XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.windows7.general, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: agent1@section31.org   
      
   On 2/24/2011 12:03 PM, Lloyd Parsons wrote:   
      
   > But I am on my HP Touchsmart.   
   >   
   > either MS is getting hammered or something is otherwise awry, but the   
   > SP1 has been sitting there saying it is downloading for the last 1/2   
   > hour and nothing is being downloaded.   
   >   
   > Oh well, I'll just stop it and try later today.  No big deal.   
      
   I've been hearing of cases of server overload since SP1 went public   
   that can cause this.  I just updated a family member's HP desktop   
   (Athlon II dual core- 2.8GHz, 3MB RAM).  I disabled the antivirus, and   
   all unnecessary tasks and pointed the system to Windows Update site.   
     The system was Win7(64 bit), and downloaded 84.5MB of files, and   
   installed in a total of 45 minutes, no problem.  After the install and   
   reboot, I ran a quick manual defrag w/Auslogics, re-enabled about 6   
   bootup programs and everything ran just fine without a hitch.   
      
      
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