re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 12:34 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by KAWill70 (167 messages posted) Thanks for the help.  I did download and take an initial look at Dial-A-Fix.  It's not clear that it supports IE8, and I've also seen warnings that it can make some problems worse. Now that I think about it, manually running Windows Update always took 5-10 minutes or more to scan my computer and determine if any updates are needed. For those doing Windows Update manually using IE6-IE8, how long does it take to come up with the screen showing the updates that apply?  At that point I believe one then clicks on Express Install or Custom Install. Actually installing the updates can also be lengthy but I am talking only about the first step in determining which updates are needed. Thanks, KAWill70 Written in response to: re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (Tom: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 4:19 pm) Responses to this message: re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (Tom M: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 8:39 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (KAWill70: Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 3:15 pm) re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (Tom: Tue, Jul 20, 2010, 4:19 pm) re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (KAWill70: Wed, Jul 21, 2010, 12:34 pm) re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (Tom M: Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 8:39 am) re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (KAWill70: Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 11:37 am) re: Windows Update - Time Required to Check for New Updates (KAWill70: Tue, Aug 3, 2010, 12:25 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum