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| 1430204 | 2016-12-28 04:58:00 | Just remember ONE important thing -- When these companies like Microsoft, and others say something cant be done, some smart people will find a way. ;) Great, so now we rely on Hackers to fix mainstream products. :rolleyes: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1430205 | 2016-12-28 05:08:00 | All those that know say just delete them, they are Junk, but you try and blame something else for redundant Microsoft files. Here's the thing, I know you don't like Windows 10 so I just avoid mentioning it in your threads :) We said delete them, we didn't say they were a windows 10 thing. One attempt to explain but I won't be pursuing it if you are determined to blame Microsoft, no point. Windows .Net framework and Visual C++ Redistributable files are components in many programs, basically they are tools MS provide to software developers to allow them to quickly and easily create windows applications. They do not get installed as part of windows by default and although they can be installed manually you'd have to have done that on purpose separately from installing windows. When you see them on your drive like in this case they most likely came as an included part of the installer for another program. It's safe to delete those folders because they are just where the install files were expanded to as part of the installation process of whatever programs they came with. Although they came from MS at least in part they are not the ones who put those folders there. They have been created as part of a software installation for something other than windows. Like I sort of said in my first post, sloppy installers leave stuff behind. Even Nvidia and AMD are guilty of leaving the entire redundant install folder on your C: drive for no good reason for example when you install their graphics drivers, if you see those folders you can delete them too. Nvidia even create sub directories for each version you install and keep them all. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1430206 | 2016-12-28 05:23:00 | Great, so now we rely on Hackers to fix mainstream products. :rolleyes: Who mentioned anything about hackers ? Ok, so Linux is just as bad, you can disable functions, or change settings that are not in the "best interest" of the user - So does that make it a Hackers OS as well ? Still waiting for you to answer the questioned asked. #22 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1430207 | 2016-12-28 06:39:00 | So... what is B.M.'s problem? Just go to Group Policy and turn auto update off. You can still update manually if you so wish. BTY the anniversary update didn't 'stuff things up', it made several improvements, and just needed a bit of pruning afterwards, overall it made an improvement. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1430208 | 2016-12-28 06:46:00 | To add to my above post -- BM Would you agree or disagree on the following: That if you disabled windows updates and then manually tried and it came up with a error along the lines of they couldn't update due to a problem, are they actually disabled or not ? Then by turning them back on they work. ? That if you disabled windows updates and then manually tried and it came up with a error along the lines of they couldn't update due to a problem, are they actually disabled or not ? No problem there, if I disabled Windows Updates, I wouldn’t bother looking for them, because I wouldn’t expect to find them. Then by turning them back on they work. That leaves me in a position of not bothering trying to turn them on, because everything is working, because I haven’t installed them, and I therefore have no use for them. Now that’s simple enough isn’t it? :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1430209 | 2016-12-28 06:59:00 | So... what is B.M.'s problem? Just go to Group Policy and turn auto update off. You can still update manually if you so wish. BTY the anniversary update didn't 'stuff things up', it made several improvements, and just needed a bit of pruning afterwards, overall it made an improvement. "In Windows 8.1 and before, Microsoft allowed users to turn off auto updates completely. Unfortunately in Windows 10, Microsoft does not offer any option for general consumers to turn off automatic updates." HERE (mspoweruser.com) and then we move onto Hacking a Mainstream Product to get around the situation. :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1430210 | 2016-12-28 07:44:00 | "In Windows 8.1 and before, Microsoft allowed users to turn off auto updates completely. Unfortunately in Windows 10, Microsoft does not offer any option for general consumers to turn off automatic updates." HERE (mspoweruser.com) and then we move onto Hacking a Mainstream Product to get around the situation. :D A High percentage of "general Users" didn't turn off updates, so sorry but your theory AGAIN is wrong. ALSO your previous statement saying they cant be turned of ? Then you post a link that tells you how, kind of contradicts each other. "Hacking" a Computer is totally different to going into settings and changing something. Suggest you learn the meanings of some words before posting false statements. A hacker is someone who seeks to breach defenses and exploit weaknesses in a computer system or network. At NO time when changing the settings is a person breaching closed / locked security or locked system settings. FYI-- Some of the Updates are patches to close security holes in a OS, so Hackers cant exploit them. EVERY OS has them as well as the majority of Programs. So going back to the previous statement about not being able to disable updates, What's Stopping you -- You have linked instructions ??? The .bat file I created is even easier, simply double click it and its disabled. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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