• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

help with auto updates

Daveroo

Daveroo

Members +
hi all,ive asked before,and im shamed to say i cant remember,but i have that auto update icon on the bottom tool bar again with "important updates",,i go and look and they are for programs i dont even have in my PC,like microsoft office 3 and some word program....i did have them..never used them..i have no need for them..so i removed them..yet i get these updates,,and i cant get rid of the icon and i cant make the updates stop....i change the drop box to never check and a month later..its back on daily...

i have vista home..32 bit
 
Re: Auto Updates

Sounds like you may not have quite gotten rid of them. Make a list of the program names.

I have Windows XP Pro on all my computers (except Win 7 Pro on one laptop) and if I were seeing this, I would start by going to my Control Panel and selecting "Add/Remove Software" and see if the name of the offending program(s) pops up.

If it does, you probably uninstalled with the program software uninstaller which DOES NOT NECESSARILY remove ALL components of the software. Remove it again via the Control Panel.

After that's done, do a Search for the name(s) on your list and see if any folders are left. If so, just delete them to make sure all are gone.

Just my $0.02.
 
If I remember right you can stop any single update from being offered through Windows Updates and Internet Explorer. My kids LT had this same situation where they thought they had removed bloatware from MS (OK software they had no use for) but still got updates for things that were no longer 'whole'. Open IE and click 'Tools' then 'Windows Update', click on 'Custom' and let it search for updates. When the list comes up and you see one for something you know you don't have or don't use, click on the small + box and check the box 'Don't show this update again'. The update you refused will be kept out of the loop from further updates but can be fetched back if needed by scrolling down the left side of the IR window until you see 'Restore Hidden Updates'. The caution is that it's not always clear what program depends on another for proper operation and updates can get screwed up if not installed in proper sequence. However, I've stopped updates for a small handful of MS business programs I never use and have had no issues I'm aware of yet. If you want to get rid of programs thoroughly I recommend Revo Uninstaller using the Advanced Method, checking select all and delete at each point. Hope this helps out.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top