Windows Automatic Updates

[OneDay]

ah well, worth a shot

[CupCake]

Jun 5, 2012 16:49:22 GMT OneDay said:

ah well, worth a shot

of course it was oneday, thanks it was a brill thought from you and thanks.
Just wondering why I'm not getting any other updates.

[Deleted]

I tend to let windows tell me when there are updates rather than download them all thn i use custom selection and tick the hide box so it doesnt come up anymore

Where's macca when you need him

try ccleaner on filehippo its free and can clear quite a few old files that lurk around as well as it has an uninstall program build into the program

[Deleted]

Sometimes ( a lot of the time ) when you uninstall a program the remnants left behind are still in the programs folder , worse than that they are also left in the registry , unfortunately if you are not pc savvy then it's not wise to mess with the registry , but I would guess that is where some of the problems may lie .

As far as I am aware not even a registry cleaning program will help you ,

Macca may be able to help out if he sees this thread

[Scylla]

Jun 5, 2012 19:17:19 GMT @storm said:

Sometimes ( a lot of the time ) when you uninstall a program the remnants left behind are still in the programs folder , worse than that they are also left in the registry

I use Revo Uninstaller (free version), which is very safe and takes out pretty well all the leftovers - you can click thru telling it to delete "everything" because it only deletes "ticked bolded" items, so if you tick an unbolded item by mistake it won't remove it. If you see what I mean There's another one called UR Uninstaller (or something like that) which my brother uses.

Of course, these programs work best if they were installed before you installed the program you want to get rid of, but nevertheless they work quite well.

[Scylla]

Jun 5, 2012 15:32:31 GMT Scylla said:

I've seen a few complaints lately about never-ending update attempts but don't remember a slam-dunk solution.

There's this: www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-fix-windows-updates-with-fix-wu-utility but I'm waiting for an OK from eBay techie advisers for safety's sake

I've just noticed that my follow-up to the above hasn't posted, I did it ages ago ???

This is the answer I got from eBay techie guru Grumpy-Cook:

Windows Club utilities are usually trustworthy. This one apparently just re-registers the WU dlls etc. which many fixes do.

There is a Microsoft fixit here - support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

You might also tell your friend to disable her antivirus and any 3rd-party firewall before installing the updates, I've found this sometimes helps.

[CupCake]

Hi guys
Oooo, is Macca the AAEC whiz kid, I hope so.
colli - I dont download any updates, they are all automatic. My computer just tells me it is installing updates when I logoff. It's this one update that occurs every single day.

[leftfield]

Can you tell me if the updater will allow you to make changes?

Go to start > all programs > windows update then click "change settings"

Change the "install updates automatically" to anything else then click ok. Close the window and open it again and tell me if the change you made is back to install updates automatically or whether it has actually saved your change.

If it saved it then it isn't as corrupt as mine was and it wont be the actual installer at fault.

If it doesn't accept the change, try the disk check:

Jun 5, 2012 8:32:11 GMT leftfield said:

Start > computer > right click on the hard drive and choose 'properties' > click the 'tools' tab > choose the 'check now' under 'error checking.

It's just looking for broken files and bad sectors in the drive that could be causing this.

[CupCake]

leftfield - just about to try that..............

[CupCake]

OK, I changed the day from everyday to Monday and it saved the changes.

[CupCake]

Scylla. thanks so much for posting that info. I've tried it and it just says that there's no problems.

[leftfield]

That's a good sign at least. Have you tried to delete the updater cache?

microcentertechsupport.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-clear-windows-update-download.html

I'm trying to remember everything I did to try to fix my updater :-[ I'm sure I tried this at some point but the actual updater was corrupt for me so I had to be more drastic than I hope you'll need to be.

[Chrissie]

As Leftfield says, you don't have to have auto downloads - I don't! Click on the new updates icon & then on the right, "change settings"

[CupCake]

Thanks everyone for your help. I've taken the setting off auto downloads so hope that will do the trick.

[DiscoDes]

Have you tried running the update in safe mode?

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