Windows 7 installation takes long time

I turned off system restore, and my PC is running sweet now! Prior to this, clean install Win7 x64 HP, works fine, fully update windows, problem appears after updating.

So I reformatted, and it did the same thing again after updating windows, so I turned off "system restore" and it installs programs that wouldn't install before 3dmark 06 and others now install at speed. I guess it creates a system restore point before installing, basically saving every changed file in the past day. I know that this is an old thread, but I am having the same issue. I've installed win8 updates and antivirus, now I'm installing the audio card driver and application sw: the installation is taking hours.

Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Performance. Sign in to vote. I am trying to install, my application on windows 7 it takes a long time, in other versions of windows it takes hardly 3 minutes but on windows 7 it takes more than 10 minutes, same is happening for uninstallation also.

Does anyone has any idea regarding this?? Wednesday, October 7, AM. Thursday, October 8, AM. Anyways, will try the options that you have suggested and will get back to you. But in general i wanted to know, is windows 7 having any performace issues related to installation or de-installation of applications?? Thanks for your quick response. I have analysed one more thing, same product installation goes through normally on windows 7 x86, but it takes a long time only for windows 7 x64, so could this be issue related to x64 architecture of windows 7 rather the application which is getting installed??

That's not absolutely, Windows 7 x86 and Windows 7 x64 adopt different architectures. Generally, Windows 7 x64 supports large memory size compared with Windows 7 x Currently most applications support Windows 7 x64 as well as Windows 7 x Windows 7 x64 uses Bit Windows Installer to get packages for 64 bit applications.

While Windows 7 x86 uses 32 bit Windows Installaer to install 32 bit applications. The 32 bit application may be different from the 64 bit application. For more references, please refer to 32 bit VS 64 bit.

In my opinion, if it is the case as you mentioned above, the main reason might be due to application compatibility. Moreover, have you tested on other available Windows 7 x64 computer? Computers that well support Windows 7 x64 shouldn't have this kind of performance. Your computer may better support x86 Windows other than x64 Windows. What is the hardware specfication of your computer? I kindly recommend you to install Windows 7 x86 if your computer is originally designed for 32bit Windows.

BTW, I would like to note down your concern and see if any other community user comes across the similar issue. I will right back to reply and let you know as soon as I get more information.

Friday, October 9, AM. I have the same problem, sometimes installing an application from msi files takes more than 10 minutes just to open the file.

It is dependend of the file size so I think it is some kind of security check. After the file opens and the installation wizard actually starts taking over, the installation is done in seconds. I haven't tried so far but switching off user account control may resolve the problem.

Saturday, October 10, AM. Hello, Thanks a lot for your information. We have worked on this and found out that its a probem only on virtual machines It is working fine on physical machines. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown.

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I suggest you check out his website Ask Woody if you have not done so already, as it is a treasure trove for all things Windows. After having installede Win 7 SP1, I did a Win Update search — took 1 hour or so,and I installed updates — download and install took nearly 24 hrs.

Then I found your tip — installed the remaining 3 updates, rebooted after each download and install, and NOW Windows Update took 6 mins to find somewhat 30 new updates! Has anyone encountered the problem of the install for KB and KB failing after trying to install? I spent 6 months trying to solve this issue with windows update. Can you list the updates, in order that need to be installed?

Hate to be so stupid, but how do I find and install them? I am low to mid-level computer user, but can muddle around and sometimes get things to work. FERQ; Thanks for the reply. I had not seen Vandals pick before. I will give it a shot and let you know. Vandal and Ferq: Awesome! I have spent the night doing exactly what you said with updates. Hope the new updates work, but hell, at least Win Updater recognizes my computer again. Been racking my brains out this december!

Total success!! Awesome as my kids would say!! Thanks a million for this Vandal! Happy holidays greetings from Sweden! Just want to confirm this worked for me. New build in December of with Windows 7.

Installed and worked fine till SP1 and then stopped and hung up like others report. Downloaded the five files above and installed them and everything works as should. This forces the windows installer to install these files instead of searching updates. I wanted to say Thanks to Mark and Ranger! I have used the — 1: KB and 2: KB in the past and they have worked great for me.

I recently tried to use the first 2 as i have in the past with NO success. After a little research i came across this post and realized i forgot to disable the automatic updates and disconnect from the internet, so i disabled auto updates and disconnected from internet then rebooted and tried again, they both then installed very quickly as they have in the past. I reconnected to the net and checked for updates, in a matter of a few minutes it found ! Thanks for all your help!

Prior to discovering this site, I spent 2 days fruitlessly trying different options to install Windows 7 updates. That was until I stumbled upon this site. Thanks Martin Brinkmann, Vandal and Ranger. Keep up the good work! Please note the nuance that Ranger points out.

The additional element there is to disable the automatic update in the Services facility in Computer Management as well:. The automatic update however had to be disabled. Maybe, but after doing using WSUSOffline the list of remaining updates normally populates very quickly Otherwise, their Windows Update remains broken. This is no longer possible with monthly Patch Rollups from Oct onward. Bobo ……. Otherwise, how not to agree with your comment?

Tom H ……. Spybot Anti-Beacon is running n working as designed on my Win 7 cptr. Dwight ……. So, for Win 8. Win 7 SP1 was released in Me too. On a respectable broadband speed, updates have always been a time-consuming pain. After running the Windows Update Diagnostic and trying the method at krelay. After that I installed KB It took about 15 minutes to initialize, install then restart the computer.

After that I was able to check for, and download, Windows Updates without it taking very long. I have saved different methods from forums and what I have in a document includes two other updates.

If necessary install the Windows Update Standalone Installer wusa. Do we need to install After installing these four updates everything works perfectly. Works with June rollup too, but it was replaced by the July one. Your solution was the only one that worked. No need to reboot after each step. Thank you! Updates are rolling in as I type. NET Framework as well as those concerning exceptional vulnerabilities such as the recent Win vulnerability disclosed by Google and likely to be fixed on next Nov.

No more, no less. If will upload TB of data to MS. MS is driving us all to Win10 with this trick…………. Ever since the Win8 fiasco, my contempt for Microsoft know only one direction: up. Satya Nadella states that this is the future of Microsoft. Get used to it. Go figure!!! Users have been aware of it for close on a year. Why has it taken so long to call them out. We have a anti-slowdown patch identified just about every month. Then restart the service.

More importantly there is no user gymnastics required to speed things up. WaaS — So we have quality updates and poor QoS. However, only for those who do not pay a fee for said service. I just download the latest ISO with all updates already embedded. I still wonder how people have not discovered this and whine that updates take a long time. Also it is worth mentioning that updates after mid bring in the spyware so basically you do not need them. Nothing new was released either for 7 since then.

Dave ……. Years before all this [email protected] related to MS updates, I simply disabled windows update service and manually downloaded only those few really needed patches and, of course, before intall them on production machines, where tested on aptly made test machine hooked to another machine with wireshark. Time consuming but really rewarding, realible systems and peace of mind. Why all this caution?

Pretty a bad situation this one…. Why should you update Win7? Until the cumulative updates began, I checked the updates individually every patch Tuesday. Because I have excellent anti virus, anti malware, anti file locking software installed , I have not had any dodgy software on my Laptop, not even PUPs. All the security software is updated automatically every day.

Nadella does because the Win 10 installs are way down on the predicted figures and MS will do anything to improve them. I gave up. Switched updates off entirely. I will not be bullied by Microsoft. The next PCs in our house will not run any Microsoft software. I use Linux Mint 18 as well as Windows 7. I like it. Mint is free of charge but I like it enough to have started donating monthly. Windows 10 is a warm bath for frogs who want to be cooked slowly.

Jump out and learn Linux instead. The Microsoft toll gate, sorry, app store, will get there eventually. With lots of privacy violating small print about what data about you is shared — signed away with a click. These updates are current as of 3rd Nov they may change in the future. Absolutely mad. Windows Update has never been great but at least it was formerly usable.

Just the latest management gobshite to infect the IT sector. Stop diverting software development resources to spyware and Surface hardware development Microsoft, and get back to ensuring your core business is functioning. Spybot AntiBeacon runs on Win 7 and Win 8. If one of the updates asks you to restart it other then the one listed go ahead and restart but make sure to stay disconnected and kill the Windows Update process before running any of the patches.