"Applying update" taking a very long time...

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Re: "Applying update" taking a very long time...

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Big change here with Nightly updates "speed" - the 2013-01-16 update was lightning fast in comparison to previous weeks. And it seemed to be a lot larger @5.1 MB than updates over the past few weeks, but I doubt if that had anything to do with the quickness. Both the time it sat "applying update" and the restart were both a lot faster.

The only thing different at my end is that I did a WinXP restart earlier this morning, I run this box 24/7 and only restart Windows like every 4 to 8 months, as needed by other software or with hardware maintenance needs.


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Still slow for me, and this machine is shut down every night. Must be something in my setup, have to try with a clean profile tomorrow. Maybe a clean install, if that doesn't help.
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Is anyone else running PC Tools Firewall Plus alongside Microsoft Security Essentials? I noticed my firewall had a rule for the updater when I mistakenly clicked "deny". Maybe MSE is not the only program locking the Mozilla exe's.
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I wouldn't think a firewall would affect the install time, only the download...but I could be wrong.

Anyway, tried with a clean profile and it was much faster. Could be coincidence; I'll find out tomorrow. Could do it over with my regular profile, but already running late so I won't.
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Re: "Applying update" taking a very long time...

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I find it takes no longer than Chrome updating (which is very slow). What bugs me is when it applies updates and still brings up the Aurora Update dialog at restart.
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Re: "Applying update" taking a very long time...

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Verified that it's still slow - takes about 2 minutes - to apply update when using my regular profile.
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