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Old 03-18-08, 11:28 PM   #18
JSLTIGER
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Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky
When they say it will take an hour to install, they are not kidding. Got the laptop upgrading to Vista SP-1 and it has been 1 hour and 20 minutes and still installing. There are three main phases, seems like phase 3 is a BIG time killer. It has been stuck at 0% complete for 15 minutes now. Gonna leave it alone and let it do its thing. The laptop I am upgrading is less then one year old and I consider it high end. Hmmm. If you do not have a machine less than a year old, it could take longer?

Seems patience is the MAIN thing to have. Later ...
Laptops in general take longer than desktops...mostly due to CPU throttling and slower HDDs and FSBs.
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