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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Just a heads up. Win 7 just tried to do a nVidia driver update on my GTX560... Luckily I was paying attention to what it was doing and cancelled the update. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
If I may borrow your thread, Win7 users might be interested in this Microsoft tells all Windows 7 users to uninstall security patch, after some PCs fail to restart |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
If I may borrow your thread, Win7 users might be interested in this No problem at all, you may indeed...please feel free. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
I have not updated yet, so just checked and see that in the list of updates, Update 2823324 is unchecked by default. Phew, lucky that I don't always follow what MS wants me to do. :) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I have not updated yet, so just checked and see that in the list of updates, Update 2823324 is unchecked by default. Phew, lucky that I don't always follow what MS wants me to do. :) Can one set 7 NOT to update hardware drivers by default? "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Same way as with all updates: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Update\Change settings and set 'Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them'. Fixes more than Windows can break. :) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Same way as with all updates: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Update\Change settings and set 'Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them'. Fixes more than Windows can break. :) Thanks, I'll do that now. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Fred E. Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 |
Same way as with all updates: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Update\Change settings and set 'Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them'. Fixes more than Windows can break. :) Similar path for XP: Control Panel/System/Automatic Updates and set "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them." I always review the list before I let it proceed. Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Just a heads up. Mark, you can go to "Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Update" and click on "Change Settings" then in the long drop down box select "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them", that will stop that happening again (this is the way all the Win7 PC's are set up here as I prefer to look at what's being thrown at me 1st). Cheers. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Just a heads up. Thanks...already did it. All my XP rigs are already set not to update anything, as they are crunch only rigs and I don't need them doing anything weird in the middle of the night. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Thanks...already did it. Yes it always seems to be in the very early hours of Wednesday mornings here and I always seem to have a PC or 2 on my test bench stress testing after doing work on them (I always have a quick panic attack as to what went wrong but being other peoples PC's I leave them in full auto mode). Cheers. |
ExchangeMan Send message Joined: 9 Jan 00 Posts: 115 Credit: 157,719,104 RAC: 0 |
I have always set my Windows machines to download updates but let me choose what/when to install. Just don't trust what might get you when you're not looking. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14649 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
My personal preference is for the intermediate option: "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them" Even with a reasonably robust internet connection, that saves me watching a lot of paint dry when I eventually get round to vetting and installing the latest batch... Another thing you can do with rogue updates like this one or the NVidia driver updates is to right-click them and choose 'Hide update'. That saves you having to remember to un-tick it each time. (Wording and instructions are from Windows 7, but previous versions have equivalent functionality) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
My personal preference is for the intermediate option: Thanks, Richard. I did do the 'hide update' thingy when it kept asking me about it. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
IIRC in the win7 updater it allows you to uncheck hardware updates as an option. I haven't seen a harware update since then. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
IIRC in the win7 updater it allows you to uncheck hardware updates as an option. I do not see that option available in the settings window. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Cliff Harding Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67 |
IIRC in the win7 updater it allows you to uncheck hardware updates as an option. Control Panel->Programs & features->View installed Updates. It will list all installed updates. Just click on the one you want to uninstall and go from there. NOTE -- You might have to recycle the machine when finished. When the machine comes back up, check for updates again, the uninstalled update should be listed. Just right click and hide it. I don't buy computers, I build them!! |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
According to Microsoft, that update has been pulled, and is no longer available. Thank you Bernie for posting that info in this thread. I had some strangeness going on with Piggy after that update, and now I have uninstalled it remotely. I passed the info on to our IT Admin here at work, and he will stop it before it gets pushed to the various computers. One very happy cruncher! Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Same way as with all updates: Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Update\Change settings and set 'Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them'. Fixes more than Windows can break. :) Greetings Ageless, A really, really good reason for not having Windows automatically do updates: I read that BOINC does not like not being shut down properly. Windows does not know how to shut down BOINC. I have never let Windows do updates automatically, even before BOINC and SETI Classic. I don't trust Microsoft. ;) Keep on BOINCing...! :) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
According to Microsoft, that update has been pulled, and is no longer available. Greetings Steve, If you read my last post here, I stated that I don't trust Microsoft. That update is still available. I just did my laptop and it came up in the list, though it was unchecked. After re-booting the laptop a couple times, Windows is still saying that there are available updates. That is the only one listed. Keep on BOINCing...! :) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
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