Must Kill Windows Update

Ryan Binns

I've set windows update to check for updates and then prompt me before downloading or installing them, which is fine. However, a couple of weeks ago it came up with a whole lot of updates which I didn't want to download at that time, so I told it to remind me later. I ran windows update that night and downloaded the whole lot overnight. However, windows update continues to tell me that the same updates need downloading. Is there any way to tell it that those ones have been downloaded and installed, and it should just do new ones? :mad: Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Baris Kurtlutepe

Have you tried disabling and re-enabling auto-update? I believe that way it forgets what it had to download. Or at least hope so.. :~

Ryan Binns

Baris Kurtlutepe wrote: Have you tried disabling and re-enabling auto-update? I think so, but I'll do it again and see what happens :) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Baris Kurtlutepe

Ryan Binns wrote: but I'll do it again and see Actually I ran into the same situation and don't know how I managed to get rid of it. Maybe you should keep trying and it will forgive you... :p P.S: Man that was a fast reply, I've seen your reply in the response I got after I've submitted the post! :wtf:

Ryan Binns

Baris Kurtlutepe wrote: Maybe you should keep trying and it will forgive you... I've been telling it to remind me later for about 2 weeks :) Baris Kurtlutepe wrote: Man that was a fast reply, I've seen your reply in the response I got after I've submitted the post! lol. I didn't even realise. I just happened to hit refresh and the post was there, so I replied to it. :) Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

RaviBee

Ryan, I've disabled Windows Update. I prefer to update my OS en masse when a SP is released. My system seems much more stable that way. /ravi Let's put "civil" back in "civilization" Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

Kannan Kalyanaraman

Absolutely, thats the way I prefer too. I remain sane that way :-) I think these updates creates more problems than they solve, they release patches to patch the patch :mad: Regards, Kannan

Matt Newman

I've seen this before. Either I ignored it and it eventually went away, or I just told it to install them and it went away. Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179 "Two things have come out of Berkley, Unix and Acid, we do not belive this to be a coincidence"
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Ryan Binns

Matt Newman wrote: I just told it to install them and it went away Did it re-download them? I can't afford to do that because I've only got limited downloads at home. If it doesn't then I'll do that. Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Matt Newman

Ryan Binns wrote: Did it re-download them? I can't afford to do that because I've only got limited downloads at home. If it doesn't then I'll do that. It didn't for me, but mine is setup to automatically download them etc etc so it was already downloaded. Matt Newman
Sonork: 100:11179 "Two things have come out of Berkley, Unix and Acid, we do not belive this to be a coincidence"
Linux sucks twice as fast and 10 times more reliably, and since you have the source, it's your fault. -Ca1v1n Post best viewed with lynx

Domenic Denicola

Also try deleting C:\WUTemp

-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”

Domenic Denicola

I believe I fixed this by deleting the Windows Update ActiveX control (under IE Options). It then recreates itself correctly when you visit the site again.

-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”

Ryan Binns

Domenic [Geekn] wrote: Also try deleting C:\WUTemp Thanks :) I'll try that. Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"