Category Archives: Tech

Windows Update slow – takes hours to find updates (Windows 7)

By | August 17, 2016

This has happened to me several times and had me scratching my head until I found out that it’s a common issue and is due to a bug in the Windows Update processing (checking for new updates) stage.  This is the resolution. You need these three updates downloaded – I tend to save them with… Read More »

Disable IPV6 from Windows 7 command prompt / DOS prompt

By | May 16, 2016

UPDATE: I’ve been told that disabling the Teredo/ISATAP/6to4 adapters might not be the best way to go. The better way is to use the NVSPbind utility from an elevated command prompt to do it, which is effectively the same as deselecting the IPV6 checkbox in the Network Properties. The command I’ve used for our Wireless adapters… Read More »