Windows 7: Media Center Update Free For All

bludgard69 · 24 Jun 2010

Is media center update daily for any of you?For the last week now,media center has been doing just that on my laptop.I don't see any updates in view history.What gives you reckon?

Airbot · 24 Jun 2010

Probably have it set to update information, like sports scores, etc from General-Automatic Download Options. It will show a icon in the notification area at certain times it's updating. Maybe once, or twice a day. They're not like Windows updates to WMC, so it won't show up there.

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bludgard69 · 24 Jun 2010

I don't even use Media Center.Only Media Player.Are they connected intrinsically?I think I do have automatic something downloads set on Media Player.I'll have to look into this.I'm also battling a Trojan on this machine.

I'll have to post back later.

Thank you.

Keep you updated.

Airbot · 24 Jun 2010

I'd deal with the malware before worrying about this then. Who knows what it's doing on your system.

bludgard69 · 24 Jun 2010

HA!

Party's been going strong.

Desslok · 24 Jun 2010

Do you have it set to automatic download only or download and install? Maybe it's just downloading and failing, so it attempts to re-download?

bludgard69 · 24 Jun 2010

Think I'm done with the trojan.

I do have auto update and install active in Control Panel/Windows Update.Haven't checked with Media Center,yet.I'll also look for logs and see if updates failed.

I'll post results later.Thanks for all the suggestions.

THIS COMMUNITY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

bludgard69 · 25 Jun 2010

Checked Update status:I've got everything set to automatic.
I just never saw that WMC Updater Globe so mutch.I watch pretty much everything.It has paid off a couple times.:)

Could have been the malware.I don't see any updates for WMC installed recently.
Still runs choppy with re-runs online.

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.

Anyway,I apreciate all rasponses.Hope I'll be able to return the favor sometime.

bludgard69 · 25 Jun 2010

This was the culprit!

Thanks.

Repped

Quote: Originally Posted by Airbot

Probably have it set to update information, like sports scores, etc from General-Automatic Download Options. It will show a icon in the notification area at certain times it's updating. Maybe once, or twice a day. They're not like Windows updates to WMC, so it won't show up there.

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Airbot · 25 Jun 2010

Yeah, they wouldn't be like Windows Updates, where you would see updates there. Probably information just gets updated in- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\Packages

Don't think it's from the malware, just updating itself like it does when you have the update options checked.