Improvements in Updating

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ravindra106 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:46:15 GMT

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dkdog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:55:46 GMT

The newest Vista updates cause my keyboard and touchpad to become unrecognizable. And all the prior restore points I saved are gone, so I cannot simply revert back to an older version. My USB mouse works, but not any USB keyboards.

HP Pavilion 1000 series laptop. No driver issues for years...now suddenly, these two drivers are not recognized. When I go to windows driver update, it tells me my dirvers are up to date. When I look at my drivers on my PC, it tells me they are not working properly.

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lofling — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:13:45 GMT

I have problems with updating Vista. E.g.

Security Update for Windows Vista (KB925902)

Installation date: ‎4/‎9/‎2008 10:49 PM

Installation status: Failed

Error details: Code 80072EFD

Update for Windows Vista (KB939159)

Installation date: ‎4/‎9/‎2008 10:49 PM

Installation status: Failed

Error details: Code 80072EFD

I have one update before these and several failed after. But then I also have lots of sucessful ones. How can I reinstall the failed ones??

//Jonas

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jahman — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:26:41 GMT

Jim,

Windows Update is great, except if you have to do a clean install, in which case your PC remains exposed to malware at broadband speeds for many, many long minutes until all downloads are downloaded and installed, by which time the PC may already have been compromised. This is curently a serious problem for Win XP, even when doing a clean install from the Win XP + SP2 CD, and could also become a problem for Vista if updates accumulate. I would suggest prioritizing the downloads and installing the most important ones first, then moving on to lower priority updates. Also, there should be a way of backing-up previously downloaded updates, so in case of a clean install these may be applied off-line before ever connecting to the Internet (if illegal copying of updates is a concern, consider implementing encrypted backups tied to the particular license key of the Win XP instalation in question.)

Thanks! :-)

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anderson baptiste — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:00:37 GMT

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Nick White — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:38:20 GMT

Hey peterdw: sorry for the delay in responding -- if you're running XP, you can uninstall IE7 from the Control Panel and it will still run IE6. You cannot uninstall IE6 as it’s part of the OS; this is the same case with IE7 in Windows Vista.

I'm hoping you'll give WV another chance when we release to retail ...

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List244 — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:00:58 GMT

Nick, thank you as well. Hopefully someone can get such features in there, if not in Vista, at least in the next OS, or even in SP1.

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Nick White — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:52:01 GMT

Hey List244 -- I'll be sure to pass along this feedback, thanks.

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peterdw — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:27:06 GMT

To be brutally honest, I'm fed up of Vista and I won't be buying it. The graphics driver won't roll back, and it continues to try to load the "latest updated drivers" and fails. I turned the sounds off and the B thing turned them back on again. I turned off Defender because it kept blocking AVG from running, but it kept turning itself back on again, and although I am the Administrator it keeps on asking for my permission twice before it does anything.

An Operating System should operate in the way it's master tells it to and Vista won't.

I am as frustrated as the other night but this time I have decided to give up the struggle completely and dump the O/S. In my opinion Vista is a danger to the public!

It was worth the free download to save me buying it and then being disapointed.

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peterdw — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:05:02 GMT

Nick,

I prefer a different browser to IE, even though I've had a play with IE 7. Will everything go pear shaped if I just delete IE 7 completely, provided I use the Control Panel settings to delete it? I'd better not name names but it's title infers great heat and an animal that the UK Gov't has banned the hunting of. The company name sounds a bit like a type of Italian cheese!

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peterdw — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:57:42 GMT

Thanks Nick, sorry for being outspoken. Frustration was to blame. Thanks for the help.

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List244 — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:58:49 GMT

I think it would be nice if Windows limited connection when not logged in a user. In addition, I think it would be nice if before logging in you had an option to update. This way you can update your computer without putting yourself at risk. This would also provide safety on install if perhaps a major security bug was found after release.

This would be a useful update. As of now, I have to log in (unsecured) in order to secure myself...

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djsky — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:50:52 GMT

Thanks Nick I guess I'll just live without it for now!

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Nick White — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:47:23 GMT

djsky, I'd recommend you either live w/o WU until you obtain a retail verson of WV once it releases, or you roll back to an earlier version of the OS (you may need to run a clean re-installation to do this, so be sure to back-up your files beforehand).

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Nick White — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:36:26 GMT

peterdw, in this case I'd suggest rolling back to the original version of the driver (choose Revert to Last Known Good Configuration at the boot menu, the display of which you can turn on via a modification to the BIOS) and reporting the bug to Intel so they can look into it. Sorry I don't have a better answer for you at this time.