Hi CData; I am responding to your post because it is the latest in the thread AND it mentions WiFi speed.
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I rely on free WiFi in public buildings for access to the internet. I am retired and while that suggests I have all the time in the world, my life is rich with concerts, vacation, day-trips, meetings with friends and colleagues, book-reading, language-learning and walking in the sunshine.
In early April 2016 I abandoned an attempt to update Windows on my DELL Win7HP SP1 laptop after waiting over two hours while Microsoft “Checked for Updates”.
My latest attempts (Thursday, May 05, 2016 and Friday, May 06, 2016) to update my system resulted in around 90 minutes spent Checking for Updates. This is significantly better than over two hours with no end in sight, but significantly worse than some claims for 15 minutes.
The actual download of updates took me only 20 minutes.
Installation of updates took over 4½ hours.
Configuring the updates (“Do not turn off your computer” took 30 minutes, give or take.
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Bottm Line: 8:30 to 15:30 is seven hours with the machine devoted to the processes.
WiFi speed is not an issue since the actual downloading took only twenty minutes (as shown by screen snapshots and Bitmeter readouts).
I plan to study WindowsUpdates for my little Win7 Starter Acer Netbook, then repeat the study on a newly-installed Win7 HP SP1 on this DELL laptop.
Suggestions/Guidelines for my procedures welcomed.
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