Constant Updates and Slow Start

My laptop updates constantly, nearly every time I turn it on, and many times when I try to turn it off. It is extremely frustrating. It may have to do with Windows 8. I have never had a laptop/pc that needed to update so frequently. The most frustrating aspect is that I cannot work on it while it is updating. Any advice is appreciated.

Hi, You have to allow it to get full update otherwise it will update every time you turn your machine on. My suggestion (a) Using Windows update to update few updates at a time, you may have to do few times until no more update, then(b) Turn off auto update and only undate when you want http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/turn-automatic-updating-on-off#turn-automatic-updating-on-off=windows-8 Regards.

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