# Why is the update of the registries so slow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-update-of-the-registries-so-slow/28659>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-update-of-the-registries-so-slow/28659 "2019-09-11T18:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-the-update-of-the-registries-so-slow/28659/32 "2021-06-25T07:29:35Z")

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Might be a Windows Defender thing: [Pkg fetching takes very long at 99.9% @ v1.6 (Win 10) - #7 by carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-fetching-takes-very-long-at-99-9-v1-6-win-10/56499/7)

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