Windows Update is a joke.

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kowenicki said:

Ganoncrotch said:

Did you read the OP?

The eternal "checking for updates" on both windows 7/8 is a very common bug when it requires a lot of patching.

in fact if you google "checking f" by that stage google will suggest

an issue 1 worse than testicle cancer. Should at least attempt to read OP before reacting to the title at a guess?.

so stop whining and use a different OS if it troubles you that much.  simple solution.

You originally claimed it was a user error, which it was not. I'm pretty sure that's a reasonable answer to your original post. Also, there could be a good reason he has to stick with Windows, so a single major annoyance might not be enough to warrant a switch. And even if there's no good reason, a lot of people have only used Windows and switching to a different OS might sound scary, so it's not that easy even if it's actually the best solution.