Today's Update - Search 4.0 for x 64 - Installation Problem

[Guest TJD]

Did anyone else have a strange install experience with today's Windows

Update "Search 4.0 for Windows Vista x64-based Systems (KB940157)?" After

the required reboot, my computer remained active in the config screen mode

reading "Updating - 97% - Do not turn off your computer" for about 5 hours

until I couldn't wait any longer and just turned it off and restarted. All

seems fine now and Windows reports the update as successful - but how does

one test for this? I realize that the new search engine has to index all

files which takes time, but I thought this was done in the background while

Windows functioned normally (not pre-boot). I do have many hard disks, but I

also have a fast system with tons of RAM.

[Guest Jim]

Re: Today's Update - Search 4.0 for x 64 - Installation Problem

 

On Jul 24, 12:52 am, "TJD" <TJDa...@cox.net> wrote:

> Did anyone else have a strange install experience with today's Windows

> Update "Search 4.0 for Windows Vista x64-based Systems (KB940157)?" After

> the required reboot, my computer remained active in the config screen mode

> reading "Updating - 97% - Do not turn off your computer" for about 5 hours

> until I couldn't wait any longer and just turned it off and restarted. All

> seems fine now and Windows reports the update as successful - but how does

> one test for this? I realize that the new search engine has to index all

> files which takes time, but I thought this was done in the background while

> Windows functioned normally (not pre-boot). I do have many hard disks, but I

> also have a fast system with tons of RAM.

 

I'm not as patient as you are, so I turned my machine off much

earlier. Unfortunately, because I am running RAID 5, my machine

detected an "unclean shutdown" and had to verify the entire array.

That took more than eight hours, and it would not work overnight;

because the verification processs stopped after the computer went to

sleep. (I can probably change that.) I was quite angry about the

entire process, but I am generally angry at Microsoft regarding

Windows's operation.

 

Jim

[Guest Andrew Tapp]

Re: Today's Update - Search 4.0 for x 64 - Installation Problem

 

Installed this update on two x64 laptops last evening with no issues. Reboot

only took a couple of minutes.

 

"Jim" wrote:

> On Jul 24, 12:52 am, "TJD" <TJDa...@cox.net> wrote:

> > Did anyone else have a strange install experience with today's Windows

> > Update "Search 4.0 for Windows Vista x64-based Systems (KB940157)?" After

> > the required reboot, my computer remained active in the config screen mode

> > reading "Updating - 97% - Do not turn off your computer" for about 5 hours

> > until I couldn't wait any longer and just turned it off and restarted. All

> > seems fine now and Windows reports the update as successful - but how does

> > one test for this? I realize that the new search engine has to index all

> > files which takes time, but I thought this was done in the background while

> > Windows functioned normally (not pre-boot). I do have many hard disks, but I

> > also have a fast system with tons of RAM.

>

> I'm not as patient as you are, so I turned my machine off much

> earlier. Unfortunately, because I am running RAID 5, my machine

> detected an "unclean shutdown" and had to verify the entire array.

> That took more than eight hours, and it would not work overnight;

> because the verification processs stopped after the computer went to

> sleep. (I can probably change that.) I was quite angry about the

> entire process, but I am generally angry at Microsoft regarding

> Windows's operation.

>

> Jim

>

[Guest Wasted]

Re: Today's Update - Search 4.0 for x 64 - Installation Problem

 

 

 

"TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message

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> Did anyone else have a strange install experience with today's Windows

> Update "Search 4.0 for Windows Vista x64-based Systems (KB940157)?" After

> the required reboot, my computer remained active in the config screen mode

> reading "Updating - 97% - Do not turn off your computer" for about 5 hours

> until I couldn't wait any longer and just turned it off and restarted. All

> seems fine now and Windows reports the update as successful - but how does

> one test for this? I realize that the new search engine has to index all

> files which takes time, but I thought this was done in the background

> while Windows functioned normally (not pre-boot). I do have many hard

> disks, but I also have a fast system with tons of RAM.

Mine froze during the reboot phase. I just switched on & off and all seems

OK - the update appears in the update log.