Hey, i need to show you this one.. I was forced to reinstall my main operating system (Windows XP) at work (after 2 years of using). So i backup all my stuff and try to work with Vista for sometime. I’ve installed Vista Ultimate , put some software there (from Microsoft only Office 2007) and run Windows Update.
What more can i say, see the image above.
If you don’t get it, windows update tell me that i need to install: 124 updates, 6 018,9 MB (6 GB).
See the big picture, this is not a joke.
Well, i look at list of updates, the only thing that i add was Office 2007 which add some updates to list and i saw there many language packs (about 15 of them, 250MB for each) that Vista wants to update/install, but still without them about 3.5 Gb of updates !!!
The best is Vista starts downloading this in background, so when i canceled the window with Windows update system starts showing me small progress icon with download info. So i write this post while system downloads all updates. The worst part is the download process comes from Internet not our company WSUS server (progress 28%).
In start Vista Ultimate took about 18 GB of hard drive, will see after those updates.
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Did they change the entire OS?!
Switch to OSX!
Ciao,
Emanuele
Now that is hilarious. I have been using Vista for a while and have had my problems with it (like Office 2007 not installing without shutting down all non-Microsoft services), but I have never seen anything like that.
I bet when you went to install, a bunch of them failed to install.
wow that’s incredible. Six whole gigs of space and so simple to do. Thanks for sharing this great tip.
Jonathan Muller
Yee the day after… Vista took 26 GB of hard drive now. I leave it yesterday to finish updates and shutdown, today morning i turn it on, in first place reboots, configure updates… Now i am log in, Windows still download new updates but system is working, that i a good news for me
I’m using Vista HOme in my lap-top.
My broadband connection is a limited connection. I have a limit of 5GB download every month. If I happen to breach that limit, then I”ll have to pay more.
I found dat Vista HOme downloading updates without my concern. Finally I switched off updates, even though itz not advisable.
It sucks, two days with Windows update after fresh OS install. And in near future new SP2 for Vista will come.
Hello, Peter!
One of the reasons is that Home Premium Edition is less advanced than Ultimate, so are few updates to install (example: language packs not available for VHP). Another reason is the old of the OS; when i buy it was no SP1 and other updates wich comes later.
I use Vista Home Premium Edition from more than a year ago, and i never had the chance to see how a 6 gigas of updates look like!
Best regards,
Ionut
Romania
My brother has Vista on his PC and it’s always updating so I’m not surprised.