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Old 08-18-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64 bit now running 32 bit SP2
 
 

Just curious

How many updates do you have in your installed list?

I'm up to 132 this morning. It's been a week since I installed 32 bit after 64 bit SP2 install wouldn't boot. 32 bit SP2 went in last night and all is good.

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Old 08-18-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit, Windows7x32bit
 
 

101 updates for me.
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Old 08-18-2009   #3 (permalink)


Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Counting all updates including optional 2 weeks on this new laptop, for x64 there are 46 updates, not including the ones that failed and then installed successfully (4).
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Old 08-19-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP2
 
 

On the "Uninstall an Update Page" it says "Currently installed updates 113."
When I go to "Review Your Update History" I gave up counting at 200.
Why the difference?
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Old 08-19-2009   #5 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit [x86] - SP2
 
 

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by JMH View Post
On the "Uninstall an Update Page" it says "Currently installed updates 113."
When I go to "Review Your Update History" I gave up counting at 200.
Why the difference?
....since 02 July 2007 [start date with this atomic beast!]......193 Updates.

Could it be that some are overwritten [for bugs etc.] by later Updates?
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Old 08-19-2009   #6 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP2
 
 

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by sassofalco View Post
Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by JMH View Post
On the "Uninstall an Update Page" it says "Currently installed updates 113."
When I go to "Review Your Update History" I gave up counting at 200.
Why the difference?
....since 02 July 2007 [start date with this atomic beast!]......193 Updates.

Could it be that some are overwritten [for bugs etc.] by later Updates?
Can you recommend a good forum to ask the question?
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Old 08-19-2009   #7 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit [x86] - SP2
 
 

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by JMH View Post
Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by sassofalco View Post
Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by JMH View Post
On the "Uninstall an Update Page" it says "Currently installed updates 113."
When I go to "Review Your Update History" I gave up counting at 200.
Why the difference?
....since 02 July 2007 [start date with this atomic beast!]......193 Updates.

Could it be that some are overwritten [for bugs etc.] by later Updates?
Can you recommend a good forum to ask the question?
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Nope!
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Old 08-19-2009   #8 (permalink)


Windows 7
 
 

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by JMH View Post
On the "Uninstall an Update Page" it says "Currently installed updates 113."
When I go to "Review Your Update History" I gave up counting at 200.
Why the difference?
If u open uninstall an update page, it wont display all the updates it will only display uninstallable updates.

See the image below

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Those i highlighted are definitions for windows defender and you cannot uninstall the definition updates. As a result those updates will not be shown in uninstall an update windows. But you can see those things in your update history.

Likewise, you cannot uninstall the critical and some security patches. So it will not be counted on uninstall an update page.

This is the reason behind the mismatch

Hope it will clarify you

And after all this is the best forum to ask all the questions
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Old 08-19-2009   #9 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit, SP2
 
 

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by delphin View Post
Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by JMH View Post
On the "Uninstall an Update Page" it says "Currently installed updates 113."
When I go to "Review Your Update History" I gave up counting at 200.
Why the difference?
If u open uninstall an update page, it wont display all the updates it will only display uninstallable updates.

See the image below

Attachment 15052

Those i highlighted are definitions for windows defender and you cannot uninstall the definition updates. As a result those updates will not be shown in uninstall an update windows. But you can see those things in your update history.

Likewise, you cannot uninstall the critical and some security patches. So it will not be counted on uninstall an update page.

This is the reason behind the mismatch

Hope it will clarify you

And after all this is the best forum to ask all the questions

You are right on both points.
Yep I should have realised why the mismatch.
Thanks.
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