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Re:Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss re... by finchisko on Sunday October 07, 2018 @04:49AM (#18159544)
I wouldn't mind these forced updated, if they took seconds like on Linux. Why are Windows updates so slow? And why I cannot use my computer when updates are running (like on Linux). Part of the problem is that Windows locks files so they cannot be deleted/replaced when full blown system is running, but it has to be more I don't know about the update mechanism.
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Re:Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss re... by pixl97 on Sunday October 07, 2018 @08:06AM (#18160166)
Very little time is spent in replacing actual files. Huge amounts of time are spend in the registry and other small IO operations. Also .net rebuilding wastes huge amounts of time.
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