Windows Updates

**Evil Marge** · June 9th, 2003

When I go to Windows Update it tells me that theres 4 critical updates so I download them and they all fail

I've looked in "Installation history" and I've already got them all.

Is there a way to remove them from "Windows Update" list ??

And YES I've used SEARCH and looked through all 217 threads it gave me but can't find this problem anywhere

**Petros** · June 9th, 2003

There is a section on the left-hand side of the screen on Windows Update called something like "Personalize Windows Update". Simply uncheck these updates and it won't show them anymore.

**Evil Marge** · June 9th, 2003

I've tried that and there not there :confused:

2z · June 9th, 2003

cant remember the last time I used the win update site ??

prefer to use BigFix to scan my system & find relevant updates

http://download.com.com/3000-2086-10032910.html

**SPeedY_B** · June 9th, 2003

Windows..up...date..? hmmm

**Evil Marge** · June 9th, 2003

All fully installed but I just want them removed from the Update list so I don't keep trying to download the stupid things

**SPeedY_B** · June 9th, 2003

Are the patches in add/remove programs? if so can you un-install them then install the ones that Windows update is trying to throw at you?

(I don't ever use winUpdate so I don't know how it works etc, only used it a few times)

**Sazar** · June 9th, 2003

windows update had been buggered for me for a few days...

it works now

**Evil Marge** · June 9th, 2003

There not on Add/remove and Enyo I've no idea what you just said.lol
Think I'm better off ignoring them cause this is going straight over my head

**Un4gIvEn1** · June 9th, 2003

Try going to Microsoft Update Catalog and downloading them and installing them manually.

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog

Hope this helps.

**ElementalDragon** · June 9th, 2003

I have to agree with TwoZigZagColt on this one. BigFix is a great lil app for updates.

Speaking of BigFix, i'd better go D/L it again

**Hipster Doofus** · June 10th, 2003

This will give you something to fiddle with. Don't know if it will do anything.

To Restore a Previously Declined Windows Update

Open System in Control Panel.
On the Automatic Updates tab, click Restore Declined Updates.
If any of the updates you previously declined still apply to your computer, they will appear the next time Windows notifies you of available updates.

**LeeJend** · June 10th, 2003

Marge, I had the same problem a while back and there was a post somewhere in here that I used to fix the problem.

I'll go looking for it again...

Ok getting close. had to do with a corrupted update.log file. The answer was on the windows support site.

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgro...-us;newsgroups

Having no luck finding. The original answer was froma post in like Oct-Nov 2002.

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Evil Marge I Rule Joined: July 2002 Location: Teesside, the land of smog Posts: 6,547 Reputation: 2337 Power: 209	Windows Updates When I go to Windows Update it tells me that theres 4 critical updates so I download them and they all fail I've looked in "Installation history" and I've already got them all. Is there a way to remove them from "Windows Update" list ?? And YES I've used SEARCH and looked through all 217 threads it gave me but can't find this problem anywhere . Google+

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Evil Marge I Rule Joined: July 2002 Location: Teesside, the land of smog Posts: 6,547 Reputation: 2337 Power: 209	I've tried that and there not there :confused: . Google+

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Windows..up...date..? hmmm 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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Evil Marge I Rule Joined: July 2002 Location: Teesside, the land of smog Posts: 6,547 Reputation: 2337 Power: 209	All fully installed but I just want them removed from the Update list so I don't keep trying to download the stupid things . Google+

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Are the patches in add/remove programs? if so can you un-install them then install the ones that Windows update is trying to throw at you? (I don't ever use winUpdate so I don't know how it works etc, only used it a few times) 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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Petros Thief IV Joined: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,038 Reputation: 1647 Power: 156	There is a section on the left-hand side of the screen on Windows Update called something like "Personalize Windows Update". Simply uncheck these updates and it won't show them anymore.

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2z OSNN Gamer Joined: May 2002 Location: England Posts: 2,439 Reputation: 20 Power: 147	cant remember the last time I used the win update site ?? prefer to use BigFix to scan my system & find relevant updates http://download.com.com/3000-2086-10032910.html

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Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	windows update had been buggered for me for a few days... it works now Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

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Evil Marge I Rule Joined: July 2002 Location: Teesside, the land of smog Posts: 6,547 Reputation: 2337 Power: 209	There not on Add/remove and Enyo I've no idea what you just said.lol Think I'm better off ignoring them cause this is going straight over my head . Google+

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Un4gIvEn1 OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 1,084 Reputation: 130 Power: 113	Try going to Microsoft Update Catalog and downloading them and installing them manually. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog Hope this helps. Welcome to a world where the air I breathe is mine Nothing to overwhelm me and nothing to cloud my mind Be anyone, do anything I'd ever want to try Time doesn't exist here - I will never die

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Hipster Doofus Good grief Charlie Brown Joined: May 2002 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 5,920 Reputation: 560 Power: 187	This will give you something to fiddle with. Don't know if it will do anything. To Restore a Previously Declined Windows Update Open System in Control Panel. On the Automatic Updates tab, click Restore Declined Updates. If any of the updates you previously declined still apply to your computer, they will appear the next time Windows notifies you of available updates. Pentium 4 2.6ghz 400mhz @ 3.07ghz 472mhz / Gigabyte GA-8IHXP v2.1 / RAMBUS PC 800 768mb / Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 256mb / 2 x Maxtor 80gb ATA133 DiamondMax, RAID0 :: 1 x Western Digital 7200 40gb / Liteon DVD-RW Dual Layer SOHW-1633S @ 1653S / Liteon 52x24x52 CD-RW LTR-52246S / Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Fan / Antec TruePower 480w / RD3XP Gladiator Rounded Cables

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Marge, I had the same problem a while back and there was a post somewhere in here that I used to fix the problem. I'll go looking for it again... Ok getting close. had to do with a corrupted update.log file. The answer was on the windows support site. http://support.microsoft.com/newsgro...-us;newsgroups Having no luck finding. The original answer was froma post in like Oct-Nov 2002. Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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