Strange updates...

[mccdaddy]

Hi. I keep getting the "new updates available" icon on my taskbar with
Important Updates for programs I've never owned, like a Security Update for
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Junk Email Filter and Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, among
others. I thought Windows Updates were tailored to your particular system
configuration. This is becoming quite annoying.

Any idea why I'm getting these?

Thanks.

mccd

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Hi. I keep getting the "new updates available" icon on my taskbar with
Important Updates for programs I've never owned, like a Security Update for
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Junk Email Filter and Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, among
others. I thought Windows Updates were tailored to your particular system
configuration. This is becoming quite annoying.

Any idea why I'm getting these?

You can just go to the Update site manually, go to the list of available
updates, right-click the update in question and select hide.

The update won't come to your machine again.

 

[mccdaddy]

Good idea. Thanks.

You can just go to the Update site manually, go to the list of available
updates, right-click the update in question and select hide.

The update won't come to your machine again.
.

 

[Tom Allen]

Hi. I keep getting the "new updates available" icon on my taskbar with
Important Updates for programs I've never owned, like a Security
Update for
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, Update for Microsoft Office Outlook
2003
Junk Email Filter and Update for the 2007 Microsoft Office System,
among
others. I thought Windows Updates were tailored to your particular
system
configuration. This is becoming quite annoying.

Any idea why I'm getting these?

Thanks.

mccd

Do you have any related viewers, converter packs etc ? These can trigger
Office type updates.

Tom

 

[mccdaddy]

Do you have any related viewers, converter packs etc ? These can trigger
Office type updates.

Tom

Americano- wouldn't turning off updates cause me to miss the ones I actually
need?

Tom- I've never used any viewers or converters for Publisher 2003 or
Outlook. And I've certainly never had Office 2007 on my desktop (though it is
on my laptop).

mccd

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Americano- wouldn't turning off updates cause me to miss the ones I actually
need?

He said turn off *automatic* updates.

If you do it right, you can then manually run the updates you want.