Windows Update crashes the server

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TheGabriele

Hi to everyone,
i'm facing big problems with a windows server 2016 essential (on a Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX2540 M1) that's managing a small AD - 13 users - with folders redirection and a MySql DB. No users has the ability to install anything or mess with the server configuration.

In the last weeks, users accused sporadically slow downs that worsened with time until a total stuck of the system.

Perfomance monitor showed nothing really wrong, except a big latency of file access. HD raid was OK. Everything looked good.

Here's the stranger part: clicking around, the system blocked when i tried to open the windows update dialog page and stuck for some minutes. On a sunday, i managed the server to install pending updates (with many difficulties since the continued stuttering) and finally everything started to work again. Until the same thing happened.

I decided to prevent manually the windows update service to run (stopped and deactivated from services), and now everything is smooth. But i want my system to be updated regularly.

I already purged the SoftwareDistribution folder.

Could be some kind of file corruption of sorts, what do you suggest?

Thank you very much for any help.

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