[Help] Prevent a specific update from being download with AutoUpdate

[Camarade_Tux]

Hi everybody,

Right now I'm using a computer at my dad's office and I see that some updates are being automatically downloaded, blablabla.

But we're not the second tuesday of this month at all so I'm wondering what is this update. I click and : WGA!

Not a question of legal or not but I want the update corresponding to this KB to be forbidden.

There's maybe something in gpedit.msc but it's XP Home here and group policy editor is not available.

My question remains still : how to prevent an hotfix from being installed without SUS.

And it may also well be with any other hotfix which may cause an instability in a specific environnement.

NB: if this was not a legit copy of XP, it wouldn't be XP Home.

[Takeshi]

There's an option in WAU:

O Notify me but don't automatically download and install them.

Then you can choose.

[Camarade_Tux]

I already use this one; imagine you're working and windows starts installing an update, then you go away and when you come back your computer has rebooted!

But updates are installed from times to times and my father does not always really care. He doesn't want this either but I think he might click and install, or somebody else may do it.

Also, I'm thinking that with XP Home it may not be possible to prevent the installation.

Could anyone tell me if there is something that could make WUA think this one is already installed ?

And this reminds me a sort of hack to prevent such installs : dummy files and NTFS rights. This is a possibility but it may be a bit harsh.

[Takeshi]

With the option I specified above, Windows does NOT download updates unless you allow it to. If a user doesn't care and just click to download, what else can I say?

With KB890830 you can fool WAU by a registry entry (albeit only that particular month's update) but I don't know if if works for all the updates - I suspect it's not universally applicable. All the updates get an entry in the HKLM hive so you might want to experiment with this on a test system.

[Esquire]

Try disable a particular update by hiding it on Windows Update or Microsoft Update website - of course you'll need to run an online check to see the update.

[Camarade_Tux]

I went on WU and it's not possible.

However, I think I know why.

I was too fast:

Windows Update

Pour utiliser la dernière version de Windows Update, vous devez mettre à niveau certains de ses composants. La nouvelle version comprend les améliorations suivantes :

Installation rapide et personnalisée : Choisissez uniquement les mises à jour critiques les plus récentes ou faites votre sélection parmi celles qui sont disponibles.

Téléchargements plus intelligents : Si le téléchargement est interrompu, le processus reprendra là où il a été arrêté au téléchargement suivant de cette mise à jour.

Téléchargements plus petits : Seuls les fichiers dont votre ordinateur a besoin sont téléchargés, ce qui vous fait gagner du temps et limite les coûts de connexion.

Une seule version : Seules les mises à jour les plus récentes vous sont proposées.

Affichage plus clair : Vous pouvez à présent masquer les mises à jour qui vous semblent inutiles.

Infos sur les mises à jour : Une section Actualités de Microsoft est présentée sur la page d'accueil de Windows Update. Cette section propose des conseils et des informations actualisées régulièrement.

Détails

Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)

734 Ko , inférieur à 1 minute

L'outil Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool vous permet de vérifier que votre logiciel Microsoft Windows est authentique. L'outil valide votre installation Windows en vérifiant l'identification de votre produit et son état d'activation.

Total : 734 Ko , inférieur à 1 minute

Télécharger et installer

THIS is the reason I won't install WGA. Microsoft is a liar!

Quick translation :

In order to use latest WU version, you need to upgrade some of its components. New version includes followings improvements:

-fast and presonnalized install

-smarter downloads

-smaller downloads

-only newer version

-cleared display (means you can hide what you don't want, I don't call this 'clearer' personnaly)

-Update infos : a new section

Finished, clear answer : it's my fault, WU wants this update and I can't get around that, I won't get access to more options until this is installed.

So from now onwards, it will be HFNetChk + Tomcat76's update list.

WU disabled! ^_^

PS: I can get around that in fact.

The difficulty is maybe WU would check if WGA is present in memory.

But I think I would be banned, wouldn't I ?

(I'd test my method if this computer was not a *work* computer for my father.)

PS2: AutoUpdates in XP need the AutoUpdate service to be started to find updates.

WU wants this service to be set on "Automatic" start.

[Sonic]

Be careful, there is WGA: Windows Validation Tool to enable Windows Update website. And WGA: Windows Notifier Tool to detect illegal windows versions.

Automatic updates works without validation tool and download notifier tool too ...

Validation tool is a must to access Windows Update website.