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Why did I have to manually install an update?

  1. 21 Jun 2012 #1


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    Why did I have to manually install an update?

    I had to click on a bubble by the notification area. I hadn't checked what the download was. Here are my settings:


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    Re: Why did I have to manually install an update?

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    We dont know what the download was either. It could have been an update for some software that you have installed that does not come through the Windows Update.

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    Re: Why did I have to manually install an update?

    As soon as I clicked the bubble, I was taken to Windows Update.

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    Re: Why did I have to manually install an update?

    Check the Update History and find out what it was there - then let us know,

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    Re: Why did I have to manually install an update?

    I think that these are all from Microsoft:

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    Re: Why did I have to manually install an update?

    That first update, the Windows update seems to be the source of various installation abnomalies. I think that it had to be installed, in your case, by clicking on the notification button. Others have had loop problems, I had a surprising shut down, and, on reboot, a notice that Windows was updating. I would not be too concerned.
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