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  1. Posts : 824
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
       #830

    roncerr said:
    I've heard other people mention this Windows Update "bug".
    Mine is set for download but let me choose when to update/install but some updates get installed without my consent. I've noticed in the Event Viewer that when this happens, there is always a temporary change of the actual logged in user account, also done without my consent. I've always found it odd that MS can do this without the Desktop/Explorer having to be restarted.
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  2. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #831

    Updates


    I have all updates turned off permanently but periodically check manually for new ones using Windows Updates from: Start menu > All Programs.

    It's interesting to note that the last search for new updates showed critical security updates available for the Microsoft Office 2007 programs Outlook, Outlook Malicious Software Filter and OneNote; even though these particular programs from Office are not installed on my hard drive. I only have Word, Excel and Power Point installed. So why is it telling me there are critical updates for programs I don't have installed? Go figure!

    I simply un-tick the unwanted updates, then right click them and select "Hide" so they are not offered again.
    Last edited by poppa bear; 16 Dec 2010 at 01:56.
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  3. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #832

    kewl1 said:
    My Windows mail has worked great for many months ever since I followed this tutorial. Even today I used it all day. But then I shut the computer down instead of putting it to sleep and went out for a while. Now after the reboot my Mail program will not open at all.

    I also noticed a trick that MS always pulls on me. I always have my computers set so that they will not download any updates but only inform me that there is one if I want it. MS will however often go ahead and just download AND install one without my permission, often or perhaps always in the middle of the night. There is one with todays date that I was unaware of. This particular one is a Windows Defender update. A System Restore will not help. I only seem to have 3 restore points and if I try to go back to the first one on the 10th it fails. I hate the way MS does business.

    Am I the only one with this problem today? Could it be something other than a sneaky MS trick? I will go back and repeat all the steps I did months ago and see if that helps. Any new info that I am unaware of would be greatly appreciated.

    Updates for Windows Defender are considered essential for security reasons and therefore come in regardless.
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  4. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #833

    poppa bear said:
    I have all updates turned off permanently but periodically check manually for new ones using Windows Updates from: Start menu > All Programs.

    It's interesting to note that the last search for new updates showed critical security updates available for the Microsoft Office 2007 programs Outlook, Outlook Malicious Software Filter and OneNote; even though these particular programs from Office are not installed on my hard drive. I only have Word, Excel and Power Point installed. So why is it telling me there are critical updates for programs I don't have installed? Go figure!

    I simply un-tick the unwanted updates, then right click them and select "Hide" so they are not offered again.
    At that stage it only knows that you have Office components installed. When updating it will check and cancel the inapplicable ones. I wouldn't hide them, let them be applied, the inappropriate ones will automatically be cancelled. You should let Windows do the deciding.
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  5. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #834

    Ex_Brit said:
    poppa bear said:
    I have all updates turned off permanently but periodically check manually for new ones using Windows Updates from: Start menu > All Programs.
    At that stage it only knows that you have Office components installed. When updating it will check and cancel the inapplicable ones. I wouldn't hide them, let them be applied, the inappropriate ones will automatically be cancelled. You should let Windows do the deciding.
    Thanks Ex_Brit. Some time back, when the updates first became available, I had done as you suggested, but it actually downloaded & installed them, as was shown via Control Panel > Programs > Updates. Then when further updates became available for those applications, it also downloaded and installed them too. That's why I turned off all auto updates options and have done it manually ever since.

    I don't know if the Office version makes any difference, but I have MS Office 2007 Enterprise installed. I thought there may have been some hidden root directories for the applications that were omitted when Office was first loaded onto my PC, but after allowing viewing of hidden files/folders, I can't find any in either Program Files, Program files(x86), Application Data or System 32.

    Re your statement:
    Updates for Windows Defender are considered essential for security reasons and therefore come in regardless.
    I don't wish to be controversial, but in my OS of Windows 7 Ultimate, with all auto updates turned off, Windows Defender updates do not download or install until I select them to do so.
    Last edited by poppa bear; 16 Dec 2010 at 02:23.
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  6. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #835

    I consider myself corrected. You are right. They (WD Updates) are however not something one should be concerned about.
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  7. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #836

    Ex_Brit said:
    They (WD Updates) are however not something one should be concerned about.
    Well said, and yes, I totally agree.

    Cheers and have a happy Christma. PB :)
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  8. Posts : 1,633
    Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
       #837

    ..and you, all the best.
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  9. Posts : 1
    Wiy-7 Home Premium 32bit
       #838

    Everything went well until . . .


    . . . I went into the registry to edit

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER ==> Software ==> Classes ==> eml_auto_file

    and found that eml_auto_file does not exist in my registry (Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit).

    Nor can I simply cut and paste from Vista. I am upgrading from XP-Pro.

    Any suggestions?

    Harry Frank
    Red River, NM
    USA
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  10. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #839

    hfrank said:
    . . . I went into the registry to edit

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER ==> Software ==> Classes ==> eml_auto_file

    and found that eml_auto_file does not exist in my registry (Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit).

    Nor can I simply cut and paste from Vista. I am upgrading from XP-Pro.

    Any suggestions?

    Harry Frank
    Red River, NM
    USA
    Footnote 2 in the tutorial referring to this regedit says: "Manually edit the following registry key if it is installed."

    If it doesn't exist you don't have to worry about it.

    You don't need to cut and paste anything from Vista. Everything you need is in the tutorial on page one of this thread.
    Last edited by poppa bear; 12 Jan 2011 at 14:40.
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