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Change Windows Update Settings problem

12 years ago

Hi everyone,

For the past two weeks when I shut my computer down and start it back up I see on my task bar a flag with a red X. When I click on it I see this: Change Windows update settings (Important)

When I click on that I get this message. In the Action Center.
Install Updates automatically (recommended) when I click on that it fixes the problem. But it keeps coming back and this has happened 4 times in a row. It never did this before and I don't understand why it is doing it now. Any ideas on how to stop this from happening?

Windows 7 Asus Laptop.

thirdfrt!!!

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mikie_gw
12 years ago
Rebuild windows updates maybe ?...

Here is a link that might be useful: reset Windows Update components
thirdfrt
Original Author
12 years ago
Mikie,

Thank you so much, it took me a bit cause when I first ran it Fix It came back and told me it found a problem then it said it is fixed. Then I shut down and restarted my computer and the flag and X showed up again. I ran the Fix It again and that time it said that it didn't find any problems. So I ran it one more time and still it said it couldn't find anything. So I shut down again and Walla the flag showed up but no red X. The flag part is telling me that I haven't backed up. Doesn't that cost me? I haven't done it because I thought I would be charged to do so. Am I wrong about that?

Maybe I was a bit impatient about the fix and didn't give my computer a chance to remove the red X. Anyway it is gone now and I just want to thank you so much for your help. I sure do appreciate it a lot. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. "Smiles".

thirdfrt!!!
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12 years ago
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emma
12 years ago
I think you can turn off the action center, maybe that would stop the messages. I turn off some notices like auto update. I don't want it to update or even download without my permission.
thirdfrt
Original Author
12 years ago
Hi Emma,

Nice to meet you. "Smiles" I have read while doing my search on my problem with Windows Update that there were people who didn't want it automatically to run. This computer is still under warranty and they don't want me to make any changes to the updates. I had never had any problems with it until now. I understand that with some things, it is best to do it your way and that is just a preference on your part and I see nothing wrong with that. I went in and removed something last night that was running at startup and I felt it wasn't necessary, so I shut it off from the program itself.

I never set it to automatically update it was like that when I bought the computer. I would have wanted that problem fixed anyway. With it being a problem I wasn't sure how it would have affected the update with it being set the other way. (not being set automatically). That was my thinking when I wanted it fixed. It's fixed now and I am very happy about it. Thank you for your input I really appreciate it.

thirdfrt!!!
emma
12 years ago
I do the windows update, I just want to see what they are installing. Some times there are a lot of them and I do a few at a time. Quite frankly at this point in my life on one tells me what to do, especially to my PC. LOL

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