I've tried this with 7-Zip (currently at 9.20 - which, oddly enough, is actually the latest version...) and Flash Player ActiveX (no idea what the current version is, but the newer version is whatever it currently says for everyone
). I won't keep trying. I'm trying to "quickly" update some else's box, but this is not quick at all. I'm gonna need some sort of fix here. Each of the programs I tried to update, show "Preparing..." until the end of time (meaning minutes on end, which is waaaay too long for doing absolutely nothing). I don't (and can't) know what's happening behind the curtains, nor do I know if there's any kind of log being kept anywhere at all. I hate blackboxes, as you might be able to tell.
This instance of Avast is at version 2014.9.0.2021 and running on Windows 7 x64. *Automatic* software updates are disabled, I'm just trying this out by clicking the update button with, like, a real mouse. Like I said, the pc is doing absolutely nothing while "preparing". No I/O activity, no CPU activity, no network activity.
