Why is downloading drivers taking so long?

Replies 2. E laptop works great in Windows 7 now. Ripper80 2 Bronze. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Latest Solutions. Can't find what you're looking for? You can post your question in our community. As an example, if your network driver is out of date or corrupted, it can sluggish your download speed, therefore, you may have to wait much longer for Windows updates.

It is necessary for you to update your drivers in order to fix this problem. If you run GeForce Experience for the first time, a few minutes may pass while it downloads the settings and screenshots for your games. It is possible for an incorrect system state to cause these errors. Rebooting the computer and retrying the installation is the best first step after a failed software installation.

This is polypheme. It should still about 30 minutes. In Windows, it takes about 15 minutes to update a driver, even less time if the driver can be self-installed or is downloaded from Windows Update more on these later. However, it is important to understand that certain updates are very large and will take a significant length of time to complete. Now Windows will notify you every time an update is available and you can choose when to install it. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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