optional updates

Microsoft has seeded Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs with an as-yet-optional update that will pitch the free Windows 10 upgrade to customers. Continue reading...

The august update has been re released (KB2975719). It looks like you should uninstall the earlier one, if you see it in your list, otherwise some minor problems have been reported. All went fine for me on a couple of laptops and a stationary it is listed as "optional" so it is your choice..

How do I download ONLY a Spanish pack. The MS website states that I go to windows updates and check for updates. Having done that (1 hour later) I click on the optional updates and pick the language pack for Spanish. This makes me believe that that is all I am going to download. NO WAY. It has...

I would like to know if there is a way to stop being offered specific Windows updates that do not apply to my personal usage. I use the process where I am notifies if there are updates available and I chose which I desire. For example: Bing Bar 7.2 (KB2673774) Download size: 10.3 MB Update...

I just updated an HP Elitebook 6930p laptop to Windows 7 Professional. Everything installed and is working fine. However, Windows Update reports that there are optional updates for the following two devices: Analog Devices - Audio - SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio RICOH Company, Ltd. -...

While running updates, after the first series were installed, it complained that it couldn't use IE 6 for updating any longer, and led me to a download page for IE 8, since it said that IE 9 wasn't compatible with XP. So I downloaded and installed IE 8, but afterward checking in it's About...

Back story: I am part of a large organization that has a large amount of computers on our domain controller. I have Administrative rights to the computers only, and network access rights on our network. I keep a number of computers up to date, including various 3rd-party programs (i.e. java...

I have been curious about this for a while now, when I go to Windows update to do Optional Updates for Drivers where are the actual files stored, are they findable and movable to like a CD or Thumb drive for future use, as we all know most of the driver sites suck now that windows 7 has a very...

I'm pretty much a total noob to how windows works, etc. I know my way around enough but some things I'm unsure of. Like when the pop up comes up and says there are updates available. One of them is IE9 and the other is a malicious software remover tool. I don't run IE9 but should I just update...

An update released today (25-10-2011) may cause issues after being installed when you try to rename or move files/folders. There was another update in April 2010(?), KB980408, that caused the same issues for many people running Windows 7 64bit. So if you find yourself in this position, you...

Windows 7 64 Bit edition, automatically installs the (Nvidia-System-Nforce Memory Controller.) That memory controller gave my 750i chipset many memory erros, and fatal crashes related to memory. I ran memtest86 along with a few others, plus windows 7 memory testing, and everything came up clean...

MSI 975X Platinum motherboard Pheonix award bios V6.00PG Intel 2.39Ghz Core 2 6600@2.4Ghz 4x2GB DDR2 800 (Used just 2 GB when installing OS) Installed a brand new Hitachi 7200RPM 1TB SATA HDD prior to install of OS. With 46 updates installed I had 13 update and 40 optional updates to...

Hello, My windows updater is seems to be not working because whenever it tries to install updates on my computer is just goes to installing update 1 of 4 for about 8 hours and then i just turn it off. When i open windows updater it says i have 20 updates and 4 optional updates. I have recently...

Windows update is misreading a USB 3.0 driver as Accusys Storage. I installed it by mistake and it disabled the USB 3.0 ports. How can I instruct Windows Update to no longer suggest this update. Thanks

Im curently deployed in iraq and the internet here wont connect to automatic updates so i have to do them all manually. The only problem is i cant seem to find a way to manually install the driver that windows wants to install for the optional updates. Is there a way to manually download these...

hey guys i just need to confirm about my windows update... soo i just installed an update driver from my monitor..it was on the optional updates... my monitor was ACER H213H....and the update FAILED...i restart my computer...it says installation failed... just wanna confirm..that my PC is...

Hello, Just joined your boards since I ran into a problem today, been running 7 for a couple months. This morning I noticed an optional update for my nvidia sata controller, I of course installed it only to find my RAID 1 had disappeared from windows completely (Disk Management included). So...

Hello, Situation is this, I have an Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT (256mb) PCI-E gpu in my pc. I have clean installed Windows 7 RC (downloaded from Microsoft) and installed all the "Important Updates". Under Optional Updates there is one for my video card ("Geforce 8500GT WDDM 1.1" or something like...

Using build 7100. Zboard worked fine before the update, and now the multimedia buttons at the top wont do anything. How do you uninstall this particular update? It's not listed in the installed updates, and I cant find it in the Add/Remove Programs either. Also, upon viewing the details in the...

any time i try to install an optional update, it just sits forever at the 'creating system restore point' until finally it kicks back out and says it failed. i'm trying to update my geforce drivers using that, since, when i try to update the drivers with nVidia's download, it says there are one...