Why is MS update so slow?

[Marko Jotic]

If I start MS update, then windows update, then office update. The
second two respond with appropriate updates very fast while MS update is
still checking. In other words MS update is very slow compared to what
it replaces. Once MS update took 15 miuntes to tell me neither office
nor windows needed anything, while the two other updates came up with
the answer immediately.

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Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

 

[Haggis]

If I start MS update, then windows update, then office update. The second
two respond with appropriate updates very fast while MS update is still
checking. In other words MS update is very slow compared to what it
replaces. Once MS update took 15 miuntes to tell me neither office nor
windows needed anything, while the two other updates came up with the
answer immediately.

--
Marko Jotic
"Common sense is anything but common".
From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein.
Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at
http://www.knifeforging.com/

probably because that database is accessed far more often than the Office
updates etc. (and contains more info)