Windows 10 Update Very Slow But...

...If I update to the anniversary edition from this Microsoft link (there is an update now button visible to me above the download tool button) which installs the Win 10 Update Assistant for me, the update is super fast (download + installation). See screenshot below, downloading at 6MB/s using the update assistant tool.

However, if i use the built in windows update service under Settings, it takes forever to identify few updates at a time, and forever to download them, and forever to install them, and sometimes it freezes. The download size is really small for the most part.

Why is that and how can I speed up windows update like it should be?

 

Updates are based on what it needs and your ISP speeds-there are to many factors besides your hardware and ISP connections and Microsoft Windows update Servers bandwidth that can determine how fast one updates are. This is no one way to increase speeds as everything is relative to bandwidth and how many users are trying to connect to Windows update at the same time.

 

i jut had my wifi configured as metered connection hence win updates was stuck at 0%. It worked after turning metered connection off.

 

Because metered connection puts limits on it that was why it worked after you turned it off.

 

Have my wifi as metered, and if there is an update Windows will let me know and give the option to dl it anyways if I choose (don't have to bother turning it off)

 

Where exactly do you see this option to download it? After my Win10 detects updates, it automatically starts downloading but stays stuck at 0% forever if I set my connection as a metered connection...

 

Most likely this means your have Windows 10 Home and only if you have Windows 10 pro or Ent will you see that option.

 

I'm using W10 home (1607.14393.726). When I go into the settings/windows updates I'll see a msg saying that there is updates available, but won't be dl'd because I'm on a metered connection. It also gives me a click here option to overide and dl


The only issue I'm running into is, windows doesn't seem to be automatically checking for updates anymore

 

To check if there are actually pending updates and if your update agent is not automatically detecting them, use the troubleshooting tool provided by Microsoft. You can download it from this page. After u hit next it searches for all available updates for ur system and offer you to hide them. If it shows u available updates while your local agent does not do that, then your agent is no longer automated like you claim. Otherwise, there is nothing to worry about. Got me?

Also, check the last sentence above "you might still need to connect to unmetered wifi for some updates".

 

When that happens in Windows Update that means your O/S got corruption with installs or A/V is so aggressive that it blocks any update attempts by Windows Update. So what A/V do you have installed. I got Defender and have no problems with Windows Update doing it update checks.

 

I'm using bitdefender free atm - was running the trial of nod32 until it timed out. Wouldn't auto-check with either. Maybe I have a setting "wrong", I don't know. I'm not going to worry much about it since "important" updates only come once a month and I'll probably do a clean install when the April "upgrade" is launched and all the broken stuff fixed.

 

And expect new broken stuff when you upgrade

 

Yup, that's what I was referring to