Having an issue with a Windows update

Yeah I just spoke to an Asus tech yesterday and he told me they rarely have updates on their boards and since my board was just purchased in October and is a newer board, that it is unlikey it would have an update.

Hopalong X said:

I do not update anything on my Asus board thru Windows except my Realtek LAN.

Go check with Asus and up date there if there actually is an update.

I don't like things messing with my Asus.

Those Marvells are your controller drivers which operate your hard drive.
I'll get the Asus link.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

Enter the board info on the right or click the autodetect on the left.

Mike

That may sound paranoid but I prefer to make sure I have the exact version recommended by Asus thats all.

I ran the manual search on the link you sent and when i did it said that it found 33 files. What next?

Hopalong X said:

I do not update anything on my Asus board thru Windows except my Realtek LAN.

Go check with Asus and up date there if there actually is an update.

I don't like things messing with my Asus.

Those Marvells are your controller drivers which operate your hard drive.
I'll get the Asus link.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

Enter the board info on the right or click the autodetect on the left.

Mike

That may sound paranoid but I prefer to make sure I have the exact version recommended by Asus thats all.

Hello!

I take it that you no longer need MY help, as Hopalong has give you such good advice! You have received amazing help from him - be very greatful, as we can all see you are. Anyway, a short description as to why a download from the Microsoft download centre standalone works:

When an update fails, it could be caused by a small corruption of the servicing store. When an update is installed via Windows Update, it is staged and this can mean that this small corruption causes it to fail. However, when it is updated from a standalone, it is flashed, and this can wipe out the corruption. This is still only a theory, but it is our best theory to date. For a fuller explanation, see the top half of my old post here: Solved .NET framework 4 Client profile - Page 4 - Vista Forums

Richard

I assume the cd was used when the mb was installed but I'm not sure since I had someone else build my pc. The tech at asus didn't seem to think I would need to update so I chose not to. Everything is working great now. i got the update to stop updating and I'll check in with asus in a month or so to see if I should update anything.
Thanks for your help everyone. I really appreciate it.
I'm not sure if Niemiro was being sarcastic or not but I always thank people when they help me with pc issues. I got busy and didn't get to log back in until today so I apologize if it seemed like I took the info and ran with it without saying thank you.

Hopalong X said:

This tutorial shows you how to hide the Windows Updates such as the Marvell so it won't bother you again.

Windows Update - Hide or Restore Hidden Updates

It didn't come out quite right. I didn't mean to be sarcastic. I usually deal with the Windows Update issues, and in particular the ones relating to corruptions, and the only reason for that post was to give you a chance to jump at me if you DID have a Windows Update issue relating to corruptions. I can see that you always thank people! You seem like a very polite and easy to work with person! Anyway, sorry for any confusion!

No problem at all. Thanks for the offer to help. I can use all the help I can get.

niemiro said:

It didn't come out quite right. I didn't mean to be sarcastic. I usually deal with the Windows Update issues, and in particular the ones relating to corruptions, and the only reason for that post was to give you a chance to jump at me if you DID have a Windows Update issue relating to corruptions. I can see that you always thank people! You seem like a very polite and easy to work with person! Anyway, sorry for any confusion!