Questions tagged [automatic-update]
Automatic Updates for non-Windows uses of the word. Use windows-update for windows instead.
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how to stop windows 11 update manual
I have Win 11 pro and I stopped the update for windows from Services> Windows update> Disabled
The problem when I open the same setting after hibernate my laptop, the Disabled change to manual ...
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Automatically update data in a cell when a duplicate is entered from Microsoft forms
I'm using Microsoft forms to create a user friendly data entry for assets that need to be constantly updated. The reason for using forms is I like that your able to use it on the phone as well and ...
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Microsoft Edge Updating even though I disabled the edgeupdate and edgeupdatem services a day ago
I'm using Windows 10 1909
I woke up to my computer being sluggish so I opened task manager and found out MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe was running and taking lots of CPU, EVEN THOUGH I had just disabled ...
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Configure OPNsense to check for updates and install them automatically
I run OPNsense as well as a few Linux systems with Webmin.
Webmin has an option to check for updates periodically and install them automatically (iirc this can be done for all updates, or just for the ...
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How to disable automatic Thunderbird updates?
As with the current version of Thunderbird (91.x), it is not possible to disable automatic updates via Preferences:
Is it possible to do this via Config Editor, and if yes, how?
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What is "DSC Update" for a monitor?
I am using Samsung Odyssey LC27G7xT connected to a Linux machine via HDMI and to a Mac via DisplayPort.
Very occasionally, the monitor would show a black screen with the following progress bar in the ...
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MS Excel - assigning recurring weeks that reset every month
I have a set of dates say in column A and want to associate custom week numbers that reset after every 5 weeks.
So for example, the week counting starts from 27/09/21 (Monday) and will end on 31/10/21 ...
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Why does Windows 10 still automatically download, install updates and restart system despite I telling it not to? [duplicate]
I hate Windows so much! Why does it decide to automatically download and restart when I have all settings to off?
I had a 5 GB download running at 200 kB/s for hours and hours and somewhere at 80% ...
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Method or application for updating files and/or applications on many remote computers?
I have several Windows 10 and Windows 7 machines that are operating remotely. Sometimes, certain files or executables need to be updated. This would involve the following.
Close running program.
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PC is updating continuously for half an hour on every startup
I have Windows 10 on my home laptop. I start it only 2 days a week, because I usually use my tablet. Every time I start it, Windows, Dell, or something else is updating, disk or cpu usage being 100%, ...
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How to create a Destination file that is linked to a Source on Excel offline?
I am struggling with an excel feature regarding creating a Source and Destination workbook.
My Source data comes from the web using which I must create dashboards on Power BI. But before that, I make ...
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How to create a source and destination worksheets in Excel?
I am struggling with an excel feature regarding creating a Source and Destination workbook.
My Source data comes from the web. So I download it, create few new columns and functions and use it to make ...
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Setup Windows update downloads in Windows 10
When checking for Windows Updates, most of time there are more than one available and in that case each update is downloaded in turn. When one download completes, another starts automatically.
In the ...
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Block Future Automatic Installs of Office 365 and Word Opening On it's Own when it not supposed to be installed
During the past year or two Office 365 has magically reappeared on the computer multiple times. I have uninstalled it; so, there should be no trace. Yet, it Microsoft Word opens itself automatically ...
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Dismiss “almost time to restart"
Win 10 seems to love interrupting my movies with update messages I can’t dismiss. Since I’m watching a movie neither restarting now nor waiting an hour is acceptable.
I want to dismiss this thing. I ...
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How to undo group policy change to Windows Automatic Updates
I am running Windows 10 Pro x64 v. 1903. I edited my Group Policy for "Configure Automatic Updates" in the group policy editor, and now I want to set it back to "Not Configured". ...
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My computer automatically installs windows updates even though i have disabled the automatic install option, why?
I have disabled the automatic update installation feature for windows 10 on my laptop through the update settings because my computer installs them and restarts every time i turn it on. Instead i have ...
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What are the advantages of installing the newest updates for windows devices?
I am here to ask what are the benefits of installing updates on windows devices besides security and slight system changes to the graphical interfaces?
Also why are the updates forced to be installed ...
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Update a UDF where I know in advance the cells that will possibly change the result, but that are not direct parameters
I have a UDF that calculates the carry-over of growth over a year. That is for instance, at the second quarter of the year, the yearly growth rate if the growth in the third and fourth quarters is ...
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Plex update not installing
I'm running a macOS Plex server.
I want to update Plex via the "Install Update" button within General settings:
Plex immediately quits, and the spinner says that the update is installing:
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Windows Update Properties - Access Denied (as Administrator)
I'm trying to set the startup type to Automatic in Windows Update Properties of Windows 10, but the error "Access denied" appears.
How can I fix it?
I tryed also with the command "Net user ...
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unattended-upgrades Download-Upgradeable-Packages setting
I have previously setup unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu servers using the official guide.
I am now trying to setup the same on a Debian/Raspbian system; that guide is here.
My question is only about ...
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Update management of large clusters of Ubuntu servers
is there any software that may be used for managing updates on group of Ubuntu machines? I would like to let some test machines get updated with all available ubuntu updates, then test the resulting ...
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Disable Dropbox automatic updates on Linux
On Windows I've managed to disable Dropbox automatic updates because they were done by another application (DropboxUpdate.exe), but on Linux the same application that does the sync also download the ...
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Can I link images in a Powerpoint to a website so when the image updates on the site it updates in my Powerpoint?
My company uses a digital asset repository website to store and share media for use within the company. Not a public website. We make Powerpoints to train on our products. We often change packaging ...
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How to stop Firefox's version 66.0.5 (64-Bit) from showing the update nag screen?
I asked the same question for version 64.0, and the then accepted answer worked. For the 66.0.5 (64-Bit) version on Windows 7 Home Premium it doesn't work anymore.
I had to install the 66.0.5 version,...
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How to stop Windows reboot?
There has been variety of solutions offered using some script or playing with the registry. Is there a way to stop auto-update and auto-reboot of Windows? How can a person not from a programming ...
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How to stop Firefox's version 64.0 from showing the update nag screen?
Edit 24. May 2019: The accepted answer doesn't work for version 66.0.5 (64 Bit), at least not for me. (And I assume it doesn't work for any other new version.)
I have Firefox 64.0 (64-bit) running on ...
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It's 2019, How to *disable* automatic reboots and updates in Windows 10? Old methods are no longer working [duplicate]
Many of the solutions to prevent windows 10 from doing their auto reboot updates are not working anymore. The solutions posted here:
No, this question is not a duplicate. Hence: "It's 2019"
How to *...
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All chrome extensions gone after update, is there any way to restore, check a log to see what happened, or revert the update?
I just started using a computer I haven't been using for a while (4 months approximately). I actually restored it from hibernation, I guess I never shut it down the last time I used it, and chrome ...
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#VALUE cells not updating formulas
I am having an issue.
My formula works and comes up with #VALUE when it has no data ready for it to calculate. However, when data is put in for it to calculate it won't pick it up unless I delete the ...
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Windows 1803 and still auto restarting for updates [duplicate]
It was my understanding that with the Creators Update 1703, Windows 10 would no longer be auto restarting on its own. Currently running 1803 and am still experiencing forced restarts. Are these ...
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Skype for Windows automatic upgrade keeps recreating desktop shortcut icon
I use Skype on Windows 10. Skype frequently automatically installs updated versions of itself. Whenever it does such an update, it recreates a shortcut (icon) for Skype on the desktop. How do I ...
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How to find out how a program started on Windows
From what I have understood after researching on Google, there are two ways of how a program can start on Windows:
Manual (The user doubled clicked on the executable or shortcut file of the program)
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Xcode downloading update in the background?
I often see Xcode downloading heavily and it's not clear what.
I did not download it through the App store - and do not see anything updating there.
There are no automatic simulator updates and ...
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Update Master Table automatically from several separate Worksheets
I have 6 separate worksheets that are updated every week by 6 different people manually. The process is archaic as there is a new sheet template for each week (4 separate excel files that contain 5 ...
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Can I turn updates on/off for one specific app in the Micorsoft Store?
In the Microsoft Store, I have Settings > App updates > Update apps automatically turned on. But there's one app I'd like to only update manually. (Alternately, I could turn the global option ...
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Turn off automatic updates on Debian/KDE5
I cannot figure out how to turn off automatic updates in Debian buster running KDE. I've gone into the "apper" control screen and set to "never", but still I keep getting a little taskbar icon on the ...
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Disable Windows Update in Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
I am setting up touch-based systems for use in the construction industry out in the field. Many of the systems have access to mobile networks through a modem, but I do not want to use this limited ...
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Windows update broke programs
I'm at a loss about what to do. There was a windows 10 OS update forced to computer a couple weeks ago. Now various programs can't access files in MyDocuments and others can't access the DVD drives. I'...
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Stop a certain Windows Store app from updating
Is there a way to keep a certain Windows Store app from being updated while all others are kept up to date?
Or is there a way to save a backup of the current version and launch it somehow, even after ...
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Windows 10 possible Performance Degradation after Update [closed]
I have a laptop that runs Win10 build 1507. Today when I booted it up, Windows flashed the Update Assisstant and said I needed to Update. The machine in question is from 2014, with a core i5-4210U and ...
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Chrome prevents restart during Mac update
Every time my MBP tries to restart to auto-install an update, Chrome is preventing the restart and therefore the update. To make things worse, the OS closes most or all of my other programs before it ...
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Windows updates forcibly rebooting my PC at night [duplicate]
I am running Windows 10 Pro, Build 16299.
I'm not sure why MS thinks it's okay to forcibly reboot people's PC in the middle of the night...but for years I was able to prevent this by turning off my ...
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How can I disable software update notifications in kde/plasma
I keep getting popups about updates and it's annoying. The window below is from the taskbar icon settings that I think is causing the popup. Is there a workaround? If I knew which package was the ...
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How to have a launchd script create a file with time stamp?
I am trying to run a simple launchd script that copies a file from one directory to another when the file changes, but I want to paste it with a unique timestamp so I can version the files. My launchd ...
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Windows 10 Defer Upgrades not working
I'm encountering an issue, where my computers software updates are managed by Intune and the 'Defer Updates' policy is enabled.
Some laptops are however still getting the option to upgrade to the ...
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Windows 10 automatically deleting WiFi credential fields?
Lately I've been running into quite a few situations with users having an issue where on Windows 10, when entering credentials for a WiFi connection, the fields are automatically deleted before they ...
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Why doesn't ubuntu server do an automatic reboot?
On an Ubuntu 16.04 server I've got AutomaticSecurityUpdates enabled, which works fine. I also want it to automatically reboot at night if needed. For this I've got the following in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/...
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Prevent Windows 10 from log off, restart, or shut down with open files/programs
I'm looking for a group policy setting or a third-party program that can prevent Windows 10 (and earlier) from a logoff, restart, or shutdown command, initiated by either the user or the system.
I ...
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