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hi
try this command

Code:

wmic qfe list full /format:htable > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\hotfix.html"

shoud create a file with all update installed

 

I don't understand.
You asked for a command to list update history, I say I don't know about it, and you reply with offering such command.
Did you know about it all along, or did you find it elsewhere?

Anyhow, you say, "should create a file with all update installed".
If it lists all installed updates, including the ones that were uninstalled, not listing those as uninstalled, such list is of no use to determine which updates are currently installed and which were uninstalled.
I cannot test this, as I have no updates uninstalled.

Perhaps you can check the script that you used to uninstall updates, to see which updates it uninstalled.
I suppose the updates to uninstall were mentioned in that script.

I don't think I can help you with this, any further.

 

hi
i found the command line looking and googling
seems should export all the update installed on a file
It is only convenient

 

I understand.

But as I said, if it lists all installed updates, including the ones that were first installed and later uninstalled, and it does not classify those uninstalled updates as uninstalled, in other words: if it does not differentiate installed and uninstalled updates (or you're not sure about that), such list would be of no use to determine which updates are currently installed and which were uninstalled.

If the command to list update history doesn't give you what you need, a list that differentiates installed and uninstalled updates (or you're not sure about that), then perhaps you can check the script that you used to uninstall updates, to see which updates it uninstalled, as I suggested. I suppose the updates to uninstall were mentioned in that script.

One lesson to be learnt: if one uses some script to uninstall so-called 'unwanted' updates, make sure to check which updates it uninstalls, and make a note of that information for later reference.

Finally, as I mentioned before, if you just want to be sure that the Group Policy object that enables you to block upgrades to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update is available, simply (re)install Windows Update Client update version June and/or July 2015.

I think it's no use going on about this matter.
Anyhow, I won't.

 

@Stupendous Man - I think you have done enough.

 

What is Windows Servicing Stack?

I received KB140741 on my Win10 x64 machines yesterday, apparently.

 

W7P64 Got & hid 5583 AGAIN. * * M$!

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thre...fications-for-march-2016.384207/#post-2575230

 

I just checked my updates, I have it again too "5583". M$ is getting to be a PITA!

 

New KB 3035583 – Get Windows 10 installer
http://www.askwoody.com/2016/new-kb-3035583-get-windows-10-installer/

 

hi
update yesterday w7 , and now i have turn off the updagrade to the lastest .....
and what is incredible is kb2990214 came again in the list

 

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I am sure I hid the KB3035583 on my computers. I just checked two of my computers and this update is not listed in hidden updates but is not present in the installed ones either. How come it's vanished?

 

I've hidden a few of KB3035583. This is what I have in the hidden file:


I'm sure you know where M$ could stick this update.

 

I have been patiently closing the GWX pop-ups (clicking the x in the right hand corner) on my W7/8.1 computers, thereby preventing the upgrade to W10.

But now, for the first time ever since I had the ISP service 7 years ago, I exceeded my monthly GB limit. Only 2 computers can't be set to 'metered connections' (Ethernet, W7) the other computers are set that way.

Am I paranoid or does MS download tens of GBs to people who refuse to upgrade to W10?
Did it happen to anyone else here?

 

Install this free program ... GWX Control Panel
http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

It will get rid of the GWX pop-up and prevent Microsoft sending W10 to you again.

 

I believe Mickeysoft are really taking the Mickey now ...

 

I have used Option 1 of http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...10-update-enable-disable-windows-7-8-1-a.html as the REG is reversible (I don't preclude updating to W10 at a later date)

Just wondering if the tens of GB of unexpected Internet usage is related to present refusal of W10 upgrade.
Is this something that MS (ab)uses?

 

Resetting the registry entry to stop upgrades can be done manually or you could have the GWX Control Panel do it. Brink's tutorials are excellent, so you have chosen well. FYI: there is also a setting in GWX Control Panel to accept the W10 upgrade when you are ready for it.

Accepting windows update KB3035583 will send 3-6GB, but not tens of GBs.

If you have all the W10 upgrade files on your PC already and you keep refusing the install, MS does not resend the upgrade on every refusal. However, the upgrade will get re-downloaded if the install fails - this is not 'abuse' by MS, this is the way windows update works.

I hope you have your windows update setting set to 'notify, let me chose...', and not set to automatically install all updates. This is the best way to manage a metered connection.

 

Thanks for the comments. I just checked: only one of my computers has the $Windows.~BT folder in the root of the C: drive (Yes, show hidden folders is turned on in Folder Options on all computers) I am almost positive that I did have the $Windows.~BT folder on all of my computers within a month of the RTM in July 2015, but even then I did not have tens of GBs downloads. I did not delete any of the $Windows.~BT folders (there is a special delete procedure that I never performed) I noticed just now the strange disappearance of these folders from all except one of my computers.

My Windows Update settings are automatic update for important updates only. The box for recommended updates has been unchecked well in advance of W10 being designated a recommended update. That was in fact my very first line of defense against an unintended upgrade to W10. (As noted, my second line of defense is the REG trick, and my third line of defense is that I would decline the EULA)

I am not sure if the above issues have any bearing on the unexpected tens of GBs of downloads, but I am trying to plug any possible holes, as the downloads can become quite expensive over time.

 

@NonGeek Additional thought: If KB3035583 sends you its payload and you do not have enough disk space for it, it will resend it over and over again. I'd hide this update if you have not already done so. You can unhide it when you are ready to go with W10.

 

I uninstalled KB3035583 (I did not find a 'hide' option) on two of my computers. It took 2 attempts on one of the two computers, but the GWX icon in the taskbar is now gone from both computers. My other computers have no KB3035583 installed (nor hidden) perhaps I was early enough with my W10 upgrade preventive actions. In any case, none of my computers have the KB3035583/GWX right now.

I am not sure if I did more harm than good with the above uninstalls. Google found a few incidents where KB3035583 re-appeared (thereby incurring re-downloads? ) Well. I have to try anyway.

Edit: I welcome further suggestions on how to prevent GWX-related downloads

 

I had installed that KB3139929 (the supposed IE update with the hidden ad server in it) on 3/8/16 with the other ones, and today when I restored my Win 7 image, after a few reboots (I removed Avast and installed MSE again), it started to try to serve up an ad in my Chrome browser, but my adblocker blocked it. I could tell it was this update because the url was the usual "go.microsoft.blahblahblah" which is what it does when you start up IE. The idiot ad server wasn't even smart enough to serve the ad in IE, so it basically went nowhere.

Anyway, I removed KB3139929, rebooted, then checked for updates quickly, and then hid KB3139929. I'm hoping it stays hidden in the future... but we'll see. I'm sure that's what was causing the browser load with the MS url/ad etc. Pretty nasty stuff, hiding the ad cr*p in a regular IE udpate. What next, eh?

 

WHATEVER M$ can get away with.

 

Yeah, you got that right!

 

I installed KB3139929 but didn't get any ads yet. This update shows ads in other browsers also? I thought it was showing ad in IE only.