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    Windows 7 How to Delete Uninstalled Hidden Updates?

    Windows Updates recently automatically installed two .NET 4 updates. Almost immediately my system began misbehaving: my Firefox Booksmarks toolbar disappeared along with all the bookmarks it held, the shutdown/sleep/lock/logoff button in the start menu changed selection each time the Start menu...
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    Windows 7 W7 Update folder question

    New to the forum & new to w7.....sorry if the topic has been covered, but I could not find any commentary on it. 1st, updates are set to notify & not auto install.....if I don't want to install an update, how do I remove it from the list & is there a way to permanently reject that & similar...
  3. Windows 7 Microsoft Private Cloud Security Overview

    Nick Torkington, Security Architect with Microsoft Services, answers the most common security concerns CxOs and other business decision-makers have when evaluating the Microsoft platform to build a private Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud. This video covers: · Building a secure...
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    Windows 7 Windows Updater Help

    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...
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    Windows 7 how to disable unwanted Optional Windows updates.

    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
  6. Windows 7 Windows Update doesn't install updates

    Hello, I'm having a problem with Windows Update. It's managed to install a few updates, bust most of the updates that it automatically finds fail to install (many important ones too - security updates, etc.). A bit frustrating. For the past couple of days, it tries to install the same two...
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    Windows 7 How to Make Windows Update Not Scan for Certain Things

    Hello, I hope you are doing well. Windows Update scans for updates to items that I am not interested in updating, usually because an update sometimes messes up a program or hardware. For example, I found that updating some parts of my Microsoft Office software gives me weird errors, and that...