Guest TJD Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 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 Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 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 Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 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 Posted July 24, 2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Re: Today's Update - Search 4.0 for x 64 - Installation Problem "TJD" <TJDanon@cox.net> wrote in message news:eBwrDGV7IHA.616@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > 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.
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