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The problem is described well here, so I won't repeat it; but basically, hiding the Silverlight update the naive way doesn't work.

So the question is -- how do I tell Windows to shut up about Silverlight and stop bringing it up on the list?

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@Moab: Huh? It's not installed... – Mehrdad Jun 11 '12 at 4:53
explain "it's not installed". What's not installed? Microsoft Office? He was simply giving you an example of another Microsoft Product that you would ALSO not get update notifications about, if you follow that recommended solution. So, you disable the update notifications for Microsoft products (not Windows) and you don't get update notifications for Silverlight or any other Microsoft product. – Bon Gart Jun 11 '12 at 11:52
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You may think that the same "update" appears over and over again, but it's not. I just installed a new system. As I don't need Silverlight (or more precisely the Silverlight plugin for my webbrowsers) I chose to hide the "update" (which is actually not an update as Silverlight is not installed). When I click "Check for updates" again, the same Silverlight "update" seems to appear again, except it's not the same: it has a different ID. After hiding and checking for new updates several times, Silverlight doesn't appear anymore. The next time a new version will be out, it will reappear though. – user276648 Mar 14 at 6:50
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its freaking annoying, I've repeatly for the last 3 days selected "hide this update" and it keeps popping up each day. – BerggreenDK Apr 30 at 7:54

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I recently had this issue also, after installing a Windows 7 VM for work. Having not used Windows for quite some time this was very annoying to me as well.

I had a clean installation of Windows 7, upgraded to whatever the latest service pack is as of this writing and I'd refused to install Silverlight. However, it appears that Windows 7's service packs now "preload" portions of Silverlight, making it show up in Windows Update even when not technically fully installed. Highly irritating.

To fix this issue, I followed the removal directions in the following article from Microsoft's Support website: How to clean a corrupted Silverlight installation and then reinstall Silverlight.

After doing the complete removal from the "Let me fix it myself" section, Silverlight has not once showed up in my Windows Update.

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so you installed the plugin after all? the idea here is to GET RIDE of the plugin and keep it from popping up in Windows update. – BerggreenDK Apr 30 at 7:58
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No, I removed the plugin. As I said in my answer I only followed the removal instructions. The instructions just happened to be in a Microsoft article about reinstallation, the second half of which you can ignore. – Bryson Apr 30 at 20:07
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Try disabling Microsoft Updates in settings.

But the side effect is you will not get important updates for other products like Office.

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This is a terrible non-solution. The issue is not that he does not like Windows Update updates, it's that Windows Update continues showing him an "optional" update for Silverlight which he hasn't installed. Disabling Windows Update completely may be the worst security advice you can give any Windows user, for any reason. – Bryson Apr 8 at 20:39
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Indeed terrible, you dont disable windows update, thats crazy - you only need to remove 1 single item you dont want installed on your computer. Its like, okay - I dont like the amount of gas my car uses, so remove the engine. – BerggreenDK Apr 30 at 7:55

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