Hi all,
I recently had major problems with my PC & had to format & return to factory settings. My main concern was security, so I set up my firewall & antivirus. Without surfing the net, I then searched for critical updates & found 21, I decided to download the lot in one go, but when I click on add/remove programs, only about 14 appear?
I have checked on the Windows update site, & all appear there on installation history, can anyone tell me if the lot have installed, or whether more should appear in add/remove?
I have re checked for updates, but no critical updates are appearing, so I don`t know if this will help.
Many thanks for any replies.

Ian.

Ian;
Some updates can not be uninstalled.
Only the updates that can be uninstalled can be seen in Add/Remove
Programs.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Ian." <Ian.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3E16AB9-CB59-41AD-8E6A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
> I recently had major problems with my PC & had to format & return to
factory settings. My main concern was security, so I set up my
firewall & antivirus. Without surfing the net, I then searched for
critical updates & found 21, I decided to download the lot in one go,
but when I click on add/remove programs, only about 14 appear?
> I have checked on the Windows update site, & all appear there on
installation history, can anyone tell me if the lot have installed, or
whether more should appear in add/remove?
> I have re checked for updates, but no critical updates are
appearing, so I don`t know if this will help.
> Many thanks for any replies.
>
> Ian.
>

Hello
If they all show up as installed then that is good.
Not every update will show as an installed Hotfix.
The way I understand it is that Hotfixes are fixes related to the SP1
service pack and updates are fixes for other MS OS issues.

Maybe someone will correct me if I am wrong.

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Hope This Helps
Haus
Not a MVP
Not a MS-MVP
Not nothing just a good ole boy..
"Ian." <Ian.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3E16AB9-CB59-41AD-8E6A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all,
> I recently had major problems with my PC & had to format & return to
factory settings. My main concern was security, so I set up my firewall &
antivirus. Without surfing the net, I then searched for critical updates &
found 21, I decided to download the lot in one go, but when I click on
add/remove programs, only about 14 appear?
> I have checked on the Windows update site, & all appear there on
installation history, can anyone tell me if the lot have installed, or
whether more should appear in add/remove?
> I have re checked for updates, but no critical updates are appearing, so I
don`t know if this will help.
> Many thanks for any replies.
>
> Ian.
>

But if he returned his computer to the original factory settings , ALL WERE
uninstalled.
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ian;
> Some updates can not be uninstalled.
> Only the updates that can be uninstalled can be seen in Add/Remove
> Programs.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "Ian." <Ian.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A3E16AB9-CB59-41AD-8E6A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all,
> > I recently had major problems with my PC & had to format & return to
> factory settings. My main concern was security, so I set up my
> firewall & antivirus. Without surfing the net, I then searched for
> critical updates & found 21, I decided to download the lot in one go,
> but when I click on add/remove programs, only about 14 appear?
> > I have checked on the Windows update site, & all appear there on
> installation history, can anyone tell me if the lot have installed, or
> whether more should appear in add/remove?
> > I have re checked for updates, but no critical updates are
> appearing, so I don`t know if this will help.
> > Many thanks for any replies.
> >
> > Ian.
> >
>
>

And if you would have read the rest of the OPs post you would see the
updates were installed.
"I decided to download the lot in one go..."
So they are now installed.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> But if he returned his computer to the original factory settings ,
ALL WERE
> uninstalled.

Only 14 appeared in the add/remove list. Did you read it all?
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> And if you would have read the rest of the OPs post you would see the
> updates were installed.
> "I decided to download the lot in one go..."
> So they are now installed.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:VQ_zc.24857$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > But if he returned his computer to the original factory settings ,
> ALL WERE
> > uninstalled.
>
>

My friend, not all updates appear in "Add or Remove" - only those that can
be uninstalled. So let's all take a break and have a nice cold one. I'll
have some St. Ambroise, please...

Rocky

"Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Only 14 appeared in the add/remove list. Did you read it all?
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > And if you would have read the rest of the OPs post you would see the
> > updates were installed.
> > "I decided to download the lot in one go..."
> > So they are now installed.
> >
> > --
> > Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
> >
> >
> > "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:VQ_zc.24857$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > But if he returned his computer to the original factory settings ,
> > ALL WERE
> > > uninstalled.
> >
> >
>

Read my first post which you responded and you will see that I did.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Only 14 appeared in the add/remove list. Did you read it all?

But 14 out of 21?? I have more than that installed.
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Read my first post which you responded and you will see that I did.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:g50Ac.24893$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Only 14 appeared in the add/remove list. Did you read it all?
>
>

But 14 out of 21?? I have more than that installed.


Before I had to format my PC, I had many more hotfixes than this, this is what is worrying me aswell. I know that I had many more entries than about fourteen before my PC messed up.

Ian.