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Post by buzzy on Apr 18, 2015 9:38:06 GMT
On my laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium I am getting seven updates most days but only two are successful and the remaining five "fail" Is there a solution to this?
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Post by mikkh on Apr 18, 2015 11:19:17 GMT
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Post by jojo on Apr 18, 2015 11:24:40 GMT
I switched off W7 updates months ago. Stupid nuisance. Most are related to office issues that have nothing to do with us.
While you're at it, there's a load of services you can also switch off, improving performance enormously.
Though W7 will never be as zippy as XP.
Hopefully some decent versions of Linux will be along soon, that actually work. SteamOS is on its way for those of us who really do want to conquer the universe.
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Post by buzzy on Apr 18, 2015 13:34:48 GMT
Thanks guys, how do I switch off Windows Updates? (W7 Home Premium)
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Post by jojo on Apr 18, 2015 13:49:53 GMT
Start> Control Panel > Windows Update > Change Settings > Select from drop down, Never Check For Updates. (not recommended) Highly recommended  Also, remove the ticks from the two boxes. |
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Post by buzzy on Apr 18, 2015 17:01:57 GMT
Thanks for this Jojo/Mikkh, I will attend to that tomorrow.
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Post by vikingken on Apr 18, 2015 17:27:09 GMT
With or without Updates, Windows 7 isn't slower than XP. Its a bigger OS and needs more poke to run it, so it will be slower if your trying to run it on a machine built for XP. Installed on a modern machine with a decent amount of RAM, it will run just as fast if not faster than XP.
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