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Lock computer While downloading and installing windows update?

Anonymous
2013-06-14T01:22:49+00:00

Hello guys, i have a new windows 7 and i install it last morning. Now i must update my windows through windows update for the first time. But i think there is a lot of update that i need to install. So, i decided to lock my computer while downloading and installing windows update. And the problem is Can i lock my computer while downloading and installing windows update???

Please help

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-14T15:11:20+00:00

    Hi,

    Congratulations on buying a new Windows 7 computer.

    Yes, you can lock your computer while your operating system downloads updates. Locking your computer will not interrupt the installation of updates.

    Good thing about Windows updates is, it uses a service called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS). Which uses idle bandwidth to transfer data. Normally, BITS transfers data in the background, i.e., BITS will only transfer data whenever there is bandwidth which is not being used by other applications, for example, when applications use 80% of the available bandwidth, BITS will use only the remaining 20%. BITS constantly monitors network traffic for any increase or decrease in network traffic and throttles its own transfers to ensure that other foreground applications (such as a web browser) get the bandwidth they need. BITS also supports resuming transfers in case of disruptions.

    Check the following links, you may find some more useful information.

    Understanding Windows automatic updating

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/understanding-windows-automatic-updating

    How can I tell if my computer is up to date?

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/how-can-i-tell-if-my-computer-is-up-to-date

    Hope the above information clarifies your doubts, if you still have any questions, please post here and we are happy to clarify them for you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-15T00:29:40+00:00

    Thanks, thank you very much

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-06-14T17:12:06+00:00

    You should not press the Power button to shut down the computer. Click on the Orb in the bottom left of the Desktop and select Shutdown. If you encounter problems shutting down then select Ctrl+Shift+Esc to bring up Task Manager and click on the Applications tab. Place the cursor on a running application to select it and click on the End Task button. As the application is removed from the list repeat the procedure on the next application in the list until all are gone from the list. You should then be able to shut down your computer.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows7/turning-off-your-computer-properly

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-06-14T16:32:38+00:00

    Thanks. One more question, i have running a big program so the cpu is working very hard. But when i close the program my cpu is still running hard and i quickly shutdown my computer but the shutdown process delayed and a message pop up its said windows waiting to close taskhost.exe and then it close in a seconds and shutdown normally. But if i waited for 3-5 minutes after closing the big program my cpu is work normally (Not hard) and when i shutdown the windows that message won't pop up and windows shutdown as normal. Please help im little annoying and worried about that message thats pop up during windows shutdown process. What should i do???, or it's just normal or should i reinstall my windows 7??? 

    Please help

    Thanks

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