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AskWoody_MVPSometimes I use Microsoft Update Catalog. Sometimes I use WUMgr. Sometimes I use Windows Update. It’s good to have multiple methods of performing a task.
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AskWoody_MVPPlease help me on how to get rid of the expected Ads and promotions that I have heard so much about.
You might try O&O Shutup10 (as suggested by @ascaris), a software portable that inhibits some undesired Microsoft behavior.
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AskWoody_MVPDo people click the button before the updates are done installing or is this a settings issue or different version of windows issue?
If you are installing multiple updates at the same time, wait until all updates are installed prior to clicking the reboot button. If one or more updates are in progress when you reboot, your reboot will interrupt the update progress (which will likely start again after the reboot). However, it’s not a good idea to mess with the dog while it’s eating.
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AskWoody_MVPI assume you gestured “air quotes” when typing “stable/boring”.
- Stable
- Boring
- Dependable
- Reliable
- Consistent
- Usable
Let’s hear it for dull and fuddy-duddy.
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AskWoody_MVPseparate-install (Win32) programs…
or separate-install (Win64) programs.
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AskWoody_MVPAs to that ‘badging’ nag as I understand it, it will be phased in and won’t happen immediately. So some may get it sooner than later.
As a personal preference and from the “assist” viewpoint, troubleshooting would be more straight-forward if Microsoft released all bells and whistles at the same time for the same version and build. It’s very difficult to determine if there’s error or delayed feature when some users receive a new update toy and other users do not receive the new update toy.
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AskWoody_MVPWindows 10 22H2 systems.
Please provide the build so we know where you are.
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AskWoody_MVPThe impression left in my mind is that UWP is fragile. Throughout this whole thing, win32 programs worked fine… it was the UWP ones that failed, multiple times.
And limited, too. You don’t always get all the software features in a UWP package that you get in the separate-install (Win32) programs. (Python 3.10, for example, is much more functional outside UWP.)
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AskWoody_MVPHopefully, if there is no way to turn these popups off they won’t appear. If they do can you post here? That would be very helpful.
You might try O&O Shutup, a software portable, that inhibits some undesired Microsoft behavior.
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AskWoody_MVPFYI, since some previous Cumulative .NET updates were never offered via Windows update (they had to be “manually” downloaded and installed), what you should really be asking is whether any AskWoody users who didn’t install the .NET OOB have been offered the July .NET updates?
Is this the .NET situation for anyone here?
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AskWoody_MVPJuly 13, 2023 at 9:03 am in reply to: I don’t believe that I used InControl, now how do I get 22H2? #2573290Right now, you are attempting to combine two tasks — copy files and revert to Win10 — without knowing if either task will work.
What do you want to do?
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AskWoody_MVPSecond phase hardening against the BlackLotus UEFI bootkit security flaw.
Thanks for the link to the Windows message center.
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AskWoody_MVPWindows 11 Pro 22H2
Please include the build. It lets us know where you are now.
Microsoft Update Catalog is here:
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspxIs that where you went?
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AskWoody_MVPJuly 12, 2023 at 9:39 am in reply to: July 11, 2023 .Net Framework Cumulative Update not offered by WU #2573020I don’t have the answer to your question, but I do have a suggestion.
Go to the Microsoft Update Catalog, download, and install the appropriate .Net Framework 4.8 (KB5028853) update. This approach is sort of a belt and suspenders approach.
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AskWoody_MVPStill doesn’t show Outlook or any Outlook Contacts in the Share menu from File Explorer for me on Windows 11.
Please confirm: Did you install the update?
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