{"id":2074,"date":"2018-08-22T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fileinspect.com\/blog\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2020-03-04T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T09:09:48","slug":"why-are-windows-10-updates-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fileinspect.com\/blog\/why-are-windows-10-updates-so-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Windows 10 updates normally take so long to install?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people finally understood the importance of keeping their PCs updated in recent times. Through Windows updates, Microsoft introduces new features or functionalities (especially in major upgrades) and provides patches or bug fixes to improve the overall stability of the operating system, and at the same time, their developers reduce the security vulnerabilities present.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the processes involved in updating the Windows on your device are always bound to be in play\u2014you just cannot do without Windows updates. What you can do, however, is enhance your experiences that revolve around it. In this guide, we will examine the issues described as Windows updates taking too long to install and similar problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a good chance that you observed your system updating itself very slowly some time ago while you had to wait. You probably got frustrated by the speed of things if you had some work to do at the time. Your experience is not exactly a rare one. Other users have observed the same sluggishness with Windows updates at times, and some might have even suffered in worse ways due to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, we have seen reports of <\/span>Windows updates taking hours<\/span>. Things do not have to be this way. Windows updates should not use up so much time to the extent that users get put off by it. To be fair, in some cases, it is inevitable, and at other times, it is utterly unjustifiable. You will find what we mean by this soon enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do Windows 10 updates take so long?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Windows has come a long way before arriving at its current iteration. Regardless of this, Microsoft is continuously working on, altering, or improving things on Windows 10, which is a massive and complicated operating system already at any point in its development.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    <\/b> The most probable causes and events involved:<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A good number of the updates you get are relatively small. When Windows is installing such updates, you might not even notice that a major process is ongoing. There are other updates, though, which are incredibly massive. Such updates, as you can come to expect, require a lot of time to get installed. Nevertheless, in general, multiple factors determine how long the installation of an update is going to take.<\/span><\/p>\n

    If your PC connects to the web using a low-speed internet setup, then your downloads will be slower than what Microsoft expects them to be. For example, if you have to download a gigabyte worth of files, then several hours will pass by. You can see how this postulation translates to Windows updates being slow.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most times, when Windows is trying to download and install an update on your system, there is a good chance you have no idea about the size of the update. You do not know what it entails. Well, at least, besides its basic description, which you might not have seen.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Thus, when you watch and observe the ongoing update process on the blue screen taking hours, you might start thinking that something is wrong. To be fair, you lack sufficient knowledge about what is going on. Even if the updates taking so much time issue has nothing to do with its size or any other intrinsic property, other causes would be responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n

    For example, too many users might be attempting to download a single update at the same time. The sheer volume of computers trying to fetch data puts a considerable strain on Microsoft servers, and the result of this is the update being slower than usual for most people involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      <\/b> Your hard drive might have something to say:<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Now, let us even assume that the slow update problem in your case has nothing to do with the causes we described above. We would like to believe that your system uses a top fiber internet link, but Windows updates still take forever to download or install on your device. If all the projected conditions or events hold true, then you need to look at your hard drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Maybe your hard drive is almost filled up, and therefore, Windows struggles to find enough space for updates to do their thing. Or perhaps, your hard drive is severely fragmented. Try to recall the last time you defragmented it.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Some updates are exclusive in that they need to cover a lot of ground. If the storage space on your device is limited or if the environment on your hard drive is unconducive for work due to the fragmentation there, then the issue of Windows updates being slow on your PC is merely a consequence of other already existing problems.<\/span><\/p>\n