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July 31, 2024 | E. Pluribus Unum

Posted on 07/31/2024 12:46:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

My wife's Windows 11 laptop is in an infinite loop trying to install an update that fails to install then immediately tries to install it again. This slows the laptop of so much that it is unusable.

Below is a screenshot of the update screen displaying the offending optional update.

I have searched and searched the Interwebs to find out how to make an update stop trying to install but have had no luck.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: getamac; microsoft; stopwatchingporn; updateloopofdeath; vanity; windows; windows11; windowseleven; windowspinglist; windowsupdate; windowsupdatehell
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To: alicewonders

Getting a Chromebook completely eliminated the problem for me.

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Two years on with my Chromebook. No viruses and easy painless updates.


41 posted on 07/31/2024 2:28:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: Red Badger; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
Windows 11 Update... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks Red Badger for the ping!

42 posted on 07/31/2024 2:29:01 PM PDT by dayglored (“Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.” - Kinky Friedman 1944-2024)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Good advice!


43 posted on 07/31/2024 2:29:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Here is the Microslop page for manually updating the offending update:

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=11%2023h2

Top of the list. It appears to be a real big boy - almost a gigabyte.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure if the laptop’s response time will allow you to try that option.


44 posted on 07/31/2024 2:33:02 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: kiryandil

Thanks.


45 posted on 07/31/2024 2:40:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I love these threads so much. There is a simple solution to this problem.


46 posted on 07/31/2024 2:46:38 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Open a command prompt as administrator (right click the start button and select terminal admin)

Type:

SFC /scannow

Let it run. Reboot when complete and try the update. This is a system file checker that MIGHT fix the problem.


47 posted on 07/31/2024 2:49:44 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: rarestia

thanks.


48 posted on 07/31/2024 2:50:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Alternatively try the Windows Update troubleshooter

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-troubleshooter-19bc41ca-ad72-ae67-af3c-89ce169755dd


49 posted on 07/31/2024 2:51:53 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: rarestia

I have been trying to find it. I can find the windows update troubleshooter settings, but haven’t found where you can actually run it.


50 posted on 07/31/2024 2:53:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Not if your wife has embroidery software that only runs on windows.


51 posted on 07/31/2024 2:55:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Red Badger

Lufkin’s Law: Never use a computer too big to throw out of a window.

Lufkin’s Corollary: Never use a computer in a room without a window.


52 posted on 07/31/2024 3:12:45 PM PDT by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Run Windows 11 Update Troubleshooter to Fix Update Issues
https://www.minitool.com/news/windows-11-update-troubleshooter.html


53 posted on 07/31/2024 3:12:46 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Task Manager. Kill the update.


54 posted on 07/31/2024 3:18:37 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: kiryandil

I found that, but it’s not an official Microsoft tool and I am not about to download and run anything that could easily contain malware or be malware.


55 posted on 07/31/2024 3:18:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

It just starts up again in a day or two. I need for it to just go away from the update list. It is a preview update. Maybe when the official update comes out it will go away.


56 posted on 07/31/2024 3:20:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
I’m thinking about acquiring a Mac mini.

I've got one. Cost around $1k, iirc. After using Windows exclusively since I was 5 years old, I couldn't get used to it and it just sits there like a paperweight except I don't have much paper.

If it's just for an embroidery app, figure out what you need to run it, and buy another computer. Windows.

And be thankful with embroidery you never have to print anything.

57 posted on 07/31/2024 3:20:08 PM PDT by Buttons12 (Should, should, should. Fighting words. )
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To: Buttons12

A Mac mini with an M2 chip can be had for $499.00 on Amazon.

I need it to run Xcode, and it will be a business deduction.

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Desktop-Computer-10%E2%80%91core-Ethernet/dp/B0BSHGHGXR


58 posted on 07/31/2024 3:58:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Had to just turn mine off the other day to make it stop. A tech said to let it keep looping, huh, no!

It originally got stuck on an update. Tried a restore to earlier date but that got hung in a loop as well.


59 posted on 07/31/2024 6:03:59 PM PDT by bgill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I use Stop Updates 10 to turn off updates. Maybe they have a version for W11 as well.


60 posted on 08/01/2024 5:39:45 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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