game is playable after only 10% of the whole download, I am wandering if one could simply stop it there somehow?  Update: It seems you can delete some folders and save lots of GB:   I tried this, but the folders I deleted are immediately re-downloaded at the next start via Battlenet. Maybe you have to start it differently?  Can you create a batch script that does the job?  What about updates? Is this even possible without repairing those missing folders?
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I have a dual boot setup (Ubuntu-Linux and Windows-7 Pro 64-bit) on my laptop. I mostly do my work in Ubuntu, but every once in a while I have to use Windows. A few days ago, I booted into Windows after quite some time, and I checked for updates and there were a lot of new updates (more than 2GB!). To finish the update process I had to reboot and after that a lot of problems showed up!  I can't run many basic programs, such as IE and sidebar! The errors are missing DLLs, like the following screenshots:     I have compared my 'System32' folder with another healthy installation of Windows-7 (32-bit), and I confirm that there are several missing DLLs (like: api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll, api-ms-win-downlevel-ole32-l1-1-0.dll, api-ms-win-downlevel-user32-l1-1-0.dll, api-ms-win-downlevel-shell32-l1-1-0.dll, ...). I haven't checked all the DLLs, so I don't know how many other DLLs are also missing.  I've been searching in the web for the past three days trying to figure out a solution. It seems that a lot of other people have faced the same problem, but unfortunately I didn't find any working solution. The most suggested solution was to run a System File Checker (SFC) scan (sfc /scannow), which I did and SFC reports that there are some corrupted system-files but it is unable to repair!  In a  I read that in this situation, one must try to manually repair the corrupted files based on the scan output log (CBS.log). When searching for how to do this, I found , which says that such a large amount of corrupt system-files can only be fixed using an "Inplace Upgrade" or "Repair Installation".  One concern is that my Windows-7 is an OEM-installation which came pre-installed with my laptop. I don't know that an "Inplace Upgrade" or "Repair Installation" will break my genuine Windows activation status or not?!   So, does anyone know about a solution to this problem? Either using a trusted tool, or guiding me to do the repair manually based on the SFC output log (CBS.log)? If not, can any one provide feedback on my concern about performing an "Inplace Upgrade" or "Repair Installation" on an OEM-installed Windows-7?