I am debugging an HP laptop with Windows 7 and I swear each incarnation of Windows their Update gets SLOWER!

It isn't me is it? I got 150G of 4G pipeline and at this time of night there should be hardly anyone on line unless a lot of night owls are going hooty hoo!

I seriously swear with each reincarnation of Windows things just keep getting SLOWER .

I never update better not to . or for x86 I get PCLINUXOS

Not sure what you mean by debugging. This could mean a few things. To really work out the quirks you may want to perform a clean install ( which sounds like you may have done ). This includes reformatting the HDD and installing a fresh copy of Windows. And yes their are several updates that take place (especially with 7) that are time consuming and best not to shut down your machine ( shuting down tends to trigger them) when you are waiting for about the first month or so after this takes place.

But yeah it sounds like everything is normal .

funny or rather bs when u have ur system updated or not. u can shut updates off, and turning the system off and on wont trigger an update. only if u don't have the system updated will it ask for an update even when the system is on standing "still" ,but like i said dont turn updates on . keep it off like i do, and it never bothers you .you better off that way.
anyway good luck
try pclinuxos its fun u can change the look anyway u want and it plays the weird avi files that windows cant. It si much more secure and stable
http://linuxtracker.org/download.php?id=3a6761d2c92a405ba0fc4988c80b426bac7a8a98&f=PCLinuxOS+KDE+2013.2.torrent&key=0

True you can updates off all together on 7 or earlier by simply right clicking My Computer and going down and selecting properties. This is the System Properties window. Click on the update tab and shut them off. Or that is one way to turn it off... prolly the best one.

Not sure I'd recommend it. But you can do it. On XP many applications will not function until the system has been properly updated however. Can't speak for 7.. prolly not the same thing... a little safer running those updates though. They tend to take place when restarting or shutting down. And they take a long time at first... sometimes hours.

It is all over the net that it is NOT safer to run the updates . It gives holes in security.Mirage u just contraindicated urself saying maybe its ok to turn off then saying u should . make up ur mind. This is the computer world its 1 ands 0s yes and no. With windows its a proven fact you dont do updates as it just provides more security loop holes and problems.

windows update causes problems <- google that and u get a bunch of links . if there was no problems and it was ok to update on any version of windows then there would be no links, but there is . Hence dont update windows.
This is not a True UNIX OS aka Amiga or SUN or SGI or ALPHA
and no mac is linux so yes u update TRUE UNIX and Linux.
Good thing is Amiga OS is so perfected it rarely needed updated.

I just got a new laptop with Windows7 and I'm doing all the updats I can while I have access to the free wifi in my hotel. Yeah, they keep taking longer and longer. But, the last thing I want is to use up the limited data I get through my mobile phone service with updates.

well there's ur download speed - the size and number of updates and what else ur doing and ur efficiency settings - I do them before I go to bed - never had any real speed or time issues

but if it's a bundle I will often do them one at a time

Its the hotel . its free wifi they have limited bandwidth. everyone is using it