Windows August 2015 Security Update Release Summary

Mooly · Aug 20, 2015

Shawn... has something changed with MS update and Vista around or just before August 6th ? The problems I'm experiencing are like something from the twilight zone in that they defy logic.

A post over on MS forums suggest I'm not alone in experiencing a severe issue. I put a few links into post #2 below.

August 2015 Windows Update for Vista Requires One Hour to Run to - Microsoft Community

Brink · Aug 20, 2015

Not sure. I suppose it depends on the system and bandwidth.

Vistaar · Aug 20, 2015

There's a thread in our Windows Updates forum also: http://www.vistax64.com/windows-updates/303992-windows-update-just-seems-hang-while-checking.html

If the "not recommended" setting is selected for Windows Update, one of the semi-automatic settings might produce fewer headaches. I have all the August updates installed, including a couple of new ones that appeared last night.

Mooly · Aug 20, 2015

Thanks for the link, I'll take a look.

Mooly · Aug 20, 2015

Well something has changed for the better in the last couple of hours. For the umpteenth time I've restored an image to trouble shoot this issue, in fact an image from 6th Aug, and guess what !!!! It suddenly works straight off. The number of hoops I've jumped through trying to get a handle on this is unreal... its been many many hours. Fwiw, a clean install would update out of the box, I proved that today and also a few days back. A clean install with SP1 and SP2 installed from the standalone installers would not update and the PC was rendered unusable due to 100% CPU/RAM usage.

What really and totally confused me was that this issue showed on the very day I acquired a new router and connected to it.

Windows August 2015 Security Update Release Summary

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Brink

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