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msiexec very slow - max 25% CPU

Discussion in 'Windows Home Server' started by Steven Cools, Apr 21, 2009.

  1. Steven Cools

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    when installing updates on one of our win 2K3 servers (R2, SP2), the msiexec
    process always takes a very long time to complete. while other servers update
    in about 5 minutes, this one takes somewhere between 30min and 1 hour. when
    looking in task manager the msiexec process only goes up to 25% of CPU and
    never exceeds this.
    the hardware is an Intel Xeon quadcore E5335 2GHz cpu with 4GB ram.
    the server hosts a range of applications, among them sql server 2005 and
    some IIS intranet webpages (ie.our helpdesk - spiceworks). there's plenty of
    disk space. SEP 11 is also installed (same on the other servers so don't
    think this could be the issue)

    anyone any ideas?

    regards,
    S.
     
    Steven Cools, Apr 21, 2009
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