Questions tagged [updates]
This tag is used for problems with updating software in general. It may be appropriate to use other tags in addition to this one to show what program/operating system you are trying to update.
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How to install this window update kb5021233?
When I run windows updates through control panel, it always gives me:
Error code: (0x8007000d)
So I downloaded msu of that particular update from this site and while installing
this error pops up:
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Is there a way to install Windows Update manually without the Internet?
The PCs where I'm working do not have internet access as they contain sensitive data and are only connected to their VPN sites, and I do not want to connect the PCs to the internet for security ...
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How companies update their packages on Linux server that do not have access to Internet?
I have a Linux server that hosts an internal web server (apache) and database (MySQL).
I would like to know what's the best option to update the packages (ex: web server) knowing that this server does ...
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How to disable "Failed to update" sticky notification for Chrome on Windows 7?
As you've probably all heard, Google is finally ending support for Chrome for Windows 7 - makes sense, with the slow phasing out of the system.
As for now however, I'm still fine using it with the ...
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How do I send meeting updates in Outlook to new attendees only?
Up until recently, I was able to add meeting attendees and send the updated meeting invite to the new attendees only. Now I can't. When I add a new attendee and send the update, I don't get the pop-...
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Microsoft .Net Runtime UAC Pops Up Every Few Minutes - How to Stop it
I have a user getting prompted by UAC every few minutes regarding Microsoft .Net Runtime requesting admin credentials. Every time the user clicks No, UAC comes back after a few minutes shown below:
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Update causing an issue
My Bullguard security system was recently bought over by Norton and the changeover was fine. Norton informed me that my Libre Office program was in need of an update. I clicked on 'Update' and my ...
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Automation between a google spreadsheet and the downloaded version. Possible?
I use an iMac and google spreadsheets.
When I want to synchronise my spreadsheets on my drive with the spreadsheets on my imac, I tend to download them. The problem I have is the downloaded ...
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Change of "Site Settings > Clipboard" after latest update of chrome?
I updated Chrome to version 107. On lot of websites I use JavaScript functions like navigator.clipboard.readText() which copy text to clipboard.
Before update any website need confirmation. Now I have ...
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Why are BIOS updates discouraged if they provide security improvements?
Frequently, I've noticed that motherboard manufacturers recommend against installing/upgrading BIOS updates unless there's some kind of issue you are encountering. The warning usually comes in the ...
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How to stop Microsoft Edge from updating in Windows 10?
About a month or two ago, I was using TreeSize to check the contents of my C: drive since it was filling up even though I wasn't downloading it. I discovered that in ProgramFiles, Microsoft's Edge ...
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How to permanently disable any Windows 10 automatic updates that aren't directly crucial to the integrity of my operating system [duplicate]
My PC is always low on space, and for the longest time I kept wondering why my C: drive kept filling up even though I wasn't downloading anything, and finally I discovered TreeSize and found out that ...
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Windows Updates are not installed when I restart my machine
The following is displayed in Windows Settings:
but when I restart my machine nothing changes.
When I press "Check for updates" no new updates appear.
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Does latest cumulative update of Windows 10 correct the broken one?
Luckily I remember the date when I messed up Windows 10 update and
so I fixed consequences by reinstalling that update. Is it necessary to remember the date like this every time (or)
will the latest ...
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How can I save an admin credential for use on multiple user accounts?
I realize that this may not be the best practice security-wise. But This is a very specific scenario and my department has decided this is the best course of action.
My department is currently in ...
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Why does "sleep" feature get affected every time if Windows 10 updates are not done properly?
Recently, I updated my Windows with below update.
Since then, my "sleep" feature shuts down as explained in this other question my laptop instead of going to "sleep".
Later, I ...
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Preferences reports wrong version for some installed apps
For a few of my apps, the preferences/apps control panel shows an incorrect (outdated) version. winget reports the same thing. For example, I have installed OBS Studio 28.0.2, but winget thinks it's ...
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“The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 23F3D4EA75716059”
I try to update Debian but I get the following error message:
% sudo aptitude update
Hit http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security ...
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Trying to update macOS Catalina to Big Sur, stuck after softwareupdate -l
I have a late 2014 mac-mini.
I need to update from Catalina to Big-Sur so I can install xcode 13, so I can upload builds for iOS.
When I goto system preferences\software update I get "checking ...
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How to give extra disk space to root for Ubuntu update?
I'd like to upgrade Ubuntu to 22.04, but I get the following error:
The upgrade has aborted. The upgrade needs a total of 11,4 G free
space on disk '/'. Please free at least an additional 2 817 M of ...
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BlueZ not updating
i'm currently trying to update BlueZ on my RaspberryPi. But I've an issue where bluetoothctl -v, bluetoothd -v and dpkg --status bluez | grep '^Version:' are not changing their versions, no matter ...
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How to fix Cygwin installation, when unable to update setup?
I have Cygwin installed on my Windows 10 system. Every now and then I run Cygwin Setup to add packages as needed (mostly scripting interpreters). For some time now I face a problem when trying to ...
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windows 10 machine restarted and applications removed and we windows.old folder
Windows 10 machine was restarted and it installed some updates and any additional applications installed (non windows default) are no longer installed. We have a specific business application called ...
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Cannot upgrade Eclipse from 2022-03 to 2022-06
I added the "latest" update site (https://download.eclipse.org/releases/latest), clicked on Help -> check for updates, clicked on Next > twice but eclipse refuses to update itself.
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How can I install MacOS security updates when I receive the error message "In order to continue installing, you need to be an owner"
Installing Apple MacOS security updates fails with the error message
In order to continue installing, you need to be an owner
How can I fix this? Running MacOS 12.
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Ubuntu 20.04 fprint update
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and wanted to update it. After restart of a system software update popped up and stated that software update is available. I saw that it suggests to update fprint in a very ...
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Dell XPS 9370 BIOS update not applying
I have a Dell XPS 9370 that dual-boots between Linux and Windows. It currently runs firmware version 1.19.0; the Dell Update application on Windows downloads and attempts to install version 1.20.0 -- ...
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Linux system updates one-by-one or at once
I am using Fedora 36. I use KDE's Discover to find and install updates. It requires restart.
Suppose there were 7 system updates made available in a week. And I didn't update the system entire week ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 crashing on upgrade
Fresh install as Guest VM (virtualbox) Ubuntu can't upgrade
Err:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 amd64 2.36.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Hash Sum mismatch
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Is is possible to achieve reliable BIOS updating using DELL Command | Update command line options in silent mode?
We use the CLI (dcu-cli.exe) of DELL Command | Update to update our DELL Latitude and OptiPlex machines in silent mode. Driver and app updates do work perfectly but BIOS updates are often left out. ...
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How to migrate all packages, settings, user data etc. after updating to a newer Python version? [closed]
I've just installed Python 3.10 on Windows 10 and none of my scripts are working. For instance, when doing jupyter notebook I get
'jupyter' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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Access Denied installing updates remotely with Powershell
Im trying to install in a remote server, updates approved in our Wsus:
$session=New-PSSession -ComputerName server1
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {
(Import-module -name "S:...
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Windows 1903 Update to 20H2
I received an old notebook, already used, which I will donate to a school for needy children.
His system is Windows 1903 OS build 18362.900
Notebook Model:
HP Pavilion 11 x360 PC
4Gb of ram memory
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Add routes (IPs ?) to Windows Updates Servers (DNSs)
It is possible to add routes to Windows Udpate Servers?
I've this server which Default Gateway is an internal service interface, so all internet traffic is explicitly allowed via routes in the ...
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Cannot start KVM machine on arch after update
I'm having trouble with a VM I was using yesterday. After using, I closed the guest and updated my host machine (arch linux). Today I turned on the host and tried to turn on my guest and this message ...
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OS-update in VMWare "Template VM" - possible to propagate to the LINK:ed VM:s?
OS-update in VMWare "Template VM" - possible to propagate to the LINK:ed VM:s?
To elaborate; using VMware Workstation 15 Pro I have a Windows 10 "Template" from which I have ...
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How To Setup ostree and rpm-ostree on openEuler?
I have a task which is to test the rpm-ostree on openEuler. It seems not set up correctly, simply installing it with yum may not enable it.
> rpm-ostree status
error: This system was not booted via ...
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XPS 8920 Crashes after Windows 10 update - Page fault in nonpaged area
This happens after a quality update as well as a feature update to 21H2, the system won't boot and blue screens with the error (where the fault happened isn't shown on the blue screen). These are the ...
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Kali mirror sync error on laptop, desktop, bootable usb, and Raspberry Pi 4B 8gb
I have a problem with Kali Linux. I am currently running Kali on my laptop, desktop, Raspberry Pi 4B 8gb, and a bootable usb with 256gb storage. I recently tried updating, but all independent devices ...
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How can I make Firefox allow new tabs with an update pending?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have the same problem as Seph Reed, where every few days to few weeks Firefox stops allowing me to open new tabs or windows because it has an update it needs to install.
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BitTorrent updates signaled as Potentially unwanted app found by Windows Security
Windows Security has detected file: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\BitTorrent\updates\7.10.5_46211.exe as potentially unwanted app. What action should I perform for it - Allow or Quarantine or ...
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WSUS alternative
I was wondering which is the best way or software to handle windows updates for a private network.
I'm managing a network that only a few devices can go to the internet so that means all the others ...
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After Windows update, normal to get prompt for Administrator password?
In my decades of using Windows, I've never gotten prompted for an administrator password when logging into a non-administrator account after a Windows update. Today, on Windows 10, I did, and the ...
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Firefox mangles theme after update
Whenever Firefox restarts, it ends up looking like this:
I then go to the theme settings and Disable the Dark theme:
This gives me the look I want:
Strangely, after this, I can Enable and Disable ...
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apt-offline Parsing Error E: Lzma_read Read Error (7) package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened
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I have a old laptop running on Kubuntu 18.04 that I didn't use for a while and want to update using apt-offline. The Laptop cannot be connected to internet.
apt-offline is already installed on ...
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Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.142 80] only for one IP
During updates and installations i keep getting errors with connection to [IP: 91.189.88.142 80] and not any others. Does this device has some errors? Can i make so that Ubuntu never tries to use it ...
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How can I FORCE my Windows 20H2 to update to the newest update?
My Win-10 laptop WAS recently at version 21H1 (or higher?). A few days ago, I noticed that my default application for a file-type of .MKV no longer launched my 3rd-party application. Instead, it ...
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I updated UEFI firmware and now can't even boot into Windows RE from a USB
My PC came prebuilt from a vendor when I bought it 2-3 years ago with UEFI firmware version 1823 on it, and two days ago I updated the UEFI firmware version to 3122 and this is what happened:
I ...
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Windows update 'You're not up to date' and 'Your device is missing important security and quality fixes' but no obvious errors
Windows Update which has been working fine until today now says:
You're not up to date
Last checked: Today, 20:37
Your device is missing important security and quality fixes.
I have:
Windows 10 Pro
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Where to find Microsoft AutoUpdate on Mac?
Hello to all that read this.
I want to delete the MAU application on my Mac. I’ve followed the various guides and deleted files. But the location given for the MAU application on my Mac is empty. It’s ...