On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 21:24:17 -0500, Jason wrote:

I dug out an old, little-used netbook that my wife had used for a course
and no longer uses. I want to hook it to my wi-fi weather station to put
it on Weather Underground's network.

The machine hadn't been used in two years. It runs something the Windows 7
"Starter Edition" - which was ok last time we used it. Since it hadn't
been updated in two years, I clicked to check for updates.

Two and a half hours later, it's still checking. Any idea where the
problem lies?


For the fix, see this thread in the Windows 7 newsgroup
http://alt.windows7.general.narkive.com/a91aGj0c


The Windows 7 newsgroup has several other discussion threads about this.
See the Windows 7 newsgroup "alt.windows7.general".


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Kind regards
Ralph
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