updates in italics?

Well, if you tell people the same thing for long enough they begin to believe you, so much so that even I was starting to wonder whether I'd seen them.

At my age, the marbles rattle uncontrollably at times.

seavixen32 said:

It happens on all versions of Windows 7, the italics just signify the updates are for Ultimate and therefore you don't need to install them if you are using Home Premium or Professional.

Bit of a daft idea, if you ask me. Surely, it can't be too difficult for Microsoft to ensure you only get offered updates that are relevant to whicherever version you're using?

xxxdannyxxx said:

Well you learn something new every day.

Ditto. You definitely do learn something new everyday.

Thanks seavixen32

You're very welcome sygnus21.

seavixen32 said:

I present the evidence from my Windows 7 Professional laptop:

Attachment 171611

Contrast with Ultimate....

seavixen32 said:

You're very welcome sygnus21.

You're welcome +1

Case proved m'Lud.

If the italic ones are optional, and the non-italic ones not optional, then why do they both show in the non-essential part of Windows Update?

dukeofurl said:

If the italic ones are optional, and the non-italic ones not optional, then why do they both show in the non-essential part of Windows Update?

That is not the case.

As i explained previously, updates in italics are for Ultimate versions of Windows 7 only.

The fact that they are optional is irrelevant.

It would seem that I posted without updating the page and there were lots of other messages posted between.

That's OK, it's not a problem.