sigh, I need a fix

[darkoshi]

Don't you love these Microsoft forums? Someone asks for help with a problem, and several people reply, each with a different possible fix - some of them rather questionable. Several other people reply with messages like "Thanks so much! This totally fixed it for me!" - but most of them don't mention which of the fixes listed in that thread was the one that worked for them.

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Last week I noticed Windows Update using high CPU on my machine, and realized that I hadn't been notified of any available updates since January. Whenever I booted the computer, the CPU usage would go up to a fairly constant 50%. Searching for or trying to download updates manually didn't work - no errors, but the download/search kept clocking for hours with no progress shown.

I tried several things and finally got it to work.

But today it is having the same problem as before, and what fixed it last time isn't working this time.

And then I wonder is it even worth trying to fix it. If I could finally switch over to using the new laptop, I could reformat this one and install Linux on it.

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[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

This is one reason I tend to prefer stackoverflow: they tend to enforce things like 'say WHAT fixed it' and use votes/moderation to add some reliability.

[darkoshi]

Yeah, I love stackoverflow too. It doesn't usually show up when I search Google for Windows problems though. But now I found a thread on that site with some more things to try.