Windows Update Microsoft Windows Update is an integral service in every modern Windows operating system, that gives users the ability to update the Microsoft software and operating system in their computers, including installed components and drivers. Starting with Windows Vista, all Microsoft ...
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What are the first things to check when a Windows Update fails?
I'm looking for general advice on what to do when a Windows Update fails.
What are the First things you do when an update fails multiple times?
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Executing Windows based admin tools without Windows?
Is there a boot CD / USB stick OS or similar which I can use to execute basic admin tools designed for Windows?
For example, I'd like to flash firmware on a RAID card, and the tools the vendor ...
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Selectively Uninstalling Windows Updates
I recently installed a bunch of updates from the Windows update site. Now, some of the previously installed enterprise Java applications on my computer are not functioning properly, so I would like ...
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Controlling Windows Update frequency?
Is it possible to control how often Windows Update checks for available updates? I would imagine a registry hack is necessary?
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Is it possible to download Visual Studio 2010 Updates?
When we change Windows we have to download all Visual Studio 2010 updates with Windows Updater and install them again.
Is it possible to download Visual Studio 2010 Updates in an installing pack ?
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Remotely Install Windows Updates and Software on Home network
Is it possible to remotely install windows updates and software on my home network without having to login into each one with remote desktop?
I'm thinking of something like with ubuntu where I could ...
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Are updates necessary with no Internet?
For places that the computers won't ever see the Internet (Read: Mills and factories), is there any point to me installing the Windows Updates on new system builds? I know that about 90-95% of the ...
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How does a critical Windows Update find every Windows computer on the Internet?
I've read that Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of every month, so I could picture the code in Windows Update on the client machine being set to contact the company servers so Microsoft doesn't ...
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Automatic updates for Windows Vista not working properly
From time to time I'm having problems with automatic updates for Windows Vista Business (SP2, 32 Bit) on my laptop. Most important updates are downloaded and installed automatically (as preselected ...
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Will Windows 7 Home Premium receive security updates after mainstream support end (January 13, 2015)?
Most of today computers are bought with Windows 7 Home Premium operating system licensed and installed. But Microsoft Product Lifecycle states that its mainstream support will end on January 13, 2015, ...
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Windows update and restart
Is there a way to let Windows auto download and install updates, and reboot without asking after? When installing Windows 7 without a SP1 installation it takes ages, and even longer if you don't have ...
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Where can I see the most recent updated time and the other things list in windows 7?
Where can I see the most recent updated time and the other things list in windows 7 and is there any way to reverse it back once after updating the OS?
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Create a recurring appointment in Outlook for the Friday of every month after second Tuesday
I want to create a recurring appointment in Outlook for the Friday of the second Tuesday of each month to schedule server reboots because of Windows updates. Some months the second Friday is not the ...
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Why do Java and Flash not use Windows Update? [closed]
Windows Update should be the central way to update any software on Windows, but it only updates Microsoft stuff.
Java and Flash use independent ways to update. Flash is annoying when it opens a ...
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Does running Windows update in China compromise your computer? [closed]
I have heard rumors that running Windows Update in China may result in compromised patches being applied. Apparently, China forced Microsoft to disclose its signing certificate for updates and China ...
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How can I keep Windows Vista from updating Internet Explorer 7?
I have Windows Vista installed in a VirtualBox VM so that I can test websites in Internet Explorer 7.
I am embarrassed to say I don't have much of an idea how Windows Update works (Linux user for ...
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“A system-level error occurred while verifying trust” windows update
I get this message when trying to update windows.
After some research and reading some posts (there aren't that many knocking about) i found out that the problem could possibly be my ...
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Change group policy using windows CMD
I want to change the group policy setting that applies the value of the Windows Update WSUS server location HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUServer and ...
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Windows Update Fails Error Code 80072f78
I have tried reseting the winsock
netsh winsock reset
and tcp/ip
netsh int ip reset
But I still get this error.. I even cleared the win7 update Directory
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
I ...
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB2528583) won't install
When I tried to update using Windows Update, it just "hangs" at the "Installing" step.
When I downloaded the patch and ran it myself, a console screen just pops up and disappears, and does nothing.
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Is there a place where I can check if I've got all Windows updates?
I'm afraid someone or something has been messing with my Windows 7 updates. The last update for windows itself was from 12 November (KB2641690). And as far as I know, Microsoft releases updates every ...
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KBXXXXX does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your computer
I have uninstalled VS 2010 and many other apps that I don't use anymore, and reinstalled it after. I have also reinstalled VS 2010 SP1.
I'm now down to 3 updates, of which I am getting the error:
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Windows 7 - Windows Update won't update
I'm trying to update my Windows 7 Professional 32-bit edition and when I try to tell Windows Update to scan for updates it failed with the error code 0x80096001.
I checked out WindowsUpdate.log and ...
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Install some Windows Updates automatically - Filter Rules?
Is there a way to install some Windows Updates (those that don't nag about rebooting, especially the Windows Defender Definitions) automatically without asking and the rest when I tell them to?
I'm ...
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Windows Vista update - does it erase disk?
I have windows vista and I want to update it to Windows 7. Does this process clean everything I have on my disk (including Vista) and install new Windows 7 ?
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Windows Update waking machine from hibernation
One of my family members has a Windows (Vista) machine which is waking itself up from hibernation in an annoying fashion. Some investigation suggests that Windows Update is the guilty party - it ...
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How can I begin installing Windows Updates while others are downloading?
It's always annoyed me that Windows Update downloads everything before it begins any installs. Assuming I have no Internet Explorer updates or network drivers or anything else like that to install ...
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Why would Firefox access the windowsupdate.log?
Just updated to Firefox 8. The next download I did, Comodo Defense plus, catches Firefox attempting to write to the Windowsupdate.log. Why would it possibly be trying to access this file? Anyone had ...
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How do I force Windows to check for updates?
After a fresh Windows install – XP or 7 – how can I "force" Windows updates?
I don't want to have "old" Windows updates after a week, so could it be done in "one step"? Are there any "magical" ...
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How can I install updates and shut down from the command line?
I know that there is a simple way to shutdown the computer in command prompt, but is it possible to do system updates and then shutdown the computer in command prompt?
For example, when Vista needs ...
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GPO settings to allow domain computer to use Windows Update from Internet
I have a demo domain that I built and joined a Win 7 machine to. I would like the Win 7 machine to use windows update straight from Microsoft, not from the domain. However at the moment I am unable to ...
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Windows 7 Virtual machine maintaining with System Updates and MSE updates
I have multiple VMs (1 for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and so on -- I know I could use other tools like IETester but that's apart from this question). It is nice to have those VMs, since ...
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Which of the Windows updates are really necessary?
I downloaded a lot of Windows updates in the automatic mode.
Are they all necessary? Can I remove some of them?
How do I know which ones are necessary
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force windows update download in background
My Windows 7 box is set to download all updates but no automatic install. Updates are installed with frequent shutdowns. All safe and nice. However, some updates (usually big ones, like service packs) ...
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Download only for optional updates in Windows 7
I have Windows Update set to download only, to avoid unexpected restarts forced by automatic installs. However, I would also like to be able to download some optional updates and install at a later ...
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Is it possible to set Windows 7 to download updates now, but install them on the next shutdown?
Since I really don't like being reminded of an update that requires a reboot1, is it possible to have manual updates install when shutting down the next time? Automatic updating does this, but it's ...
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Stop Windows update windows from hiding
I like to keep an eye on the updates coming in from Windows Update, so I have it set to notify me of updates but not install anything automatically. When I'm notified, I usually just select all of the ...
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How do we apply the latest Windows Update?
I've just reformatted my computer and I was running Windows Update, but after installing the updates and restarting, I have more updates again, and even after those updates, I have more updates yet ...
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WinXP cannot access FAT/FAT32 Drives
One of my systems, running WinXP SP3, can no longer access FAT and FAT32 formatted drives.
When I insert a USB flash drive, it is recognized and assigned a drive letter, but when I try to access it I ...
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Programs keep freezing for few seconds
So I installed a huge chunk of Windows Updates a month ago. After that my active programs ,such as Firefox or MSN, have been freezing (Not responding) for few seconds and then coming back to life. ...
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How can I find out the version of a driver in the Windows Update dialog?
I find it annoying that in the Windows Update dialog, when there is a driver listed as available, you can't get more details other than a generic name for the driver. In the right-hand panel, there is ...
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What to do when Windows 7 appears to hang during the installation of updates?
The following message has been displayed on the screen for the last almost hour or so:
I'm guessing something went wrong and it's stuck in some sort of infinite loop or it's waiting for some event ...
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Windows Update to brake Google Chrome Asian Font Rendering
After an automatic Windows Update (KB2532531, KB2529073, KB982018, KB2539636, KB2570791, KB2563227) and restart the OS, Google Chrome (GC) appears to render broken Asian double-bytes fonts (see below ...
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How can I delete a folder which was temporarily created for a Windows update?
Recently I updated Windows 7 and it seems to have left a folder on my download partition under the name of 'ed4d9301c862cbea71281a6acdc7'. Now when I try to delete this folder I get the following ...
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All my browsers suddenly don't support Javascript files anymore?
I'm experiencing the same issue as this question, which seems to be unresolved. I'll provide more detail, sot that this qualifies as a better representation of the issue. It all started after moving ...
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Why do I need to keep “$hf_mig$”?
After having read the Microsoft's explanation and also some others, I still don't get it:
When a security update, critical update, update, update rollup, driver, or feature pack installs GDR ...
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Windows update for Windows 98 and ME in a VM
I am running Win98, ME, W2K in Virtualbox VM's, windows update does not work for IE5 on any of them (page loop), I have managed to update them to IE6 and it continues to go into some sort of page ...
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Why don't Windows Updates install all at once?
Why do the Windows Updates sometimes require restarts in between installing updates? Couldn't Windows queue them all for install when your computer is restarting? What I'm saying is, why do we have to ...
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Keeping computers on a network up to date
I have 4 Windows-7 machines at home , and one of them is downloading update all the time invariably , Microsoft is happy with this setup for which they no doubt have a solid reason.
But I don't ...
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Prevent Windows XP from automatically restarting after updates have been installed
I need to prevent a Windows XP server from automatically restarting after installing Windows updates through Group Policy. In Group Policy, I only see
No auto-restart with logged on users for ...
