See your almost identical posting made later:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/why-does-windows-downloads-take-too-long-run-very/eee3ff9d-c957-4030-940a-35ef4070f653
I have Windows Vista, it can be an important download but takes forever to process and then often fails. asking me to re-try again! Very Frustrating! Please Help!!!!
Jun 10, 2018 - Portal Knights recently had a 22.8 mb update that I needed to install. When I did, the download was stuck at preallocating and unpacking for. Aug 20, 2017 - Someone has finally figured out why the wheels are turning so slow, and he. This only happens when you're download games from the PSN.
Game Download Speeds. Here are are a few things you can try to help speed up game downloads: Don't stream music or videos while downloading games (streaming services take up a lot of your computer's bandwidth!). Close down other applications or processes on your computer that you are not using. I understand that it is taking long time to download a game from app store. Correct me if I am wrong. I can imagine the inconvenience you have experienced. I will definitely help you in fixing the issue. To help you suggest more steps to resolve the issue, I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions: 1.
Otherwise, here is what I answered there:
Check for malware:
Download, install, run, update and perform full system scans with the following two applications:
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Removing everything they find. Rebooting when needed. (You can uninstall one or both when done.)
Then perform an online scan with the eSet Online Scanner.
Free up some hard drive space and get it organized:
- Click Start, type Compcln.exe and press ENTER
- Click Continue when you see the User Account Control elevation dialog.
- Press Y when you see the following message:
This operation will make all service packs and other packages permanent on this computer. Upon completion you will not be able to remove any cleaned packages from this system.
Would you like to continue? (Y/N):
Use Disk Cleanup to eliminate more temporary files safely.
You can use an application that scans your system for log files and temporary files and use that to get rid of those:
Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/
( just the disk cleanup - don't play with the registry part for now )
Other ways to free up space..
SequoiaView
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html
Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used. Then you can determine what to do and what to delete/archive.
After that - you will want to check for any physical errors and arrange everything for more efficient access...
CHKDSK (from MAXIMUMPCguides.com)
- Open the Start Menu and click Computer.
- Right-click the drive you want to perform a check disk on and select Properties.
- Click the Tools tab in the drive Properties window.
- Click Check Now under error checking.
- To perform a complete check of your hard drive for errors check off both options in the check disk window that pops up.
- Click the Start button to start the process.
- If you are trying to check a hard drive that has open files you’ll get a message similar to the one shown below.
Click Schedule disk check. Disk check can’t check a hard drive that has open files. Your computer will reboot and check the disk before Windows Vista boots up.
Defragment
How to Defragment your hard drives
* will take time
Ps3 Taking Forever To Download Game Updates
Reset the Windows Vista Update Components...
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The less you have running all the time, the better the things you want to run will perform:
Use Autoruns to figure out what all is starting up when your computer does/when you log on. Look up anything you do not know about using Google (and/or ask here.) You can hopefully figure out if there are things starting when you computer does (or you logon) that you do not need and then configure them (via their own built-in mechanisms is the preferred method) so they do not start up - using your resources without reason.
You can download and utilize Process Explorer to see exactly what is taking up your processor/CPU time and memory. This can help you recognize applications you might want to look into alternatives for and/or get rid of all together.